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For Custom card inquiries: email me tanmanbaseballfan @gmail .com Hubby, dad, artist, author, baseball carder. Jesus is my Plan A. I have no Plan B.

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TanManBaseballFan
9 days
I've been super excited to show this one :) I was sent a PSA certified Babe Ruth, a JSA certified Lou Gehrig, and paired them with game used pieces from officially licensed baseball cards. Here is what I designed and created: A dual auto, dual relic Babe Ruth / Lou Gehrig
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1 year
is this the coolest bobblehead ever?
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4 years
Babe Ruth lying unconscious after he ran into a wall while trying to catch a foul ball. He would regain consciousness about 5 minutes later and get 2 more hits in the game.
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TanManBaseballFan
3 years
PHEW! This was probably my most challenging project ever. I call it: The Book of Boggs. It is a triple booklet booklet - three booklets in one big booklet! I don't think it has ever been done before. Full video here:
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1 year
"This player is the Babe Ruth of baseball!" A customer sent me this to create something special for him. A baseball sweet spot signed by Babe Ruth himself! It was purchased from the personal collection of Upper Deck's co-founder, Richard McWilliam. NO, I did NOT cut up a Ruth
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3 years
Incredible!!!
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8 months
Tried to use the Shutterfly mobile app to design my Christmas cards. Selected the wrong photo from my camera roll so now I have 90 of these
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1 year
Tyler and Bridgette recently got married & Tyler sent me some of the "relics" from the wedding - a program, piece of the suit, dried flower, and bouquet ribbon to create something special for them. Here it is! A jumbo on canvas with gold foil, featuring the relics that were sent
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TanManBaseballFan
3 years
bru....tal 😂😂😂
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3 years
Here's a custom I did of someone's dog with a piece of their chew toy. Fun Christmas gift idea perhaps? PM me 🙂
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1 year
A few years back, I created a number of custom cards, and send them to a guy in Canada who was having a Canseco signing. He stole them. One of which was a 1951 Topps Red Backs style card of Canseco. When I realized he took off with them, I decided to remake it, but this
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TanManBaseballFan
8 months
Here's a still shot of the Jackie Robinson I created :)
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TanManBaseballFan
3 months
Well said, Dave!
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2 months
"Dad, what is the #1 card you'd want?" "T206 Wagner, of course! Why?" "No reason" *runs up the stairs... Hours later ... "Happy Father's Day!" A card of me as Honus Wagner 🙂 My new favorite card for my collection! 😍😍😍
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TanManBaseballFan
3 years
Ken Griffey Jr. as a junior in high school
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5 years
Best Costume Ever? Aaron Judge jumbo - and I mean REALLY jumbo card! Posted by Dusty - great job! #collect #thehobby #baseballcards
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TanManBaseballFan
6 months
I was sent a huge autograph of Anthony Bourdain to create a special custom art piece with. Here is what I came up with!
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TanManBaseballFan
4 years
A buddy of mine reached out to me to create this jumbo w/pieces of his bride's dress, his suit, bouquet & a bb from their wedding. I made the photos sepia, & transitioned them to color for the bouquet to add color to the presentation. The middle gem sets everything off nicely!
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TanManBaseballFan
4 years
I traded my PSA 10 2011 Topps Trout Diamond plus $$$$ for this beauty: 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle ... Mega excited! 😍😍😍 #US175for311 #collect #thehobby #baseballcards
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TanManBaseballFan
3 years
In honor of the field of dreams game, here is my Eight Men Out Black Sox set from 1919 W514. The McMullen is a custom since he wasn't in the set :)
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TanManBaseballFan
2 years
Please pray for us.
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TanManBaseballFan
4 years
My new favorite player 😂😂
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10 months
I was sent two massive, and oddly cut autographs of Michael Jordan (PSA) and Tom Brady (JSA) to create something with.  Here's what I designed and created!  A 6x9 jumbo dual cut signature card.   I am SUPER happy with how it turned out!  #michaeljordan #tombrady #chicagobulls
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TanManBaseballFan
1 year
Gary Busey Rookie Card?
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TanManBaseballFan
6 months
I was sent a few signatures that were cut from a baseball that were good candidates to have a better life in cards than on a baseball.  Here is a Mickey Mantle I created!   #collect #thehobby #baseballcards #newyorkyankees #yankees #mickeymantle #psa #sgc #bgs #csg #cgc
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TanManBaseballFan
1 year
The cards I created for Chevy Chase are now in stock! I think Chevy is happy with them :) Print run is limited to 40. Grab yours on his site now!
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TanManBaseballFan
7 years
@HillaryClinton If a loved one of mine was killed in this, I'd be mighty upset hearing you politicize the tragedy a mere hours later. #youcrossedtheline
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TanManBaseballFan
4 years
Agree or disagree?
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TanManBaseballFan
4 years
Texas Rangers? Please - We need to change ALL team names.
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TanManBaseballFan
5 years
I don't know whether to laugh or cry
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TanManBaseballFan
5 years
I made a custom Elf relic card out of a gift bag. #cottonheadedninnymuggins Article here! 👉 #baseballcards #collect #thehobby
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TanManBaseballFan
2 years
I was sent a George W Bush signed baseball to create something with - here is what I came up with!
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TanManBaseballFan
11 months
WOW! BIG NEWS! The guys from Authentic Signings, Inc. reached out to me to create a couple runs of high-end Sylvester Stallone cards. I will post one of them today. I was sent a piece of the authentic ONE AND ONLY red bandana used in the 2008 Motion picture movie Rambo to embed
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TanManBaseballFan
5 years
Wow - #packsearchers have been put on notice! Not sure if this is an official sign from @Target or not, but these signs should be in all stores! #collect #thehobby #baseballcards
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TanManBaseballFan
1 year
I created these cards *FOR* Chevy Chase! His guy reached out to me and sent some of the famous landshark costume from Saturday Night Live. Check out what I made for him!
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TanManBaseballFan
4 years
At my funeral, I think I want everyone in attendance to open up a wax pack of baseball cards.
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TanManBaseballFan
5 years
How did a generation raised on South Park and Family Guy become so offended by everything?
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TanManBaseballFan
1 year
Here's the still shot of the Brady custom someone requested that I create for them :)
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TanManBaseballFan
11 months
I get that it's these old guy's first bowman cards and such ... but ... raise your hand if you don't understand ...
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TanManBaseballFan
2 years
It looks like they found it!
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TanManBaseballFan
5 years
2018 @Topps Museum 100% Wood #1of1 Jose Canseco. 😍 Perfect picture, gold ink and gold holofoil accents. #baseballcards #collect #thehobby
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TanManBaseballFan
11 months
Five years ago today, mom and I found dad after he passed away at 64. Up to that point, it was the most devastating thing ever to have happened to us. Dad lived a life full of physical misery, and misfortune seemed to follow he and my mom everywhere they went. It shaped my
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4 years
I hate this ... but ... it is hilarious 😂
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11 months
I've been wanting to create a piece of this Cub trio for forever :) This piece features authentic 1911 T205 Gold Border cards of Tinker, Evers, and Chance, along with the signature of the poet who wrote the famous Poem "Baseball's Sad Lexicon", or better known as "Tinker to
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TanManBaseballFan
1 year
This bat thing is getting out of hand ...
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TanManBaseballFan
4 years
I love this card
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TanManBaseballFan
4 years
2020 was a great year for collecting! Here is my biggest pickup. Happy new year!
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TanManBaseballFan
4 years
From Cody T on Facebook - 1995 Bowman's Best correctly predicted how many Home Runs Griffey would end up with at the end of his career. 😱
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TanManBaseballFan
2 months
SUPER mailday yesterday! The Jose Canseco 2023 Topps Chrome Platinum Superfractor 1/1 just landed. It is gorgeous!
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TanManBaseballFan
2 years
So, I'm doing a thing. I'm on a quest to trade a 1987 Topps Jose Canseco up & up & up until I can get a T206 Honus Wagner! If you would like to follow along my journey, and get involved by offering up a trade, please visit - shares appreciated!
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TanManBaseballFan
7 years
So, I made a @JoseCanseco swinging gif out of some scans of my #baseballcards today :) #collect #thehobby
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TanManBaseballFan
8 months
you can never have too many 1982 fleer Michael Jordan rookie cards
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TanManBaseballFan
2 years
Someone posted this on facebook from a card show today🙃
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TanManBaseballFan
2 years
Good night, light. Good night, moon. Good night, Chinese Spy Balloon
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TanManBaseballFan
2 months
Have you ever dreamed about baseball cards? I have, and this is what happened ... Years ago, I had a dream. In my dream, I literally created a 2011 Topps style blue refractor Mark McGwire on Team USA. When I woke up, I got to work! After I created it, I thought it would be
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5 years
Ohtani! Those don't look like pitching arms anymore...
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TanManBaseballFan
5 years
I bought a baseball that was used in a game Canseco played in, hacked it up and made a special card for my personal collection. I made it a while ago, but just ran across it again and thought I'd share! #baseballcards #thehobby #collect
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TanManBaseballFan
4 years
Happy Halloween! Here is my Jose Frankenseco custom I show each year, but this time, I have made some parallels. Refractor, Cracked Ice and Atomic!
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TanManBaseballFan
4 years
I took a baseball that was used in a game Canseco played in, cut it up and created this Gypsy Queen inspired card for my collection.
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TanManBaseballFan
2 months
I may never understand this sort of thing ...
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TanManBaseballFan
4 years
Accurate! @topps
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3 years
Custom dual patch pajama card of two brothers :)
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TanManBaseballFan
5 years
BREAKING NEWS: @MikeTrout has just tested positive for being Mike Trout.
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TanManBaseballFan
4 years
Nature is healing
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TanManBaseballFan
6 years
YES!!! It came back a 10! :D #collect #thehobby
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TanManBaseballFan
11 months
Why pay extra for insurance???
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TanManBaseballFan
11 months
Isn't it everyone's dream to be on a baseball card with their favorite player? That's what I was commissioned for: To put Jace in a dual patch booklet custom with Pete Alonso. This one has Easter Eggs! If you look closely, Alonso has a polar bear in the background, and Jace can
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TanManBaseballFan
2 years
Years ago, I had a dream about a Team USA blue refractor of Mark McGwire. When I woke up, I made it, then eventually had it signed. Here was the end result!
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TanManBaseballFan
10 months
Every Halloween, I show my monster creation:  Jose Frankenseco!  This card is based off of the 1986 Topps design, but when you move it back and forth, it changes colors, and you can even see his skeleton.  When you turn off the lights, he even glows! #frankenstein #frankenseco
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TanManBaseballFan
5 years
Griffey has had more #baseballcards of him made then most, but this just might be the coolest picture of him ever. #Collect #thehobby
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TanManBaseballFan
2 years
I took a baseball that was used in a game Canseco played in, cut it up and created this Gypsy Queen inspired card for my collection.
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TanManBaseballFan
5 years
Raise your hand if you had some classic baseball cards in your collection at some point. #baseballcards #collect #thehobby
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TanManBaseballFan
11 months
College dorm room 1910s ... can you spot the baseball cards?
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I was sent a baseball that was signed by Jackie Robinson, and a couple relic cards of his to create this custom card.  It features blue and red foil, with silver holofoil inlays.  I'm super excited about how it all came together!  Then again, how can I not get excited about
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TanManBaseballFan
4 years
Collecting #baseballcards in the 1960s!
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TanManBaseballFan
10 months
I was sent a book signed by Bob Ross to design and create a custom jumbo card with.  Here it is!  The front was done on canvas (how could I not?!) and gold foil.  Instead of saying "Cut Signature" , I put "Happy Little Cut Signature".  The background features one of his
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TanManBaseballFan
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9 Years Ago Today ... In 2015, Jose Canseco had me and my family come over to his house! He signed a bunch of stuff, narrated his home runs for us, told us stories, we played cards, ate cupcakes, and traded gloves! It was truly the coolest thing ever that happened to me in my
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TanManBaseballFan
4 years
5 years ago today I spent the day with @JoseCanseco - one of the greatest days ever! He even texted me months later asking how we were doing. He was so good to us! We traded gloves, ate cupcakes & bashed! Thank you, Jose for a day we will never forget! *Your are the best!*
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TanManBaseballFan
3 years
if only, if only @Athletics
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TanManBaseballFan
5 years
Me: I'm so sick of all the endless parallels and rainbows. Also me:
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TanManBaseballFan
2 years
Read the disclaimer :)
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TanManBaseballFan
2 years
Here's a custom Mantle I created using a handful of low end Mantle relic cards, and a signed index card!
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TanManBaseballFan
3 years
Rose wants to be in the HOF, and he's done asking.
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TanManBaseballFan
9 months
MASSSSSIVE!!! I designed and created this 9x Jumbo Patch Booklet of Canseco that's over TWO FEET LONG! It features patches from jerseys worn by Jose Canseco himself of every single team he signed with!
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TanManBaseballFan
11 months
Goodness, people...
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TanManBaseballFan
10 months
Here is a custom Griffey I had fun creating! I've done a few other similar cards for folks as well. They are wildly different from my typical creations, but I love em!
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TanManBaseballFan
4 years
Here is a custom I created and called it "Behind the Plate". It features a silver ink cut signature that I had Jose sign on some nice textured black card stock so I could embed it in a creation at a later date - here it is!
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TanManBaseballFan
4 years
Saw this on facebook ... someone is doing their floor of their man cave with baseball cards. Brilliant!
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TanManBaseballFan
4 years
Can anyone else relate?
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