View Full Version : Looking for information
Susie Braves Fan
01-30-2013, 06:00 AM
Hello,
I own a house that was built for Oscar Horton, treasurer of Boston Braves. In the stairwell there are a dozen 22" portraits (oil on canvas). The previous owner didn't have any information about the portraits and I am looking for some help to identify the artist.
Please see attached.
Any assistance or advice is greatly appreciated.85997
85998
85999
baseball tourist
01-30-2013, 06:58 AM
Very interesting. I can't help on the artist indentification but you have quite a collection there. Very well done and moderately valuable. I found a small collection of oil on canvas renderings a few years ago that were oversized (3 feet x 3 feet) and painted approx 50 years ago (Ruth, Cobb, Gehrig and Speaker) that I sold at auction for $2,500 combined. The artist was not identified.
Susie Braves Fan
01-30-2013, 07:20 AM
Thank you for your reply.
The canvases are plastered into the wall. I have no interest in selling them but I would like to find out more.
I have found numerous newspaper clippings from the 30s & 40s about Horton entertaining Babe Ruth and many other players at the house.
BigJJ
01-30-2013, 07:24 AM
I love the Cobb, well done pieces.
Why does Babe look a little like the dramatic chipmunk there
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1Y73sPHKxw
Scott Garner
02-02-2013, 06:23 AM
I love the Cobb, well done pieces.
Why does Babe look a little like the dramatic chipmunk there
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1Y73sPHKxw
JJ, now THAT'S funny! I just about spit out my morning coffee.
Awesome!
sdkammeyer
02-02-2013, 06:59 AM
What time is dinner? :)
WOW .... now THAT makes a house a home!