Are Sports Cards ART? + Why 1948 Leaf Is Punk Rock + The Story Behind Satchel Paige’s Iconic Image
Are sports cards art?
David Chase's acquisition of his dream 1948 Leaf Satchel Paige leads Jeremy Lee, Chris McGill and Joshua Adams into a completely different conversation about how we experience sports cards and where they might fit within the broader history of art.
For David, the 1948 Leaf set isn't polished or perfect. It's raw, messy, inconsistent and unapologetically different. If the 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle is The Beatles and the T206 Wagner is Beethoven, David sees the 1948 Leaf Satchel Paige as The Ramones or the Sex Pistols.
It's the punk rock of baseball cards.
That leads us…
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