2012 Topps Museum Collection Brings Fine Art Back to Baseball Cards
2012 Topps Museum Collection was an instant-hit among collectors, offering a strong autograph and memorabilia card checklist. However, it's one of the non-hit inserts that is garnering lots of attention, particularly among team and player collections. Rather than traditional photographs, 2012 Topps Museum Collection Canvas Collection opts for artistic renditions of 48 past and present stars.
We checked with Topps and they confirmed a total of nine different artists worked on the set: Dan Bergren, Kevin Doyle, Charles Hall, Brandon Kenney, Gary Kezele, Rhiannon Owens, Lawrence Reynolds, Brian Rood and Russell Walks.
The 48-card Canvas Collection set comes with two versions. The more common cards are reproductions, inserted at a rate of one per box. Each card also has ten original art cards that are recreations done directly on the card, much like hand-painted sketch cards. A couple of original art Albert Pujols and Hanley Ramirez cards done by Doyle have also popped up on eBay.
Through a little detective work and contacting the artists, we've matched up most of the cards with their artists below. We'll continue to update as we confirm more. We've also compiled a complete gallery of the entire set.
2012 Topps Museum Collection Canvas Collection Checklist - By Artist
Dan Bergren
CCR-1 Babe Ruth
CCR-13 Tom Seaver
CCR-21 Nolan Ryan
CCR-29 Ozzie Smith
CCR-46 Johan Santana
Kevin Doyle
CCR-4 Stan Musial
CCR-32 Jim Palmer
CCR-45 Eddie Murray
Original art cards of Albert Pujols and Hanley Ramirez by Kevin Doyle have also surfaced on eBay, although they weren't part of the final 48-card checklist.
Charles Hall
CCR-2 Lou Gehrig
CCR-5 Adrian Gonzalez
CCR-19 Ken Griffey Jr.
Brandon Kenney
CCR-25 Ichiro Suzuki
CCR-34 Derek Jeter
CCR-36 Al Kaline
CCR-38 Harmon Killebrew
CCR-39 Reggie Jackson
Gary Kezele
CCR-6 Willie Mays
CCR-7 Mickey Mantle
CCR-22 Eddie Mathews
CCR-27 Joe Mauer
CCR-31 Willie McCovey
CCR-48 Carlton Fisk
Rhiannon Owens
CCR-20 Rickey Henderson
CCR-24 Tony Gwynn
CCR-28 Josh Hamilton
CCR-40 Vladimir Guerrero
CCR-43 Roy Halladay
Lawrence Reynolds
CCR-11 Miguel Cabrera
CCR-16 Yogi Berra
CCR-30 Ryan Braun
Brian Rood
CCR-3 Ty Cobb
CCR-14 Roberto Clemente
CCR-15 Steve Carlton
CCR-33 Rod Carew
CCR-41 Robinson Cano
Russell Walks
CCR-9 Bob Gibson
CCR-12 Frank Robinson
CCR-18 Jackie Robinson
CCR-23 Cal Ripken Jr.
CCR-37 Alex Rodriguez
CCR-47 Mariano Rivera
Cards yet to be confirmed:
CCR-8 Warren Spahn
CCR-10 Johnny Bench
CCR-17 Jim Thome
CCR-26 Carl Yastrzemski
CCR-35 Duke Snider
CCR-42 Robin Yount
CCR-44 Wade Boggs
2012 Topps Museum Collection Canvas Collection Card Gallery
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- CCR-1 Babe Ruth
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- CCR-2 Lou Gehrig
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- CCR-3 Ty Cobb
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- CCR-4 Stan Musial
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- CCR-5 Adrian Gonzalez
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- CCR-6 Willie Mays
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- CCR-7 Mickey Mantle
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- CCR-8 Warren Spahn
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- CCR-9 Bob Gibson
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- CCR-10 Johnny Bench
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- CCR-11 Miguel Cabrera
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- CCR-12 Frank Robinson
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- CCR-13 Tom Seaver
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- CCR-14 Roberto Clemente
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- CCR-15 Steve Carlton
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- CCR-16 Yogi Berra
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- CCR-17 Jim Thome
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- CCR-18 Jackie Robinson
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- CCR-19 Ken Griffey Jr
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- CCR-20 Rickey Henderson
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- CCR-21 Nolan Ryan
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- CCR-22 Eddie Mathews
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- CCR-23 Cal Ripken Jr
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- CCR-24 Tony Gwynn
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- CCR-25 Ichiro Suzuki
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- CCR-26 Carl Yastrzemski
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- CCR-27 Joe Mauer
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- CCR-28 Josh Hamilton
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- CCR-29 Ozzie Smith
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- CCR-30 Ryan Braun
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- CCR-31 Willie McCovey
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- CCR-32 Jim Palmer
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- CCR-33 Rod Carew
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- CCR-34 Derek Jeter
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- CCR-35 Duke Snider
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- CCR-36 Al Kaline
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- CCR-37 Alex Rodriguez
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- CCR-38 Harmon Killebrew
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- CCR-39 Reggie Jackson
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- CCR-40 Vladimir Guerrero
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- CCR-41 Robinson Cano
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- CCR-42 Robin Yount
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- CCR-43 Roy Halladay
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- CCR-44 Wade Boggs
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- CCR-45 Eddie Murray
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- CCR-46 Johan Santana
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- CCR-47 Mariano Rivera
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- CCR-48 Carlton Fisk
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Rob
Bench and Boggs were done by Reynolds, and on the cc version Cano is number 49, Pujols is 41.