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How Blake Jamieson Expanded His Art Empire From Topps Project 2020 Baseball Cards

Blake Jamieson had a burning secret he held onto for months, not out of shame, but due to a contractual responsibility to keep quiet. As one of Topps’ featured Project 2020 artists, the lifelong baseball fan was forced to hide his excitement from family and friends…

Full Article on Forbes.com

blake jamieson with bat. photo by Bryan Cerda 2020 Long Island City, NY

Street, Cards And Desire: Blake Jamieson And His Journey To Topps Project 2020

Growing up in the 1980s and coming of age in the ’90s, Blake Jamieson was all about the Bash Brothers — Mark McGwire and Jose Canseco. From Marin County, just north of San Francisco, he watched them live at the Oakland Coliseum when he was young. At home, he and his father amassed a collection of around 70,000 baseball cards.

A lot has happened to Jamieson since then...

Full Article at Beckett Sports Card Monthly (Cover Story)

This 36-year-old Brooklyn artist made over $46,000 in six weeks selling NFTs

The market for NFTs, or nonfungible tokens, has exploded this year – and many creators have profited off of the hype.

Among them is Brooklyn artist Blake Jamieson...

Full Article at CNBC Make It

Every night, Topps artist streams his dream

NEW YORK -- If you want to know how much working on Topps’ groundbreaking 2020 Project means to artist Blake Jamieson, just listen to him talk about his Mark McGwire card. Or, better yet, watch him....

Full Article at MLB.com

When baseball cards become pop art: Inside the Topps 2020 Project

The middle part of the 1990s took a major toll on the baseball card industry. All those ambitions of striking it rich off personal collections proved to be grossly overstated. The supply got out of hand, growing too large to keep pace with the anticipated values. There was also an MLB work stoppage and a younger generation that didn't take so fervently to the hobby, forcing companies to fold and sending the industry reeling....

Full Article at ESPN.com

Blake Jamieson Talks His Year of NFTs and What's to Come in 2022

There are few artists in NFTs right now who can boast as interesting of a resume as Blake Jamieson. When he and I first met earlier this year, we were connecting to talk about his work on an upcoming NFT collection with Terrell Owens.....

Full Article at ONE37pm.con