Show Off Your Art Hustle Art Cards (Any Series)

finfangfan · 07-13-2014, 09:23 PM

I am creating another thread to hopefully see some more wonderful sketches from other collectors here on this forum. For those that have some Art Hustle cards in their collections, please post pictures in the thread below.

For those that don't know what I am talking about: Art Hustle (from Sidekick Media) has released 3 series to date (2010, 2011, and 2013>>which is likely the last). Many of the sets feature artists from the Star Wars Galaxy diecut sketch card series (from Star Wars Galaxy 4, 5,& 6), as well as additional artists known outside of the sketch card realm (check out Official for the large roster of artists who have participated in the Art Hustle sets).

The subject of each Art Hustle set was the artists themselves (and their art!). Each artist had their own base card (with bio on back) and an additional base card that featured a piece of their art. Chase cards included variations of the base cards, autograph cards, and original art cards. Subsequent sets included additional chase variations (including artist paint brush cards).

To be honest, the art cards in each set are a mixed bag (which is a shame). Like every sketch card set, some artists did the bare minimum, while other's stuff really shined.

This series popped up on my radar recently when I was browsing some boxes of cards and came across a card I honestly didn't recall owning:

"Sea Gull" by Lou Pimental for Art Hustle Series 3

This led me to search eBay to see if I could pick up any other cards from the same artist. Luckily, I found (and my OBO was accepted for):

"Temmincks Tragopan" by Lou Pimental for Art Hustle Series 3

Lou's stuff really shines... I thought some of you might enjoy seeing it and/or sharing your own AH art cards from your collection.

If anyone else collected cards from this set, please post your faves below. I have a few more that I might post (no more Pimentals though... unfortunately) if this thread gets any additional interest/pictures posted.

Devlyn · 07-18-2015, 02:30 AM

Time to dust this thread off.

A few years ago in a little shop which mostly sold vinyl toys and trendy t-shirts and art from local artists and such there was a box, about half full, of The Art Hustle - series 2. I'd heard of this series and seen some of it posted but had no desire to bust a box at retail pricing however I figured a couple packs were worth a shot to see the stuff.

I grabbed a stack of packs and one of the packs was super thick, at least twice as thick as the other packs so I took that one and one next to it. Once home I opened the wax packs... actual wax sealed packs just like when I was a kid opening Topps baseball. It was a pretty cool throwback and honestly the novelty made the experience all the better. Good thing I waited to open them at home or I probably would've gone back in and bought the rest of the box.

The normal thickness pack held this cool Mark Mothersbaugh autograph. He is in the band Devo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIEVqFB4WUo and aside from that a pretty accomplished composer (crazy the number of soundtracks he's on) and painter.

And the super thick pack held this awesome mosaic Lego Batman symbol by Gary McIntire, a master model builder at LEGOLAND California. All the little square tiles are on a 8x11 plate... which is the exact size of a standard trading card, and explains the thickness of the pack and if memory serves there was only this and one base card in the pack. Looks a little like a Tie-Fighter, so that's doubly cool. I've looked and never seen another of Gary's cards posted in the wild, and I think he only did ten - four of which were a four card puzzle of a Pac-Man ghost. There's a bit of wax on the bricks but I left it as it came from the pack.

This was such a great concept, hopefully one day it can make a comeback.

finfangfan · 07-18-2015, 08:06 AM

Wow! I forgot about this thread! Thank you for bumping and posting an awesome autograph and a cool bat symbol art card!

I also wish they continued doing these sets. Sidekick media (who printed the set, still has a hand in other sets (they are being used for the Topps Mars Attacks Kickstarter set for example).

Simeon Lipman, who headed all three Art Hustle sets and the Star Wars Galaxy 6 diecut set (Akbar heads) is also a pretty interesting guy: Simeon Lipman | Antiques Roadshow | PBS

finfangfan · 07-18-2016, 02:42 PM

Bumping this really old thread after recently picking up 5 more Lou Pimentel bird water colors from the Art Hustle Series 3 set. I am not buying many sketch cards lately, but I really love this type of stuff.

EDIT: Bird names left to right from top: Rooster, Cedar Waxwing, Whiskered Treeswift, Peacock, and Bare-eyed Pigeon

jellyofthemonth · 11-07-2016, 12:39 PM

Just picked up this beauty!!!

I've been searching for a Brett Ratner art card since the Series 2 release -- and years later I've finally managed to snag one off the bay.

Cost me a pretty penny but it's absolutely stunning.

Kaori · 04-13-2020, 03:36 PM

Trying to complete my Master set of artist original cards from Series 3: The Art Hustle. But I will never turn down a double created by either Junko Mizuno or Sqwak! Oh, and I also love Konatsu! Here's a few of mine

finfangfan · 04-13-2020, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Kaori

Trying to complete my Master set of artist original cards from Series 3: The Art Hustle. But I will never turn down a double created by either Junko Mizuno or Sqwak! Oh, and I also love Konatsu! Here's a few of mine

Wow... welcome to the forums! It’s fun to see this old thread.

cmixer · 04-14-2020, 08:13 AM

In 2011, Sidekick Media released “The Art Hustle” series 2. The mini cards (called “Menko”) were inserted 2 cards per pack.

Kaori · 04-14-2020, 09:08 AM

Thanks!

Looking forward to exploring the site and chatting it up.

Plus I know that I've got bunches of old weird cards in my attic...
Maybe I will find a home for them! Jaws, Grease, Mork & Mindy, my Older Sister's basketball/football cards that she passed onto me as a kid, Garbage Pail Kids, etc...

This will be fun!

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Originally Posted by finfangfan

Wow... welcome to the forums! It’s fun to see this old thread.

Kaori · 04-16-2020, 09:56 AM

My favorite non-SQWAK & Junko Mizuno card pull to date... was a winning card for an original sculpt card by Elizabeth McGrath. The crazy part is that I pull the winning card THIS YEAR! I read the back and the offer expired back in 2014, 6 years ago! I thought what the Hell! I sent in the winning card and The Art Hustle honored it! I got this original in the mail shortly after. So cool that this is a 3 dimensional sculpt! Looks like a French Bull Dog to me, either way LOVE IT! lol

finfangfan · 04-17-2020, 06:00 AM

Congrats on winning the prize and I am glad the company still honored it years later. That’s a really nice piece!

This thread’s resurrection has had me browse old scans for Art Hustle cards and I found this fun one from Series 3:

Negora the Kaiju Cat by artist Konatsu

Iirc the artist did multiple Negoras for the set that look much like my card. The artist’s character Negora is kind of popular and pops up in other art pieces and toys such as this one

Rictor · 04-17-2020, 08:27 PM

I wish I had been collecting when this set came out. Some one should put out another set like this.

Kaori · 04-20-2020, 05:17 PM

LOVE Konatsuya! Great card!

Quote:

Originally Posted by finfangfan

Congrats on winning the prize and I am glad the company still honored it years later. That’s a really nice piece!

This thread’s resurrection has had me browse old scans for Art Hustle cards and I found this fun one from Series 3:

Negora the Kaiju Cat by artist Konatsu

Iirc the artist did multiple Negoras for the set that look much like my card. The artist’s character Negora is kind of popular and pops up in other art pieces and toys such as this one

Rictor · 04-27-2020, 10:29 AM

I was watching a box of these on Ebay. It sold for a lot more than I expected:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/30354578488...rue&nordt=true

There's a seller with boxes of Series 3 for $120. Anyone know what the original retail on these was?

finfangfan · 04-27-2020, 10:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rictor

I was watching a box of these on Ebay. It sold for a lot more than I expected:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/30354578488...rue&nordt=true

There's a seller with boxes of Series 3 for $120. Anyone know what the original retail on these was?

I believe that was close to what retail was for this. Maybe slightly higher? The first 2 series were sold directly through the Art Hustle website by the series creator Simeon Lipman. The 3rd series was not sold directly by Art Hustle and I think most of the boxes made their way to stores that sold custom toys and stuff and maybe modern art gallery gift shops.

Kaori · 04-28-2020, 05:39 AM

I saw a release write-up where it stated the boxes were roughly $140

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Originally Posted by Rictor

I was watching a box of these on Ebay. It sold for a lot more than I expected:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/30354578488...rue&nordt=true

There's a seller with boxes of Series 3 for $120. Anyone know what the original retail on these was?

Kaori · 05-02-2020, 02:25 PM

I went ahead and did a group post on Facebook so that I can organize and share images of my TAH 3 original art cards. If anyone is collecting or just wants to take a peek. Please drop by!

All the best,
Harry

The Art Hustle Card Collectors Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/5279...57096/?fref=nf

Kaori · 05-15-2020, 05:44 PM

Down to just needing a HazeXXL original art card from Series 3 to complete my Master Set! Just started on collecting Series 1 & 2 originals. Such a cool series!

Kaori · 06-20-2020, 10:06 AM

Ok... completed my Series 3 Master Set... working on my Series 2 now. I have a few doubles to trade or sell from 2. Miss Mindy, Mr. Muju, Brian Flynn, Craola, Emerson Murray, JLED, Jennifer Sanchez... Hit me up if anyone has any extra Series 2 to trade. Thanks!

cmixer · 06-20-2020, 05:38 PM

Sadly, I only have one series2 sketch (Tone Tank) and one series1 sketch (Pon). If you end up needing either, LMK and I’ll see what I can do. Good luck!

rudzud · 06-21-2020, 04:00 PM

I remember buying packs of this from my local Newbury Comics. Probably back in 2010? 2012? so those would be Series 1s? Never pulled a sketch but I pulled various artist autos that I wound up selling later for like $0.99 a pop as there seemed to be zero interest in that stuff at the time.

markdos · 06-29-2020, 07:19 PM

I tried sending a private message but is there any way you’d let one of these go, sell or trade? Trying to complete the set and this is one artist i’m missing. Love his stuff and such a nice guy. Thanks for starting this thread. I’ll post some of my favorites tonight.

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Originally Posted by finfangfan

Bumping this really old thread after recently picking up 5 more Lou Pimentel bird water colors from the Art Hustle Series 3 set. I am not buying many sketch cards lately, but I really love this type of stuff.

EDIT: Bird names left to right from top: Rooster, Cedar Waxwing, Whiskered Treeswift, Peacock, and Bare-eyed Pigeon

markdos · 06-29-2020, 07:36 PM

If anyone has Series 3 originals you’d be willing to sell/trade let me know.

Kaori · 08-13-2020, 11:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cmixer

Sadly, I only have one series2 sketch (Tone Tank) and one series1 sketch (Pon). If you end up needing either, LMK and I’ll see what I can do. Good luck!

Cmixer... your private messages are full. Please delete a few so that we can chat! lol

Thanks!

Kaori · 08-18-2020, 08:27 AM

Hey All! I went ahead and listed A BUNCH of The Art Hustle original artwork card from both Series 2 & Series 3 onto EBAY... click on my profile EBAY link to go visit!

I also list SUPER RARE... HTF Series 1 Artist Signature Cards there as well.

Signature cards are $15 starting bid and on for only 5 days auctions. Price to sell obviously.

Then with my Original Artwork cards, please feel free to make offers!

Happy Tuesday!

07-13-2014, 09:23 PM	#1
finfangfan Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 11,904	Show Off Your Art Hustle Art Cards (Any Series) I am creating another thread to hopefully see some more wonderful sketches from other collectors here on this forum. For those that have some Art Hustle cards in their collections, please post pictures in the thread below. For those that don't know what I am talking about: Art Hustle (from Sidekick Media) has released 3 series to date (2010, 2011, and 2013>>which is likely the last). Many of the sets feature artists from the Star Wars Galaxy diecut sketch card series (from Star Wars Galaxy 4, 5,& 6), as well as additional artists known outside of the sketch card realm (check out Official for the large roster of artists who have participated in the Art Hustle sets). The subject of each Art Hustle set was the artists themselves (and their art!). Each artist had their own base card (with bio on back) and an additional base card that featured a piece of their art. Chase cards included variations of the base cards, autograph cards, and original art cards. Subsequent sets included additional chase variations (including artist paint brush cards). To be honest, the art cards in each set are a mixed bag (which is a shame). Like every sketch card set, some artists did the bare minimum, while other's stuff really shined. This series popped up on my radar recently when I was browsing some boxes of cards and came across a card I honestly didn't recall owning: "Sea Gull" by Lou Pimental for Art Hustle Series 3 This led me to search eBay to see if I could pick up any other cards from the same artist. Luckily, I found (and my OBO was accepted for): "Temmincks Tragopan" by Lou Pimental for Art Hustle Series 3 Lou's stuff really shines... I thought some of you might enjoy seeing it and/or sharing your own AH art cards from your collection. If anyone else collected cards from this set, please post your faves below. I have a few more that I might post (no more Pimentals though... unfortunately) if this thread gets any additional interest/pictures posted.

07-18-2016, 02:42 PM	#4
finfangfan Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 11,904	Bumping this really old thread after recently picking up 5 more Lou Pimentel bird water colors from the Art Hustle Series 3 set. I am not buying many sketch cards lately, but I really love this type of stuff. EDIT: Bird names left to right from top: Rooster, Cedar Waxwing, Whiskered Treeswift, Peacock, and Bare-eyed Pigeon Last edited by finfangfan; 07-18-2016 at 02:44 PM.

11-07-2016, 12:39 PM	#5
jellyofthemonth Member Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: PA Posts: 53 ineedmorecowbell*	Just picked up this beauty!!! I've been searching for a Brett Ratner art card since the Series 2 release -- and years later I've finally managed to snag one off the bay. Cost me a pretty penny but it's absolutely stunning. Last edited by jellyofthemonth; 11-07-2016 at 12:52 PM.

04-16-2020, 09:56 AM	#10
Kaori Member Join Date: Apr 2020 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 16 Puente_LA	My favorite non-SQWAK & Junko Mizuno card pull to date... was a winning card for an original sculpt card by Elizabeth McGrath. The crazy part is that I pull the winning card THIS YEAR! I read the back and the offer expired back in 2014, 6 years ago! I thought what the Hell! I sent in the winning card and The Art Hustle honored it! I got this original in the mail shortly after. So cool that this is a 3 dimensional sculpt! Looks like a French Bull Dog to me, either way LOVE IT! lol Last edited by Kaori; 04-16-2020 at 10:13 AM. Reason: Image hosting

04-27-2020, 10:29 AM	#14
Rictor Member Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 1,962 rictor1 rictor	I was watching a box of these on Ebay. It sold for a lot more than I expected: https://www.ebay.com/itm/30354578488...rue&nordt=true There's a seller with boxes of Series 3 for $120. Anyone know what the original retail on these was? Last edited by Rictor; 04-27-2020 at 10:31 AM.

07-18-2015, 02:30 AM	#2
Devlyn Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 1,188	Time to dust this thread off. A few years ago in a little shop which mostly sold vinyl toys and trendy t-shirts and art from local artists and such there was a box, about half full, of The Art Hustle - series 2. I'd heard of this series and seen some of it posted but had no desire to bust a box at retail pricing however I figured a couple packs were worth a shot to see the stuff. I grabbed a stack of packs and one of the packs was super thick, at least twice as thick as the other packs so I took that one and one next to it. Once home I opened the wax packs... actual wax sealed packs just like when I was a kid opening Topps baseball. It was a pretty cool throwback and honestly the novelty made the experience all the better. Good thing I waited to open them at home or I probably would've gone back in and bought the rest of the box. The normal thickness pack held this cool Mark Mothersbaugh autograph. He is in the band Devo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIEVqFB4WUo and aside from that a pretty accomplished composer (crazy the number of soundtracks he's on) and painter. And the super thick pack held this awesome mosaic Lego Batman symbol by Gary McIntire, a master model builder at LEGOLAND California. All the little square tiles are on a 8x11 plate... which is the exact size of a standard trading card, and explains the thickness of the pack and if memory serves there was only this and one base card in the pack. Looks a little like a Tie-Fighter, so that's doubly cool. I've looked and never seen another of Gary's cards posted in the wild, and I think he only did ten - four of which were a four card puzzle of a Pac-Man ghost. There's a bit of wax on the bricks but I left it as it came from the pack. This was such a great concept, hopefully one day it can make a comeback.

07-18-2015, 08:06 AM	#3
finfangfan Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 11,904	Wow! I forgot about this thread! Thank you for bumping and posting an awesome autograph and a cool bat symbol art card! I also wish they continued doing these sets. Sidekick media (who printed the set, still has a hand in other sets (they are being used for the Topps Mars Attacks Kickstarter set for example). Simeon Lipman, who headed all three Art Hustle sets and the Star Wars Galaxy 6 diecut set (Akbar heads) is also a pretty interesting guy: Simeon Lipman \| Antiques Roadshow \| PBS

04-14-2020, 08:13 AM	#8
cmixer Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Posts: 2,149	In 2011, Sidekick Media released “The Art Hustle” series 2. The mini cards (called “Menko”) were inserted 2 cards per pack.

04-17-2020, 06:00 AM	#11
finfangfan Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 11,904	Congrats on winning the prize and I am glad the company still honored it years later. That’s a really nice piece! This thread’s resurrection has had me browse old scans for Art Hustle cards and I found this fun one from Series 3: Negora the Kaiju Cat by artist Konatsu Iirc the artist did multiple Negoras for the set that look much like my card. The artist’s character Negora is kind of popular and pops up in other art pieces and toys such as this one

04-17-2020, 08:27 PM	#12
Rictor Member Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 1,962 rictor1 rictor	I wish I had been collecting when this set came out. Some one should put out another set like this.

05-02-2020, 02:25 PM	#17
Kaori Member Join Date: Apr 2020 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 16 Puente_LA	I went ahead and did a group post on Facebook so that I can organize and share images of my TAH 3 original art cards. If anyone is collecting or just wants to take a peek. Please drop by! All the best, Harry The Art Hustle Card Collectors Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/5279...57096/?fref=nf

05-15-2020, 05:44 PM	#18
Kaori Member Join Date: Apr 2020 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 16 Puente_LA	Down to just needing a HazeXXL original art card from Series 3 to complete my Master Set! Just started on collecting Series 1 & 2 originals. Such a cool series!

06-20-2020, 10:06 AM	#19
Kaori Member Join Date: Apr 2020 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 16 Puente_LA	Ok... completed my Series 3 Master Set... working on my Series 2 now. I have a few doubles to trade or sell from 2. Miss Mindy, Mr. Muju, Brian Flynn, Craola, Emerson Murray, JLED, Jennifer Sanchez... Hit me up if anyone has any extra Series 2 to trade. Thanks!

06-20-2020, 05:38 PM	#20
cmixer Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Posts: 2,149	Sadly, I only have one series2 sketch (Tone Tank) and one series1 sketch (Pon). If you end up needing either, LMK and I’ll see what I can do. Good luck!

06-21-2020, 04:00 PM	#21
rudzud Member Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 1,900	I remember buying packs of this from my local Newbury Comics. Probably back in 2010? 2012? so those would be Series 1s? Never pulled a sketch but I pulled various artist autos that I wound up selling later for like $0.99 a pop as there seemed to be zero interest in that stuff at the time.

06-29-2020, 07:36 PM	#23
markdos Member Join Date: Jun 2020 Posts: 2	If anyone has Series 3 originals you’d be willing to sell/trade let me know.

08-18-2020, 08:27 AM	#25
Kaori Member Join Date: Apr 2020 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 16 Puente_LA	Hey All! I went ahead and listed A BUNCH of The Art Hustle original artwork card from both Series 2 & Series 3 onto EBAY... click on my profile EBAY link to go visit! I also list SUPER RARE... HTF Series 1 Artist Signature Cards there as well. Signature cards are $15 starting bid and on for only 5 days auctions. Price to sell obviously. Then with my Original Artwork cards, please feel free to make offers! Happy Tuesday!