The greatest, most unique sports gift ever

Greetings!

There is a danger to blowing one’s own horn too loudly, but I have to take three minutes and tell you about what I truly feel is one of the greatest sports gifts anyone could give or receive. You can see what I am talking about here at Heritage Sports Art – fantastic, beautiful original artwork of NFL, MLB, NHL, CFL and NCAA college football uniforms past and present.

When I say “the greatest sports gift ever”, I realize that’s one heck of a bold statement – yet I stick by it - these gifts as just about as good as it gets. These pieces of original watercolor art celebrate sport and all that's good about sports – they celebrate your favorite team – they are tasteful and attractive – and as I will explain in a moment, they are all “somewhat famous” art.

And when I say “gift”, I am thinking that one of these pieces of art, when beautifully framed, would make a remarkable and highly memorable graduation gift, wedding gift, major birthday present (ie a 30th, 40th, 50th or 60th birthday present), anniversary gift, Christmas present, or a gift for achieving a major accomplishment in life. It could even be a gift for your spouse or for your own home or office.

You may not yet be convinced, and that’s fine. Until you see the art on the Heritage Sports Art website, and until you see it framed, you may not quite grasp how beautiful and unique a gift this artwork is.

(By the way, I also have a two minute video on You Tube that tells the "Greatest sports gift ever" story and shows you what this artwork looks like all by itself, and what it looks like framed. Check it out!)

So let’s start at the beginning…

I am talking about is an original watercolor painting of a great uniform that was worn by your favorite team – below please see just four samples of the more than 1500 original pieces of uniform art available for sale at the Heritage Sports Art website.

The Heritage Sports Art collection of original artwork contains more than 1500 pieces of original watercolor art including originals for all NFL + MLB + NHL teams as well as 14 of the leading NCAA football teams. In addition to being really beautiful, tasteful art, this is actually “somewhat famous” art. You might well ask – what does Scott mean by “somewhat famous”? What I mean is that this art was used in a huge family of products celebrating the evolution of team jerseys – products such as plaqued posters, framed posters, clocks, coffee mugs, fridge magnets, collector plates, mousepads, playing cards, fan-frames and more. And because the artwork has adorned so many products – almost every piece of art has been seen on tens of thousands, or in some cases hundreds of thousands, of jersey evolution products currently in homes and offices across North America.

So to reiterate - what Heritage Sports Art is selling is the actual, original, watercolor art used in the manufacture of a large number of great NHL products including the three shown above. When you buy the 1968-69 Red Wings jersey artwork, for instance, there is only one painting of that jersey in the entire collection and when you buy it, no one else can own that particular piece of jersey artwork. In fact, we only have 16 pieces of Detroit Red Wings jersey artwork in total, and you would own one of them! The same goes for the original artwork of the 1934 New York Giants uniform – it’s one of only 16 pieces of Giants’ art in the collection. Or the 1964 Philadelphia Phillies uniform – it’s one of just 17 Phillies' jerseys that we painted. And so on for each of the 1500 original paintings in the collection – each piece of art is absolutely one-of-a-kind, unique and as explained above - somewhat famous.

We frame the original art in really attractive manner. Included in the frame is an engraved plate that tells the story of the art, as well as a jersey evolution poster for that team which shows how that particular original piece of art was used in that team’s jersey evolution poster. This really makes for a highly attractive wall hanging and we continue to be delighted and amazed to hear from people who have bought from us and when they take delivery, they email or call us almost immediately and tell us how it is even more appealing and more attractive than they had thought when they bought it online. And remember, your purchase comes with a 30 day, no-questions-asked, money back guarantee so if you are not 100% completely satisfied with you purchase for any reason, ship it back to us and we will gladly refund your payment. And also, our prices including UPS shipping right to your door.

So I would like to encourage you to have a close look at the original art collection at Heritage Sports Art – I sincerely believe are looking at a gift so nice it will become an instant family heirloom. These are so beautiful that you’ll find yourself sneaking downstairs late at night to have another look. This is save-the-family-photo-album-and-then-this-framed-piece-of-art-from-a-fire nice. I don’t like doing a hard sell, it’s not my nature, but keep in mind that since all of the art is original, the sooner you act, the more choice you have.

Thank you being a huge sports fan and for reading this blog. If you have any questions, please call me at 416-315-4736 or email me at ssillcox@rogers.com – I’m a real person and I’d love to tell you everything I can about this great art and why it really is “The best sports gift ever”.

Thanks!
Scott

The greatest, most unique NCAA football gift ever

Greetings!

If you are a huge fan of one of the following NCAA football teams, or if you know a die-hard super-fan, please let me blow my own horn for three minutes.

Alabama Crimson Tide
Auburn Tigers
Florida Gators
Florida State Seminoles
Georgia Bulldogs
Miami Hurricanes
Michigan Wolverines
Nebraska Cornhuskers
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Ohio State Buckeyes
Oklahoma Sooners
Penn State Nittany Lions
Tennessee Volunteers
Texas Longhorns

If you see your team listed above, I would like to make sure that you know about what I truly feel is one of the greatest NCAA football gifts anyone could give or receive. You can see what I am talking about here at Heritage Sports Art – fantastic, beautiful original watercolor artwork of NCAA team uniforms past and present.

(By the way, I also have a two minute video on You Tube that tells the "Greatest NCAA football gift ever" story and shows you what the NCAA football uniform artwork looks like all by itself, and what it looks like framed. Check it out!)

When I say “the greatest NCAA football gift ever”, I realize that’s a very bold statement – yet I stick by the assertion that this really is as good as it gets. This art celebrates the great sport of US college football – it celebrates your favorite team (if it’s listed above) – it’s tasteful and attractive – and as I will explain in a moment, it’s also “somewhat famous” art.

And when I say “gift”, I am thinking that one of these framed pieces of art would make a remarkable and highly memorable wedding gift, anniversary gift, major birthday present (ie a 30th, 40th, 50th or 60th birthday present), graduation gift, retirement gift, Christmas present, or a gift for achieving a major accomplishment. It could even be a gift for your spouse or for your own home or office.

You may not yet be convinced, and that’s fine. Until you see the NCAA football art on the Heritage Sports Art website, and until you see it framed, you may not quite grasp how beautiful and unique a gift this artwork is.

So let’s start at the beginning…

What I am talking about is an original watercolor painting of a great uniform that was worn by one of these storied NCAA football teams – below please see just three samples of the more than 200 originals available for sale at the Heritage Sports Art website.

The NCAA football collection of original artwork contains more than 200 pieces of original NCAA football uniform art including jerseys and helmets for all 14 teams listed above. In addition to being really beautiful, tasteful art, this is actually “somewhat famous” art. You might well ask – what does Scott mean by “somewhat famous”? What I mean is that this art has been used, and will continue to be used in years to come, in and on a huge family of products celebrating the evolution of team uniforms – products such as plaqued posters, framed posters, clocks, coffee mugs, fridge magnets, collector plates, mousepads, playing cards, fan-frames and more. And because the artwork has adorned so many products – almost every piece of art has been seen on thousands, or in some cases tens of thousands, of uniform evolution products currently in homes and offices across North America.

So to reiterate - what Heritage Sports Art is selling is the actual, original, watercolor art used in the manufacture of a large number of great NCAA products including the three shown above. When you buy the 1896 Texas Longhorns football uniform artwork, for instance, there is only one painting of that uniform in the entire collection and when you buy it, no one else can own that particular piece of uniform artwork. In fact, we only have 13 pieces of Texas Longhorn uniform artwork in total, and you would own one of them! The same goes for the original artwork of the 1987 Miami Hurricanes – it’s one of only 16 pieces of Canes’ art in the collection. Or the 1938 Oklahoma Sooners – it’s one of just 16 Sooners uniforms that we painted. And so on for each of the 200 original paintings in the NCAA football collection – each piece of art is absolutely one-of-a-kind, unique and as explained above - somewhat famous.

We frame the original art in really attractive manner. Included in the frame is an engraved plate that tells the story of the art, as well as a uniform evolution poster for that team which shows how that particular original piece of art was used in that team’s uniform evolution poster. This really makes for a highly attractive wall hanging and we continue to be delighted and amazed to hear from people who have bought from us and when they take delivery, they email or call us almost immediately and tell us how it is even more appealing and more attractive than they had thought when they bought it online. And remember, your purchase comes with a 30 day, no-questions-asked, money back guarantee so if you are not 100% completely satisfied with you purchase for any reason, ship it back to us and we will gladly refund your payment. And also, our prices include UPS shipping right to your door.

So I would like to encourage you to have a close look at the NCAA football uniform art collection at Heritage Sports Art – I sincerely believe are looking at a gift so nice it will become an instant family heirloom. This is such a nice piece of framed NCAA art and history that you’ll find yourself sneaking downstairs late at night to have another look. This is save-the-family-photo-album-and-then-this-framed-piece-of-art-from-a-fire nice. I don’t like doing a hard sell, it’s not my nature, but keep in mind that since all of the art is original, the sooner you act, the more choice you have.

Thank you being a huge college football fan and for reading this blog If you have any questions, please call me at 416-315-4736 or email me at ssillcox@rogers.com – I’m a real person and I’d love to tell you everything I can about this great NCAA art and why it really is “the best NCAA football gift ever”.

Thanks!
Scott

The greatest, most unique NHL gift ever

Greetings!

There is a danger to blowing one’s own horn too loudly, but I have to take three minutes and make sure that you know about what I truly feel is one of the greatest NHL gifts anyone could give or receive. You can see what I am talking about here at Heritage Sports Art – fantastic, beautiful original artwork of NHL team jerseys past and present.

(By the way, I also have a two minute video on You Tube that tells the "Greatest NHL gift ever" story and shows you what the NHL jersey artwork looks like all by itself, and what it looks like framed. Check it out!)

When I say “the greatest NHL gift ever”, I realize that’s a very bold statement – yet I stick by the assertion that this really is as good as it gets. It celebrates the great sport of hockey – it celebrates your favorite team – it’s tasteful and attractive – and as I will explain in a moment, it’s also “somewhat famous” art.

And when I say “gift”, I am thinking that one of these framed pieces of art would make a remarkable and highly memorable wedding gift, Christmas present, major birthday present (ie a 30th, 40th, 50th or 60th birthday present), anniversary gift, graduation gift or a gift for achieving a major accomplishment. It could even be a gift for your own spouse or for your own home or office.

You may not yet be convinced, and that’s fine. Until you see the art on the Heritage Sports Art website, and until you see it framed, you may not quite grasp how beautiful and unique a gift this artwork is.

So let’s start at the beginning…

I am talking about is an original watercolor painting of a great jersey that was worn by your favorite NHL team – below please see just three samples of the more than 350 originals available for sale at the Heritage Sports Art website.

The NHL collection of original artwork contains more than 350 pieces of original NHL jersey art including originals for all 30 NHL teams. In addition to being really beautiful, tasteful art, this is actually “somewhat famous” art. You might well ask – what does Scott mean by “somewhat famous”? What I mean is that this art was used in a huge family of products celebrating the evolution of team jerseys – products such as plaqued posters, framed posters, clocks, coffee mugs, fridge magnets, collector plates, mousepads, playing cards, fan-frames and more. And because the artwork has adorned so many products – almost every piece of art has been seen on tens of thousands, or in some cases hundreds of thousands, of jersey evolution products currently in homes and offices across North America.

So to reiterate - what Heritage Sports Art is selling is the actual, original, watercolor art used in the manufacture of a large number of great NHL products including the three shown above. When you buy the 1968-69 Red Wings jersey artwork, for instance, there is only one painting of that jersey in the entire collection and when you buy it, no one else can own that particular piece of jersey artwork. In fact, we only have 16 pieces of Detroit Red Wings jersey artwork in total, and you would own one of them! The same goes for the original artwork of the 1974-75 Philadelphia Flyers – it’s one of only 14 pieces of Flyers’ art in the collection. Or the 1973-74 St. Louis Blues – it’s one of just 17 Blues jerseys that we painted. And so on for each of the 350 original paintings in the NHL collection – each piece of art is absolutely one-of-a-kind, unique and as explained above - somewhat famous.

We frame the original art in really attractive manner. Included in the frame is an engraved plate that tells the story of the art, as well as a jersey evolution poster for that team which shows how that particular original piece of art was used in that team’s jersey evolution poster. This really makes for a highly attractive wall hanging and we continue to be delighted and amazed to hear from people who have bought from us and when they take delivery, they email or call us almost immediately and tell us how it is even more appealing and more attractive than they had thought when they bought it online. And remember, your purchase comes with a 30 day, no-questions-asked, money back guarantee so if you are not 100% completely satisfied with you purchase for any reason, ship it back to us and we will gladly refund your payment. And also, our prices include UPS shipping right to your door.

So I would like to encourage you to have a close look at the NHL art collection at Heritage Sports Art – I sincerely believe are looking at a gift so nice it will become an instant family heirloom. This is such a nice piece of framed NHL art and history that you’ll find yourself sneaking downstairs late at night to have another look. This is save-the-family-photo-album-and-then-this-framed-piece-of-art-from-a-fire nice. I don’t like doing a hard sell, it’s not my nature, but keep in mind that since all of the art is original, the sooner you act, the more choice you have.

Thank you being a huge NHL fan and for reading this blog If you have any questions, please call me at 416-315-4736 or email me at ssillcox@rogers.com – I’m a real person and I’d love to tell you everything I can about this great NHL art and why it really is “the best NHL gift ever”.

Thanks!
Scott

The greatest, most unique MLB gift ever

Greetings!

There is a danger to using one’s own blog purely as a means of promoting things you are involved with, and with that firmly in my mind, I would very much like to tell you the tale of what I sincerely believe to be one of the greatest, most unique MLB gifts that you could buy for a big MLB fan in your life. You can see what I am talking about here at Heritage Sports Art.

When I say “the greatest MLB gift ever”, I realize that’s a fairly bold statement, and I don’t make it lightly. I really do mean that one of these pieces of original art would be a remarkable and highly memorable Christmas present, anniversary gift, major birthday present (ie a 30th, 40th, 50th or 60th birthday present), a wedding gift, a graduation gift, a gift for achieving a major accomplishment. It could even be a gift for your own home or office or for your spouse.

What is so unique? What is the greatest MLB gift ever? It is an original watercolor painting of a favorite MLB team uniform like the ones shown below:

– we have more than 400 pieces of original MLB art including originals for all 30 MLB teams. In addition to being really beautiful, tasteful art, this is actually “somewhat famous” art and that makes it even more of a story! You might well ask – what does he mean by “somewhat famous”? What I mean is that this art was used in a huge family of products celebrating the evolution of team uniforms – products such as plaqued posters, framed posters, fridge magnets, clocks, coffee mugs, collector plates, mousepads, playing cards, fan-frames and more. And because the artwork has adorned so many products – almost every piece of art has been seen on tens of thousands, or literally hundreds of thousands of uniform evolution products that either hang or are used in homes and offices in the US, Canada and beyond.

So to reiterate - what Heritage Sports Art is selling is the actual, original, watercolor art used in the manufacture of all of these great MLB products. When you buy the 1964 Philadelphia Phillies uniform artwork, for instance, there is only one painting of the Phillies’ 1964 uniform in the entire collection and when you buy it, no one else can own that particular piece of uniform artwork. In fact, we only have 17 pieces of Phillies uniform artwork in total, and you would own one of them! The same goes for the original artwork of the 1969 Mets – it’s one of only 15 pieces of Mets’ art in the collection. Or the 1942 Red Sox – it’s one of just 18 Red Sox uniforms that we painted. And so on for each of the 400 original paintings in the MLB collection – each piece of art is absolutely one-of-a-kind, unique and as explained above - somewhat famous.

(By the way, I also have a two minute video on You Tube that tells the "Greatest MLB gift ever" story and shows you what the MLB uniform artwork looks like all by itself, and what it looks like framed. Check it out!)

We frame the original art in really attractive manner. Included in the frame is an engraved plate that tells the story of the art, as well as a uniform evolution poster for that team which shows how that particular original piece of art was used in that team’s uniform evolution poster. This really makes for a really attractive wall hanging and we continue to be amazed and delighted to hear from people who have bought from us and when they take delivery, they email or call us almost immediately and tell us how it is even more appealing and more attractive than they had thought when they bought it online. And remember, your purchase comes with a 30 day, no-questions-asked, money back guarantee so if you are not 100% completely satisfied with you purchase for any reason, ship it back to us and we will gladly refund your payment.

Please have a close look at the MLB art collection at Heritage Sports Art – I sincerely believe are looking at a gift so nice it will become an instant family heirloom. This is such a nice piece of framed MLB art that you’ll find yourself sneaking downstairs late at night to have another look. This is save-the-family-photo-album-and-then-this-framed-piece-of-art-from-a-fire nice. I don’t like doing a hard sell, it’s not my nature, but keep in mind that since all of the art is original, the sooner you act, the more choice you have.

Thank you for reading and being an MLB fan! And if you have any questions, call me at 416-315-4736 or email me at ssillcox@rogers.com – I’m a real person and I’d love to tell you everything I can about this great art.

Thanks!
Scott

The greatest, most unique NFL gift ever

Greetings!

I try to be careful about using my blog as a pure forum for promoting things I am involved in, so with that in mind allow me to tell a quick story and why I truly feel that Heritage Sports Art is selling one of the greatest, attractive and one-of-a-kind NFL gifts ever. A big statement I realize.

When I say “the greatest NFL gift ever”, I mean a Christmas present, anniversary gift, a major birthday present (for instance a 30th, 40th, 50th or 60th birthday), a graduation gift, a wedding gift, a present for a major accomplishment. It could even be a gift to yourself or your spouse for your home or office.

What we are selling are original watercolor paintings of NFL team uniforms like the ones shown below:

– we have more than 400 pieces of original NFL art original art including originals for every one of the 32 NFL teams. In addition to being really attractive, beautiful art, this art is actually “somewhat famous” and that makes it even more of a story. What do I mean by “somewhat famous”? What I mean is that this art was used in a huge family of products that celebrates the evolution of team uniforms – plaqued posters, framed posters, clocks, fridge magnets, coffee mugs, mousepads, playing cards and more – and as such each piece of art has been seen on tens of thousands (in some cases hundreds of thousands) of uniform evolution products that are currently hanging and used in homes and offices right across North America.

So if you are following along, what Heritage Sports Art is selling is the actual, original, watercolor art used in the manufacture of these various products. When you buy the 1934 New York Giants uniform artwork, for instance, there is only one painting of the Giants’ 1934 uniform in the entire collection and when you buy it, no one else can own that particular piece of uniform artwork. In fact, we only have 16 pieces of Giants uniform artwork in total, and you would own one of them! The same goes for the original artwork of the 1997 Denver Broncos – it’s one of only 13 pieces of Broncos art in the collection. Or the 1960 New England Patriots – it’s one of just 15 Patriots’ uniforms that we painted. And so on for each of the 400 original paintings in the NFL collection – each piece of art is absolutely one-of-a-kind, unique and somewhat famous.

(By the way, I also have a two minute video on You Tube that tells the "Greatest NFL gift ever" story and shows you what the NFL uniform artwork looks like all by itself, and what it looks like framed. Check it out!)

We frame the original art in really attractive manner. Included in the frame is an engraved plate that tells the story of the art, as well as a uniform evolution poster for that team which shows how that particular original piece of art was used in that team’s uniform evolution poster. This really makes for a very attractive framed piece and we are continually delighted to hear from people who have bought one from us and when they take delivery of it, they call or email us almost immediately and tell us how it is even more attractive and even more appealing than they had thought when they bought it online. And remember, every purchase comes with a 30 day, no-questions-asked, money back guarantee so if you are not 100% completely satisfied and delighted, ship it back to us and we will cheerfully refund your payment.

Please have a close look at the NFL art at Heritage Sports Art – I sincerely believe you will be buying an instant family heirloom, a framed piece of art so nice that you’ll find yourself sneaking downstairs late at night to have another look, This is save-the-family-photo-album-and-then-this-framed-piece-of-art-from-a-fire nice. I don’t like doing a hard sell, it’s not in my nature, but we only have a handful of pieces of original art for each team, so the sooner you act, the more choice you have.

Thank you for reading and being a fan! And if you ever have any questions, call me at 416-315-4736 or email me at ssillcox@rogers.com – I’m a real person and I’d love to tell you everything I can about this great art.

Thanks!
Scott

An Introduction to "An Insider’s Guide to the World of Licensed Sports Products in 12 Parts: Practical Lessons from the Trenches"

Greetings!

Have you ever had questions about the world of Licensed Sports Products, perhaps because you are interested in obtaining a license or for any number of other reasons including genuine curiosity?

Maybe you’ve got a great idea for a new licensed sports product and would like information about the licensing of sports products.

Maybe you’ve contacted a pro sports league regarding acquiring a license and have come away feeling a bit unloved?

I think I can help you – largely by sharing some information.

Let me re-direct you to my new sister blog - Licensed Sports .

In 2011 I posted a highly popular 12 Part series called "An Insider’s Guide to the World of Licensed Sports Products in 12 Parts: Practical Lessons from the Trenches". It proved so popular that it made sense to move the entire series from this blog to one dedicated to the world of licensed sports products.

So come on over to the blog's new home - and please be sure to visit the latest addition to the Scott Sillcox family - a brand new, free, searchable Online Directory of North American Licensed Sports Products Companies - it’s called LicensedSports.net and it can be found here. This is a highly searchable directory of licensed sports products companies in North America, companies that have been licensed by various sports leagues. I am really proud of this new product, and best of all, it's completely free to the user!

So come on over!

Thanks - Scott Sillcox
Email: ssillcox@rogers.com
Cell: 416-315-4736

We all make mistakes...

Greetings!

It’s a funny feeling when you take on a project and you know even before you start that it is a certainty that you are going to make mistakes. You don’t know which mistakes, just that mistakes are going to be made – it is inevitable. And with that in mind you can do one of two things: You can pack your bags and go home without trying, or you can roll up your sleeves can and give it your best.

As you may know, I spent an incredible amount of time researching NFL/MLB/NHL/CFL/NCAA football uniforms and arenas/ballparks and stadiums. In some ways I spent far too much time, but in other ways, never enough time to avoid mistakes.

In 1995, when I began the process of researching uniforms, if you had told me that we were going to create 2000+ uniforms images and then asked me how many mistakes I would make, I honestly believe I would have guessed 20 or 30. Here it is more than 15 years later, and as I look back I can tell you that would have been a fairly accurate guess. Some mistakes were modest, some mid-sized, and in the case of the 1964 Michigan Wolverines football team, some were whoppers!

I am not trying to defend my mistakes – they happen, you do your best to correct the mistake, and you move on. Life’s too short…

With University of Michigan football in general, and the 1964 Wolverines in particular, I did a fair amount of research, most of which was done in 2000 and into 2001. Now you may not be able to remember that far back, but in the year 2000 the internet was nowhere near the remarkable source of information it is today – Google was barely out of the gate and Google Images didn’t begin until July 2001 (not that Google Images is the last word on anything, but it is a remarkable resource and had it been then what it is now, it almost certainly would have steered me in a different direction).

So I could give you all sorts of reasons as to why I instructed our artist to paint the 1964 University of Michigan football uniform with a yellow jersey and yellow pants, but the bottom line is those instructions turned out to be wrong. As far as I can tell, Michigan never wore a yellow jersey, certainly not in 1964, and the 1964 painting that we created should have shown a white jersey with yellow pants. Plain and simply, I made a mistake on this one.

This is just one of a large number of black and white source photos that helped me reach the false conclusion that Michigan wore yellow jerseys in the 1964 season, which they didn't! This photo is from the January 1, 1965 Rose Bowl in which Michigan beat Oregon State 34-7.

If I could turn back the hands of time to 2000 and correct this mistake, I would love to. But I can’t. So I’ll do my best to set the record straight and ask for forgiveness. In the grand scheme of things it seems to me that it’s better to try something and make mistakes along the way than never to have tried at all. I’m guessing some people will feel differently and feel outraged at such a whopper of a mistake, and I’m not going to be able to change their minds so I won’t begin to try.

Sorry about the 1964 yellow on yellow Michigan fans – I’ll do better next time! You still have a great team with a tremendous history and it will be great fun to watch that history unfold along with you in the years to come.

Thanks –
Scott

This is a great color photo of Michigan's home uniform as worn on Oct 2, 1965 at home vs Georgia. I include it here simply because it's such a great color photo of the uni and helmet from this era (#75 for Michigan is the great Bill Yearby who sadly passed away in December 2010 - he was a U Michigan All-American in both 1964 and 1965 and Wolverine MVP in 1965).