Buhner Is Chopping Things Down

 

I have a mini Jay Buhner pc, I just topped 100 cards with a recent COMC purchase, and when I came across a Upper Deck Collector’s Choice card from 1997 I knew I had to have it. I will begin by just going back to 2013 when Upper Deck released Goodwin Champions, which included Buhner on the checklist as card #119, and the picture that was used was Buhner with a chainsaw standing on a pile of wood. Buhner has always been a tough guy with a really soft side so this image was perfect for him. I never knew it but this image actually came from a photo shoot that Upper Deck had done with him in the late 1990s which brings me to his 1997 Collector’s Choice Big Shots insert.

Upper Deck has slipped Jay Buhner cutting wood in to two sets over a decade apart. Hopefully in another 6-8 years we don’t see a similar image show up in another Upper Deck release.

 

Upper Deck Is Bringing The Masters To 2013 Goodwin Champions

Upper Deck is finishing up the final touches for the release of 2013 Goodwin Champions next month and as pieces are coming together they are posting up preview images. One of the hits in the release will be the hand painted “Art of the Ages” cards, a modern artist’s rendition of works from the masters like Leonardo Da Vinci, Vincent Van Gogh and Claude Monet on a 2 ½ x 3 ½ card sized canvas.

 

I minored in Fine Art while earning my Graphic Design degree and this is now one of my favorite Upper Deck inserts, I am glad that they decided to take a step away from the norm and go with something unexpected.

 

There will be around 300 “Art Of The Ages” cards, each a one of one card. A checklist has not been released so I do not know who the participating artists are or which masterpieces will be included.  With Vincent van Gogh’s “Self Portrait With A Straw Hat” being included in the preview images I am hoping to see at least one of his three “Nights” paintings, I am also hoping to see Edvard Munch’s “The Scream” and anything from Umberto Boccioni during his Futurism period.