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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

Donruss (@paniniamerica) introduced the Rated Rookie in 1984, then unveiled the iconic logo in ‘85. Canseco made it a sensation in ’86, and popularity grew with the card boom. In ’91, Donruss got greedy and doubled the size of the subset from 20 cards to 40, by issuing a Series 1 & 2… featuring differentContinue 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

Just completed my Pete Rose floral… incorporating his 1982 @topps All Star card… one of my favorite design elements from the 80’s! The color scheme compliments those retro powder blue Phillies jerseys. Might turn this into a series… Ted Lilly anyone? Tyler Flowers? Original artwork by #MatthewLeeRosen #topps #baseballcards #baseballcardart #baseballcardartist #baseballart #sportsart #popart #vintagebaseballcardsContinue reading

Some more pics of my Griffey Jr. piece… highlighting the holographic material. The sensation of this card (#1 in the inaugural set) marked the height of the card boom… as it was selling at hobby stores for over $100, while Upper Deck just kept printing more of them. Original artwork by #MatthewLeeRosen #upperdeck #baseballcardart #upperdeckcards #hologram #holographic #holographicartContinue reading

Some more shots of my Yogi-ism piece: It’s Deja Vu All Over Again. The quote blends in with the pattern made from over 100 reprints of 1953 @topps Original artwork by #MatthewLeeRosen #topps #toppsbaseballcards #baseballart #baseballcards #baseballcardart #baseballcardartist #popart #yogi #yogiberra #yogiberraquotes #yogiisms #dejavu #yankees #newyorkyankees #zigzag https://www.instagram.com/p/B19z5ZkHuTG/?igshid=13wd5vais7n1s

I wanted to design a piece that fully exposes my bottom layer of tiled cards. To do so, I chose one of my favorite Yogi-isms: It’s Deja Vu All Over Again. The quote is camouflaged with raised text to express the repeated pattern, using over 100 reprints of 1953 @topps. It was super challenging toContinue 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