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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