2019 Summer Premium Live and Catalog Auction Lots 1-82 Close Aug 1- 83-end close 8/10
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 8/11/2019
Presented is an original 40 x 53-inch painting by sports artist James Fiorentino of the New York Yankees stars of the 1970s, with 11 signatures of the players, framed and mounted. At the top left is a color portrait of Hall of Famer Goose Gossage, signed in black marker and inscribed “54”; a black and white portrait of Roy White, signed in black marker and inscribed “#6”; a black and white portrait of Willie Randolph, signed in black marker; and a color image of Bucky Dent in the upper right corner, signed in black marker. The second row of the painting starts at left center with a black and white portrait of Sparky Lyle, signed in black marker; a color portrait of Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson signed by the slugger in black marker and inscribed “44 Mr. October”; a black and white portrait of Billy Martin; a color portrait of Lou Pinella, signed in black marker; and a black and white portrait of Jim “Catfish” Hunter.
The bottom row, from left to right, includes a black and white portrait of Mickey Rivers, signed in black marker and inscribed “#17”; a color portrait of Chris Chambliss, signed in black marker; a color portrait of Thurman Munson; a color portrait of Graig Nettles, signed in black marker; and a black and white portrait of Ron Guidry, signed in black marker and inscribed “#49”. The artist has signed his name in black paint between Nettles and Guidry, “James Fiorentino 02”. This item comes with a LOA from Steve Grad of Beckett Authentication.