"SATCHEL PAIGE" NEGRO LEAGUE & HALL OF FAME PITCHER ORIGINAL ART.
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Winning Bid:
$590.00 (Includes 18% Buyer's Premium)
Bids:
10
Bidding Ended:
Tuesday, March 13, 2018 10:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Tuesday, March 13, 2018 10:00:00 PM)
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Auction:
Auction #223 - Part 1
Value Code:
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Item Description
9x14.75" artboard has India ink original sports cartoon art of famous Negro League pitcher Satchel Paige (1906-1982). Right side has large full body image of Paige in Kansas City Monarchs uniform. Left side has three different cartoon scenes w/captions. First shows Paige having just thrown ball w/"He Has Been In Big Time Negro Base Ball 20 Years" caption. Second has image of Joe DiMaggio w/"He Fanned Joe DiMaggio Four Times In Two Exhibition Games In 1937" caption. Third shows him w/large suitcase w/travel stickers including Haiti, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Panama, Honolulu, Venezuela and Mexico. Signed at lower left by cartoonist Gene Mack, who achieved great fame as a sports cartoonist. Art dates to c. 1947. Left margin has been trimmed and margins have scattered dust soiling/aging/wear. Horizontal crease across bottom. Artboard is VG overall. but art is VF. A unique piece for the Satchel Paige collector.
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