Description

In 1975 Topps, in association with Light Associates of Rochester, NY, issued a 135-card set of famous photographers, art critics, museum curators and art historians. The set was the brainchild of photographer Mike Mandel who traveled around the U.S. with baseball equipment and uniforms.

According to a December, 1975 Sports Illustrated article, the cards were distributed to art galleries and museums and sold in 10-card cellophane packs (with a stick of gum) for $1. 3000 copies of each card were produced. While the set is virtually unknown amongst sports card collectors, these cards are still actively collected and traded by art aficionados.

The cards are simple black-and-white shots featuring the subjects in various baseball-related poses. Each subject was given full leeway to write whatever they wanted on the back.

In early 2010, a 135-card set was sold at auction for $5675.

Checklist

1 Bob Flick

2 Joel Meyerowitz

3 Van Deren Coke

4 Joe Deal

5 Ron Walker

6 Lee Witkin

7 Al Sweetman

8 Don Drowty

9 Ellen Brooks

10 Dennis Hearne

11 Elaine Mayes

12 Bart Parker

13 Larry Sultan

14 Ed West

15 Arthur Siegel

16 Leonard Freed

17 Margery Mann

18 Harry Callahan

19 Gary Metz

20 Peter Gowland

21 Ansel Adams

22 Ed Ruscha

23 Grace Mayer

24 Mike Mandel

25 Harold Allen

26 Laura Gilpin

27 Hank Smith

28 Anne Tucker

29 Phil Perkis

30 Michael Simon

31 Bill Owens

32 Manuel Bravo

33 Nathan Lyons

34 Bill Arnold

35 Jim Hajicek

36 Les Krims

37 Joyce Neimanas

38 Judy Dater

39 Al Coleman

40 Ira Nowinski

41 Jack Welpott

42 Linda Parry

43 Burke Uzzle

44 Jim Dow

45 Dave Freund

46 Todd Walker

47 Catherine Jansen

48 Eva Rubinstein

49 Eddie Sievers

50 Minor White

51 Michael Becotte

52 Fred McDarrah

53 Richard Link

54 Betty Hahn

55 Nick Hlobeczy

56 Bob Cumming

57 Ken Josephson

58 Naomi Savage

59 John Divola

60 Tom Barrow

61 Carl Chiarenza

62 Bea Nettles

63 Roger Mertin

64 John Benson

65 Cal Kowal

66 Aaron Siskind

67 Robert von Sternberg

68 Paige Pinnell

69 Arthur Tress

70 Jacob Deschin

71 Linda Connor

72 Don Blumbeing

73 Jim Alinder

74 Harold Jones

75 M.J. Walker

76 Bill Parker

77 Al Woolpert

78 Duke Baltz

79 Gus Kayafas

80 Duane Michals

81 Darryl Curran

82 Arnold Newman

83 Geoff Winningham

84 Paul Vanderbilt

85 Anne Noggle

86 Timo Pajunen

87 Edmund Teske

88 Imogen Cunningham

89 Andy Anderson

90 Bill Larson

91 Pete Bunnell

92 Robert Doherty

93 Joe Jachna

94 Oscar Bailey

95 Jerry Uelsmann

96 Art Sinsabaugh

97 Charles Roitz

98 Doug Stewart

99 Chuck Swedlund

100 Bill Edwards

101 Bobby Heinecken

102 Micha Bar-Am

103 Beaumont Newhall

104 Wynn Bullock

105 Jerry McMillan

106 John Schulze

107 Neal Slavin

108 Lee Rice

109 Joan Lyons

110 Bill Jenkins

111 Fred Sommer

112 Barbara Crane

113 Emmet Gowin

114 Barbara Morgan

115 Mark Power

116 Cornell Capa

117 Lionel Suntop

118 Bunny Yeager

119 Doug Prince

120 Eileen Cowin

121 Eve Sonneman

122 Reg Heron

123 Scott Hyde

124 Conrad Pressma

125 John Szarkowski

126 Bill Eggleston

127 Mike Bishop

128 Bob Fichter

129 Liliane DeCock

130 Tom Porett

131 Arnold Crane

132 Arnold Gassan

133 Elliott Erwitt

134 Len Gittleman

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