Anyone collect relic cards anymore?

[Balticfox]

Originally Posted by G1911

I have 7-800 or so; mostly from the early 2000’s. They were a big hit then, it’s fun to pick up the relics from the sets I liked as a kid now that they’re almost worthless.

Hah! My thinking continues to be two decades out of date. I thought they were still the gimmick du jour. What then is the latest fad in cards? So many parallel variants that a collector needs a spread sheet and a pocket computer to keep track of what's what?

[todeen]

Originally Posted by Balticfox

Hah! My thinking continues to be two decades out of date. I thought they were still the gimmick du jour. What then is the latest fad in cards? So many parallel variants that a collector needs a spread sheet and a pocket computer to keep track of what's what?

1/1 card art. They aren't my favorite, but they're the current gimmick. Here's an example (not my card)...



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[OhioLawyerF5]

Originally Posted by todeen

1/1 card art. They aren't my favorite, but they're the current gimmick. Here's an example (not my card)...



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Haha, funny you should post that. Juan Rosales (who is a great artist) also does art for Topps sketch cards. The one you posted is one made for Break Kings, a re-packer. I picked one up from Juan from 2024 Topps.

[todeen]

Originally Posted by OhioLawyerF5

Haha, funny you should post that. Juan Rosales (who is a great artist) also does art for Topps sketch cards. The one you posted is one made for Break Kings, a re-packer. I picked one up from Juan from 2024 Topps.

I found my example on Reddit. Rosales posted about himself.

I've never been into art cards, but I like art. Do you remember the etch a sketch cards from the late 90s? I didn't like those either. I also didn't care about Project 70.

I do like Diamond Kings, which are the original art cards.

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[OhioLawyerF5]

Originally Posted by todeen

I found my example on Reddit. Rosales posted about himself.

I've never been into art cards, but I like art. Do you remember the etch a sketch cards from the late 90s? I didn't like those either. I also didn't care about Project 70.

I do like Diamond Kings, which are the original art cards.

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Yeah, Juan is a good guy. I talked to him a bit when I bought my card. He explained the whole process that Topps uses to hire artists to create sketch cards to insert into their products. It was very fascinating. He is a member on Blowout forums, and posts a lot of his sketch cards on his Instagram.