The 1969 Topps Vault Steve Garvey image

AUPT

I did it again. I thought I had picked off the eBay image from Topps Vault a month or two ago showing Steve Garvey in a batting pose, with the pro baseball Centennial patch on his sleeve. Now I can't find it among my "stuff," and I'd like to do a custom card.

If anybody here bought that transparency or captured the image, I'd be glad to offer two of the final product card in exchange for its use.

TheHun

the topps vault ebay listing now have watermarks -

not that I blame them, but so much for the custom cards ...

I wish I had the Garvey for you - you do nice work.

AUPT

The Topps watermarks on their eBay pix don't bother me; an hour or two of Photoshop and you'd never know they were there.

These custom card creations are my hobby, so I don't really mind putting in the extra work.

KbKards

No patch, but only one in there for last 3 months. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190334768426

pomobileclk

PM sent

AUPT

Got it! Once again, thanks to the co-operation of those on this forum, I've been able to get past my mistake and can proceed to creating a Steve Garvey card. I'm torn between doing a 1969 or a 1970. Garvey played only three games in September, 1969, so a1970-style would be more historically accurate. But . . . I did the 1969-style Munson, even though he played only 26 games after Aug. 8 that year.

Your thoughts?

itzagoner

pleeez, i beg....a '69 Garv would be a very cool thing to see.

Ironmanfan

I think board member "Bman" made a sweet 1970 Garvey at some point (I vote for '69 as well)

nam812

Here's the one that Brian (bman90278) created.

AUPT

Yeah, Brian's 1970-style Garvey is another reason I'd prefer to do a 1969; I wouldn't want to hog his concept.

elninopadre

How about a 1968 Topps Rookie Star - Dodgers split with Bill Buckner?

mccardguy1

I dont mean to be crass but if you are looking for an answer you will not be receiving one from AUPT as I believe that was Bob Lemke's account and he sadly passed away just a few years ago. HE was a man with incredible hobby knowledge and a talent for making cards that never were.

elninopadre

No worries, I did not know he had passed... But I am pretty sure he is still making them up in heaven! R.I.P.

Stone193

I miss Bob.

To say he had knowledge may belie the depth of his expertise and contribution to the hobby.

Excerpt:

He helped to orchestrate the launch of Baseball Cards Magazine in the spring of 1981, the first such periodical to appear on national newsstands and a revolutionary event in a fledgling hobby/industry. Only months later he would lobby for the company’s acquisition of Sports Collectors Digest, a move that played a pivotal role in the dramatic expansion of Krause Publications over the next two decades. Over that span he would serve as editor, publisher and ultimately vice president of the Sports Division, affixing his name to literally dozens of books as author and/or editor, perhaps most notably as a creative force behind the Standard Catalog of Baseball Cards, one of the most highly respected journals in the industry. His authorship also extended to Krause titles in coin collecting, paper money, detecting counterfeit cards and even a volume on Prison Money, The Media of Exchange of Our Penal Institutions. After retiring from the company in 2006, he later worked for Whitman Publishing and stepped away from F & W Media more completely in 2011, turning over the reins of The Standard Catalog. While ostensibly retired, he continued working in the hobby he loved, creating stunning “homemade” baseball cards of many of his favorite players from the postwar era and producing heavily researched articles for his long-running blog, the eponymous “Bob Lemke’s Blog.”

BaltimoreYankee

Bob was definitely the man when it came to baseball card knowledge. He died way too young.

doubledragon

Really sad to read this. I never knew Bob, but I wish I had.

PaulMaul

Fortunately his blog is still there for all to enjoy....

http://boblemke.blogspot.com/