Are ITG History of Hockey 1/1 art cards the only cards with handpainted art AND gu memorabilia?

[zackmak]

Artwork on cards is quite common, but I wanted to narrow it down further.

On-card artwork (i.e. hand-painted or hand-drawn art done directly on the card itself) is rare, but in revisiting the 2012-13 In The Game History of Hockey series, it got me wondering.

They made of bunch of on-card hand painted cards (which they labelled 1/1), and they each included game-used memorabilia pieces.

My question is: were these the first hand-PAINTED cards ever produced that also included game-used swatches? Are they the only ones still to date?

I stressed 'PAINT' because I think there were on-card pencil sketch cards produced by ITG with gu swatches, too. In 2012-13 ITG Ultimate Memorabilia 12th Edition, I believe.

 

[GabbyGuy]

I can only speak for the ITG Ultimate 12 cards.

I talked to the artist about these cards and asked him if they were reprints of his artwork or actual "drawn on the card" artwork. He said they were original "drawn on the card" artwork. So they are one-of-a-kind cards. They are not paint though, like you are asking.

Maybe Dr. Price can elaborate on the ITG History of Hockey 1/1 artwork cards. ???

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My ITG Ultimate 12 Original Artwork and Memorabilia 1/1 and non-1/1 cards:

NOT signed on the back by the artist:

The non-1/1 cards were drawn in black & white. Even though this Parise card is 3/4, the artwork is a 1/1 as each card has a different drawing of Parise. But all in black & white:




The 1/1 cards were drawn in color:




Signed on the back by the artist:





--Curt

 

[Krusin]

In 2013 ITG put out SportsKings which had 1/1 Memorabilia piece with original art work, the name of the set was "Body of Work".

example -

 

[creasecollector]

This is so cool!

 

[chadsexington]

I can't speak to whether they are the first, but I believe Super Break has put sourced out game used memorabilia on hand painted cards as part of that Gold Bar series thing they do.

 

[zackmak]

The ITG Ultimate Memorabilia 12th Edition, and the Sportskings' 'Body of Work', could also end up being the first set of cards that had pencil sketches with memorabilia, as an FYI. That would be kinda neat.

ITG does some funny things with the numbering, though. With the Parise card, for example, with each sketch being a different one, it really should be labelled 1/1. The way it's written now (i.e. 3/4) it implies that there are 4 of the same image...just like other non-art memorabilia cards that are labeled #/#.

An option of how they COULD have been labeled them: 1/1A or 1/1: Version A (with the A implying the sketch will be different from 1/1B)

The History of Hockey 1/1 cards, are also labelled in a misleading way. Each 'scene' is handpainted ten times, so they are the same as they can be (with slight differences - as expected - that naturally come from painting the same thing again). But they are not labelled #/10, like 'photo/graphic' sportscards with the same scene. Yes, technically, with those slight differences, there is truth to them being called 1/1...but I think #/10 is more valid.

Again, those HofH cards could have been labelled 1/1A or 1/1 Version A

Both the Parise cards and the HofH handpainted cards HAVE to have a different numbering system, though, because look how confusing it becomes when you put them up against a true 1/1 card (like the Gaborik) card shown above, where only one sketch exists, or another serial numbered card #/# with all of its cards having the EXACT same image (which is the most-practiced, most accepted, historical way)!


That Super Break card came out in 2015. Nice card! It looks like handpainted cards with memorabilia became a big trend, since 2013.

By the way, is that Barkley card actually hand painted on the card? I only ask because I find it amazing that an artist can paint on a regular size card, let alone half of one.

Maybe the artist drew on a large canvas and then they scanned it to put on the card. It would still be a handpainted 1/1, but just not on-card handpainted. I think that's how card companies do most 1/1 handpainted cards - paint on large canvas first, then scan to put on the card.

Would be interesting to find out.

 

[chadsexington]

The ITG Ultimate Memorabilia 12th Edition, and the Sportskings' 'Body of Work', could also end up being the first set of cards that had pencil sketches with memorabilia, as an FYI. That would be kinda neat.

ITG does some funny things with the numbering, though. With the Parise card, for example, with each sketch being a different one, it really should be labelled 1/1. The way it's written now (i.e. 3/4) it implies that there are 4 of the same image...just like other non-art memorabilia cards that are labeled #/#.

An option of how they COULD have been labeled them: 1/1A or 1/1: Version A (with the A implying the sketch will be different from 1/1B)

The History of Hockey 1/1 cards, are also labelled in a misleading way. Each 'scene' is handpainted ten times, so they are the same as they can be (with slight differences - as expected - that naturally come from painting the same thing again). But they are not labelled #/10, like 'photo/graphic' sportscards with the same scene. Yes, technically, with those slight differences, there is truth to them being called 1/1...but I think #/10 is more valid.

Again, those HofH cards could have been labelled 1/1A or 1/1 Version A

Both the Parise cards and the HofH handpainted cards HAVE to have a different numbering system, though, because look how confusing it becomes when you put them up against a true 1/1 card (like the Gaborik) card shown above, where only one sketch exists, or another serial numbered card #/# with all of its cards having the EXACT same image (which is the most-practiced, most accepted, historical way)!


That Super Break card came out in 2015. Nice card! It looks like handpainted cards with memorabilia became a big trend, since 2013.

By the way, is that Barkley card actually hand painted on the card? I only ask because I find it amazing that an artist can paint on a regular size card, let alone half of one.

Maybe the artist drew on a large canvas and then they scanned it to put on the card. It would still be a handpainted 1/1, but just not on-card handpainted. I think that's how card companies do most 1/1 handpainted cards - paint on large canvas first, then scan to put on the card.

Would be interesting to find out.

Sorry was in a rush typing out what I did. I meant to say I couldn't speak to whether ITG was the first but that Super Break was doing hand painted stuff now so it was definitely still happening.

The Super Break stuff is all kinds of weird sizes though. That Barkley is a tiny scan but could be the size of the normal 8x10 for all I know. I don't know that there is a lot of hand painting going on with these things anymore though. A lot of sketch artists seem to be moving toward copic markers over traditional paint.

Did UD Masterpieces (the 08-09 hockey set) have any memorabilia sketch cards? I was collecting the autograph and jersey sets at one point but wasn't paying attention to the sketches.

 

[zackmak]

Did UD Masterpieces (the 08-09 hockey set) have any memorabilia sketch cards? I was collecting the autograph and jersey sets at one point but wasn't paying attention to the sketches.

It's hard to tell if those cards were painted or coloured-pencil sketched. And some look like actual photos, but just on canvas-like 'bumby' material.

Either or, I don't know if any that had memorabilia were hand painted or sketched on the actual card. I can't find any clear info on the internet.

My guess would be that they were just scans of the artwork, simply based on the fact that so many of the same image were numbered out of #?, depending on the colour border (i.e. red border #/10; green border #/85; blue border #/25, etc).

But the 1/1 black and white marker sketch cards seem to be hand-drawn right on the card. No memorabilia on them, though.

 

[chadsexington]

But the 1/1 black and white marker sketch cards seem to be hand-drawn right on the card. No memorabilia on them, though.

It's the 1/1 cards I was wondering about since those were the hand drawn ones. Good to know there were no memorabilia ones there. So...I'd say you're probably right with your OP.

 

[Tachyon]

I believe the 12-13 ITG History of Hockey Original Art 1/1 with Memorabilia is the original one card produced by the artist and then the /40 and /10 versions are prints or copies of them.

That's how I understood it. I have many of the /40 versions but have never had a 1/1 Art card in hand.

 

[zackmak]

I believe the 12-13 ITG History of Hockey Original Art 1/1 with Memorabilia is the original one card produced by the artist and then the /40 and /10 versions are prints or copies of them.

That's how I understood it. I have many of the /40 versions but have never had a 1/1 Art card in hand.

You're right. I actually started a thread on these boards titled

'History of Hockey ITG 2012-13 art cards update and confirmation'

with some of the details you might find interesting.

 

[zackmak]

Anyone have a scan of any 2014-15 ITG Ultimate Memorabilia 14th Edition "Original Artwork" memorabilia cards?

They could only be received through redemption, and were 1/1. Are they copies of artwork on the card? Are they hand-painted/hand-sketched on-card?

The card I posted of Pelle seems like it's painted...and, it seems like it was painted on the card itself.

But the back says it's a 'sketch'. Doesn't sketch usually mean with pencil/marker, etc NOT paint?

I'm particularly interested in finding out what the Gretzky 'Original Artwork' card from this series looks like.