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My Favourite Trading
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Sketch Cards |
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Sketch
cards are not new - various sets have included hand drawn cards by various
artists for at least a decade, if not longer. In the last few years,
however, they have very much come to the fore, and some collectors now
express disappointment if a set does not feature sketch cards (in the same
way they once complained if there were no autograph or costume cards!)
I don't
have an extensive collection - most of the cards on this page were either
lucky pack pulls, presents from friends or eBay bargains. That said,
I am interested in sketches that appeal to my particular taste, and I am
fussy! You will see a lot of sketches of Irina Spalko, the character
played by Cate Blanchett in "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal
Skulls" - there is no particular reason for this; I managed to get a nicely
priced Kate RED Bradley sketch of the character on eBay and, shortly afterwards,
found another sketch of the same character by Grant Gould for a similarly
low price at a show, so I picked that up too and in pretty short order
also bought a Jessica Hickman of the same character - one thing led to
another and now I have a bit of a Spalko collection building up - which
you will find together at the Spalko Gallery!
(A quick
plug - as well as maintaining this website I produce a regular podcast
about non-sport trading cards entitled "UK
CardCast" - the reason I mention it here is that several episodes concentrate
on the world of sketch artists and their contributions to the trading card
community!)
If you like
sketch cards and would like to know more, please visit the Scoundrel
Art Community, which is a great place to meet collectors and artists!
Cards on
this page are arranged according to the artist who drew them, and are otherwise
in no particular order. |
IMPORTANT
NOTE: Copyright exists in all the images on this page. My use of
these images does not, and should not be considered to, indicate the approval
of the relevant copyright holders.
Should
said copyright holders require me to remove these images, I will willingly
do so. |
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NOTE: This page contains a lot of pictures, which may well take some
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Day |
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Conan - Art of the Hyborean Age
(Rittenhouse Archive)(pack pull) |
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Hamill |
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E.F.Benson (a specially drawn
present from the artist!) |
Scene from Star Wars ANH (a present
from the artist!) |
Over Worked Mum/Mom - a charity
commission |
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| Matt
Busch |
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Lexx (pack pull) |
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| Robert
Teranashi |
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Wormtongue from LOTR Masterpieces
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| Graham
Bleathman |
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Thunderbird 2 from Thunderbirds
The Movie (Cards Inc.) (pack pull) |
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Czop |
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Thunderbird 2 from Thunderbirds
The Movie (Cards Inc.) (dealer purchase) |
Mirror Universe Spock from Star
Trek 35th (Rittenhouse Archive) (pack pull) |
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| Chris
Bolson |
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USS Enterprise from Star Trek
35th (Rittenbouse Archive) (pack pull) |
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| Cynthia
Cummens |
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Elizabethan
Lady (eBay purchase from the artist) |
Metropolis from The Vintage Poster
Collection - Classic Sci-Fi & Horror Posters (Breygent)(eBay purchase)
- no longer in personal collection. |
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| Katie Cook |
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Nikki from Heroes Season One(Topps)(a
present from a friend) |
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| Steven
Miller |
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Xena's Chakram from Art &
Images of Xena (Rittenhouse Archive)(a present from a friend) |
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| Otis Frampton |
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Sam from LOTR Evolution (Topps)
(eBay purchase) |
Another Hobbit pic from LOTR
Evolution (Topps) (eBay purchase) |
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Unfortunately, this card is affected
by the problem some other Topps cards have suffered - a black mark across
the length. It looks like the sort of mark left by a roller; presumably,
picked up when the card was on a conveyor belt prior to packing. |
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Aragorn and Gandalf from LOTR
Masterpieces II (Topps) (eBay purchase) |
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| Kate RED
Bradley |
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Irina Spalko from Indiana Jones
and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls (Topps)(eBay purchase) |
Arwen from LOTR Masterpieces
2 (Topps)(eBay purchase) |
Irina Spalko from Indiana Jones
and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls (PSC - a generous Christmas gift
fro ma friend!) |
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Dalla Vecchia |
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Indiana Jones from Indiana Jones
and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls (Topps)(Private purchase) |
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| Grant Gould |
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Irina Spalko from Indiana Jones
and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls (Topps)(Private purchase) |
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| Nik Neocleous |
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Batty Grable in "Pin Up Girl"
from The Vintage Poster Collection (Breygent)(eBay purchase) |
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| Nathan
Ohlendorf |
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Doctor Who (purchased from the
artist!) |
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These
two cards were generously sent to me by a mysterious donor as part of the
Scoundrel
Art Community "Secret Santa 2008" |
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| Ryan Waterhouse |
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I have no idea what this is supposed
to be, though it looks like it might be a monkey... (NSU Secret Santa gift) |
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| Lisa Redfern |
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Indy from Indiana Jones Masterpieces
(Topps) (eBay purchase) |
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| Jessica
Hickman |
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Irina Spalko (yes, I do seem
to be collecting these!) from Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal
Skulls (Topps) (eBay purchase) |
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| Denise
Vasquez |
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Irina Spalko (another one!)(PSC) |
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| Dan Cooney |
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Irina Spalko (there's a bit of
a theme here!) From Indiana Jones Masterpieces - this is one of the Panoramic
cards (the sketch runs over a gatefold double width card) (eBay purchase) |
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| Ingrid
Hardy |
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Rose
Tyler (Artist sample)( eBay purchase) |
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| Jason Keith
Phillips |
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Yup, another Irina Spalko! (from
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls (Topps) (Dealer purchase) |
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| Doug Riggsby |
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Classic Batman and Robin (a very
generous gift from a friend!)(PSC) |
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| Jeremy
McHugh |
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The Hood from Thunderbirds The
Movie (Cards Inc.) (dealer purchase) |
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| James Ramsey |
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FAB1 from Thunderbirds
The Movie (Cards Inc.) (eBay purchase) |
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| Rich Molinelli |
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Irina Spalko from Indiana Jones
and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls (Topps)(eBay purchase) |
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| Elaine
and Tony Perna |
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Stewie (from Family Guy) as Irina
Spalko! (PSC) |
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| Brandon
Kenney |
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Icarus
from Legends & Lore (Sadlittles.com) |
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Sketch 296/404 (sorry, I'm not
familiar enough with the movie to tell you which character this is!) from
Robots (Inkworks 2005) (eBay purchase) |
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| Ted Dastick |
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This is actually two cards which
I scanned and edited in Photoshop to minimise the join! Totally non-Bogus
and most excellent cards! |
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Bill and Ted (aka "Wyld Stallyns"!
(private purchase from artist) |
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| Chris Henderson |
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All these sketches were a very
generous gift from the Scoundrel
Secret
Santa 2009! |
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Doctor in the Tardis (2
cards set) |
The Doctor and Donna Noble |
Michelle Trachtenberg as 'Dawn'
(from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer") |
Marc Singer (from "The Beastmaster") |
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An exceedingly generous Christmas
gift from a friend! |
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Doctor Who and Rose Tyler |
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| Jason Atomic |
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Necromancer from Suckadelic Action
Art Card Series 1 (Suckpax 2010) |
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| Len Bellinger |
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The
Sucklord 600 from Suckadelic Action Art Card Series 1 (Suckpax 2010) |
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| Fer Gallicia |
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Buffy (PSC) |
Irina Spalko (PSC) |
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| Ian Walker |
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Buffy (PSC) |
Irina Spalko (PSC) |
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