A tribute to Nolan Ryan

Jammin0511

Nolan Ryan has been my favorite ball player since I was a kid. When I started making baseball card artwork about seven months ago, I had an idea: Make a Nolan Ryan mosaic entirely from Nolan Ryan baseball cards. After months of preparation and countless hours of cutting and placing pieces, it is finally complete! Now if I can just figure out how to get Nolan Ryan to sign it...

jlvette50

Wow!! That is very well done my friend. Quite an achievement.

DeutscherGeist

Very well done! Awesome!

I am not sure if Nolan Ryan does public signings, but calling up a few sports memorabilia agencies might give you a lead. All you would have to do then is pay the fee and wait in line like everyone else. For your one of a kind artwork, it would be worth it. Just make sure to get a friend to photograph the event and signing for extra documentation.

Another method is through the mail, but there is a risk it can be misdirected along the way. Maybe you can write an initial letter to his agent of what you want, and he or she will either cater to you or point out a public signing coming up. It never hurts to ask.

Jammin0511

@DeutscherGeist said:
Very well done! Awesome!

I am not sure if Nolan Ryan does public signings, but calling up a few sports memorabilia agencies might give you a lead. All you would have to do then is pay the fee and wait in line like everyone else. For your one of a kind artwork, it would be worth it. Just make sure to get a friend to photograph the event and signing for extra documentation.

Another method is through the mail, but there is a risk it can be misdirected along the way. Maybe you can write an initial letter to his agent of what you want, and he or she will either cater to you or point out a public signing coming up. It never hurts to ask.

Thanks! I am definitely going to look into it.

saucywombat

quite good

lawnmowerman

I admire your patience and dedication. Great work!

pab1969

Amazing skill and attention to detail. Well done. 76 topps is a classic choice.

JBrules

Impressive!!!!

Centauri

Looks like the value of a 91 Fleer Nola Ryan is going up, baby. He must have destroyed dozens of them making this art.

Jammin0511

@Centauri said:
Looks like the value of a 91 Fleer Nola Ryan is going up, baby. He must have destroyed dozens of them making this art.

I used about 200 '87 topps for the background so mathematically speaking the value of that card should be about 0.000001 cent higher now!

tsalems1

https://www.nolanryanfoundation.org/personal-items/

Jammin0511

@tsalems1 said:
https://www.nolanryanfoundation.org/personal-items/

Oh wow, thanks! I'm a little nervous about mailing this thing though... maybe I will contact them and see if there is an alternative solution.

BLUEJAYWAY

A fine work of art. How many hours were invested in the work?

Stone193

I'm really liking this one!

craig44

Very impressive!

CommemKing

Very nice work. You should be proud about that.

Jammin0511

@BLUEJAYWAY said:
A fine work of art. How many hours were invested in the work?

Thank you. It took about 65 hours to build it, although I also spent a fair amount of time hunting for the best deals I could find on large Nolan Ryan card lots and sorting through them.

BaltimoreYankee

That is just fantastic! What are the dimensions?

Jammin0511

@BaltimoreYankee said:
That is just fantastic! What are the dimensions?

Thank you! It is about 20" x 29"

doubledragon

That is absolutely priceless. I'm stunned! Beautiful. 🖼

waxman2745

Great piece! Which Nolan Ryan issues did you use? I recognize 1990 Donruss, 1990 Topps, and 1991 Fleer. Any others?

Jammin0511

@waxman2745 said:
Great piece! Which Nolan Ryan issues did you use? I recognize 1990 Donruss, 1990 Topps, and 1991 Fleer. Any others?

I used a lot of different cards, mostly from that era. The most useful ones that you didn't already mention were '89 topps traded (pink area and light parts of the face), '88 fleer (face), '87 Topps and '89 donruss (background), '91 upper deck (hair and hat), and '90 upper deck (jersey).

BLUEJAYWAY

@Jammin0511 said:

@BLUEJAYWAY said:
A fine work of art. How many hours were invested in the work?

Thank you. It took about 65 hours to build it, although I also spent a fair amount of time hunting for the best deals I could find on large Nolan Ryan card lots and sorting through them.

65 hours! Just WOW.

doubledragon

I Had to come back and look again! Freakin masterpiece!

Jammin0511

@doubledragon said:
I Had to come back and look again! Freakin masterpiece!

Thank you!