View this post on Instagram A post shared by Matthew Lee Rosen (@matthewleerosen) on Oct 28, 2019 at 8:38am PDT //www.instagram.com/embed.js I created a series of acrylic prints for junk wax lovers… the acrylic is tight! Perfectly compliments my plexiglass paintings 😁 Original artwork by #MatthewLeeRosen #topps #baseballcards #baseballcardart #baseballcardartist #baseballart #sportsart #popart #vintagebaseballcards #oldbaseballcards #1986 #80sstyleContinue reading

Can you answer this without googling? The fronts of junk wax get all the love, but the backs of the cardstock are so underrated… where you’d find comics, fun facts and trivia. In 1985, @topps issued jumbo-sized 5x7s, so I made a jumbo-sized trivia question from Mario Soto’s card. Original artwork by #MatthewLeeRosen #baseballcards #baseballcardartContinue reading

Donruss issued some pretty bland designs in their first 4 years, however something happened in ‘85… I suspect they changed creative directors. The new design was bold: a black border with complimentary red striping. They also created the iconic Rated Rookie logo that year. I made this with the two most popular cards from theContinue reading

A close-up from my Canseco piece. A theme I’ve been focusing on lately is “Overproduction.” It’s the one word that defines the baseball card boom in the mid-to-late 80’s and subsequent bubble burst that followed. Original artwork by #MatthewLeeRosen #vintagebaseballcards #topps #rookie #allstarrookie #baseballart #sportsart #baseballcardart #baseballcardartist #popart #josecanseco #1987 #80s #80sstyle #trophy #yellow https://www.instagram.com/p/B1ytkTSHIVY/?igshid=1v56i9rdhv1m0

My latest piece 😁 In 1959, @Topps named their first All-Star Rookie team and printed a trophy on the ‘60 set. In ’73, they replaced the trophy with this Revere Cup, but stopped using it after ’78. The cup came roaring back in ’87 with Jose Canseco… the hottest player on the planet at theContinue reading

I feel obligated to share a little more on National Baseball Card Day 😁 Original artwork by #MatthewLeeRosen #donruss #panini #paniniamerica #baseballcards #baseballcardart #vintagebaseballcards #oldbaseballcards #baseballdiamond #baseball #1989 #baseballart #sportsart #barrybonds #pittsburghpirates #asterisk #chicagocubs #topps #1982 #wrigleyfield #80s #80sstyle #80svintage #baseballcardartist #popart https://www.instagram.com/p/B1AJwkinxzp/?igshid=bhet5xfp0gl6

Happy #nationalbaseballcardday Original artwork by #MatthewLeeRosen @psacard #psagraded #donruss #panini #paniniamerica #baseballcards #baseballcardart #vintagebaseballcards #oldbaseballcards #baseballdiamond #baseball #1987 #ratedrookie #baseballart #sportsart #gregmaddux #chicagocubs #80s #80sstyle #80svintage #baseballcardartist #popart https://www.instagram.com/p/B0_ZMBdHuYH/?igshid=1w74epzw7wlgx