o/t Can someone tell me what a 53 topps artist proof is made of

[Bigb13]

What do you guys think about this? Rob http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...K%3AMEWNX%3AIT

[J.McMurry]

This is probably meaningless,and I'm certainly no printing guru,but that is not the same paper that the original set was printed on. I thought proofs were to simulate the actual production run.(?)

[tedzan]

This is just a copy of an original piece of artwork. As I prior post here (post #9), Gerry Dvorak was the artist on approx. 50 of the 1953 Topps cards.

During the 1980's and 1990's, Gerry Dvorak would set up at BB card shows and would autograph copies of the artwork he did for Topps back in 1952.
This item of Tommy Byrne is a copy, and is an example of such.

I have a bunch of these copies and when I can find them, I'll post them here.


TED Z

[peterose4hof]

Originally Posted by tedzan

This is just a copy of an original piece of artwork. As I prior post here (post #9), Gerry Dvorak was the artist on approx. 50 of the 1953 Topps cards.

During the 1980's and 1990's, Gerry Dvorak would set up at BB card shows and would autograph copies of the artwork he did for Topps back in 1952.
This item of Tommy Byrne is a copy, and is an example of such.

I have a bunch of these copies and when I can find them, I'll post them here.


TED Z

Sorry to bump such an old thread, but I came across a handful of these copies and I was wondering if anyone could clue me in to an approximate value.

The ones I have are the same size as the original 1953 Topps cards, they are blank-backed and are not signed by the artist. Here's a picture.

[toppcat]

Some clues might be here in a thread on the (old) Network 54 Hockey Forum. 1954-55 Topps Hockey also used paintings and there is a scan of what might be considered a proof about halfway down. http://www.network54.com/Forum/38176...+1954-55+Topps