Thanx for posting the pics, KG! It was something I had been wanting to do since the season ended. It's made up of the rookie cards of the vets side-by-side with last year's WNBA card offerings for each player.
Maiga and Scott-Richardson had no Monarchs cards made last year, so they have only their rookies. Naturally, our team's 4 rookies last year (at the time) had those cards in the piece as their only cards. Then I added in a couple autograph cards of Ticha and Yo, the replica championship ring (KG's idea!), and the opening day pin from the championship season.
Finally, the team photo was put up on the Monarchs website to be used as a screen saver/background, and it was super high res, so I printed a high-res copy as the center piece with the engraved brass plate.
You card collectors know this already, but for those that don't, this year's WNBA cards (produced by Rittenhouse) have an autograph card for each of the 11 Monarchs players on the playoff roster last season. Each of the 11 player autograph cards depict each player with the WNBA Championship trophy. Very sweet indeed.
Now THAT would make a gorgeous, collectable piece, getting all 11 player autos (plus Whisenant has an auto card too) and putting them together in a framed presentation.
If any of you ever wants to do something similar or of your own creation, this piece was done via All American Sports Fan in Old SAC. If you decide to have one done, establish a firm production schedule.
