LOT Old Heritage Auctions  /  2007 May Sports Sig. Auction #707  / 

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George Sosnak Folk Art Baseball, Grover Clevelan

Currency:USD Category:Sports - Cards & Fan Shop Start Price:300.00 USD Estimated At:1,200.00 - 1,500.00 USD
George Sosnak Folk Art Baseball, Grover Clevelan
<B>George Sosnak Folk Art Baseball, Grover Cleveland Alexander.</B></I> Perhaps only Leroy Neiman's name is more recognizable to collectors when it comes to the field of sports art. And while the styles of these two celebrated artists couldn't be more different, their love and appreciation for the subjects of their work is evident. George Sosnak began his career in baseball as an umpire of military games in Germany after the Second World War, later attending umpiring school in Florida, where he called balls and strikes at Detroit Tigers Spring Training games. It was around this time that Sosnak began to develop his distinctive folk art style, characterized by charmingly crude figures and painstakingly rendered text and statistics applied with almost mathematical precision. It has been estimated that the examples of Sosnak's art baseballs number in the low hundreds, and so it is quite an event that we are able to present eight here for the enjoyment of our bidding clientele. We invite you to pick your favorite-it will be a tough decision to make.<BR><BR>The troubled Hall of Fame pitcher best remembered for his drunken strike out of Tony Lazzeri in the 1926 World Series is fittingly honored in this Sosnak work. Old Pete's Hall of Fame plaque and a terrific full body portrait share space with endless text and statistics. Signed twice by Sosnak, once paying tribute to his beloved Winnie.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Balls, Pucks, etc., Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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