{"id":1042,"date":"2023-11-17T17:32:29","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T17:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/?p=1042"},"modified":"2026-06-30T18:32:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T18:32:36","slug":"a-baseball-card-collection-and-an-interloper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/a-baseball-card-collection-and-an-interloper\/","title":{"rendered":"A baseball card collection, and an interloper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I started collecting baseball cards when I was a kid, I believe in 1975, when I was a first grader.  I developed a big collection over the years, getting older cards either via trading or at baseball card conventions, as well as eventually buying complete sets. When I was in college in the late 1980s, my cards were quite valuable, and I sold most of them for a nice profit.  My timing was good, as it was before Topps, Upper Deck, and Fleer flooded the market in the 1990s with countless new cards, which tanked the market.<\/p>\n<p>I still have a few older cards left from my collection that I didn&#8217;t sell, as well as some of the 1990s cards which have little to no value. A couple years ago I was in a sports card store in north Jersey, and saw a hand-painted card in the display case that was wildly out of place, as some kid somewhere decided to mess with a card he didn&#8217;t like.  I wish I had bought it &#8211; I didn&#8217;t &#8211; but it sparked the seed for my own art-customized cards.<\/p>\n<p>As you can see in the picture above, why not take one of those worthless 1990s cards and transform the ballplayer into a Picasso-like face?  He&#8217;s a lot more interesting than he used to be.<\/p>\n<p>With that said, I&#8217;ve been developing a collection of altered baseball cards, some of which you can see below. If any of these interest you, either as a baseball card collector, or as an art collector, let me know &#8211; they&#8217;re all available for sale. $10 will get you a unique card unlike any other baseball card you&#8217;ll ever get in a pack of cards.  <a href=\"mailto:info@mckinneyarts.com\" title=\"contact McKinney Arts\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reach out to me<\/a> if you&#8217;re interested in any of these.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3355\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3355\" style=\"width: 890px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/modified-painted-baseball-cards-mckinney.jpg\" alt=\"Modified baseball cards by artist Mark McKinney\" width=\"900\" height=\"619\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/modified-painted-baseball-cards-mckinney.jpg 900w, https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/modified-painted-baseball-cards-mckinney-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/modified-painted-baseball-cards-mckinney-768x528.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3355\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Modified baseball cards by artist Mark McKinney<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I started collecting baseball cards when I was a kid, I believe in 1975, when I was a first grader. I developed a big collection over the years, getting older cards either via trading or at baseball card conventions, as well as eventually buying complete sets. 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