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19th Century Base Ball Painting
Well, it's been ten days since the close of this ebay auction so I suspect all of the dust has settled. I thought maybe one of our forum members may have picked it off and shown it off on here but nothing so far.
I say "Wow!". Amazing vintage artwork. I thought the player with the "C" may have been representative of the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings but, although still possible, I don't think so since the 69 team didn't have the bib front with the trim around it. Anyway, this large painting went for $18200+. I haven't yet tried to identify the location by the grounds behind the players. Does anybody recognize the location? Rob M. Base Ball Painting.jpg baseball pic.jpg |
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Based upon famous print.
This seems to be a folk art piece based upon a print from 1870, I think titled New York fashion 1870. It is Capitoline grounds. The original had more players and was much better done. It is supposed to be Cincinnati, among others. I will look up the print for more information, but wanted to let you know this much for your own search. I also believe this was auctioned off recently, going for about 6000 I think, and then put up again. I assume they are the same, but am not positive. I don't know for sure whether or not that painting itself is from the 19th century. It is, however supposed to depict 19th century players and uniforms. I don't know how to post images from somewhere else, but I am sure a search of 1870 New York fashion baseball images will come up with the famous print and someone can post it. Very interesting piece.
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Not so easy to find.
You are right, not as easy to find as I thought. I will keep looking, I found it when the first one came up, but can't seem to now.
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It is good policy to be wary of early paintings. About a year ago a major antique auction house had what was thought to be a vintage 19th century baseball painting. I saw it in person and planned on bidding. After some investigation, the painting was found to not be a 19th century work, but rather a more recent effort. Believe me, this painting was beautiful. I'm not saying the painting mentioned in this thread is not vintage, but some caution is wise.
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"New York fashions for March 1870"
Try New York fashions for March 1870, that is the title. It has 6 uniformed players, which to my eye, are much more professionally depicted. I remember one of these original prints going at auction quite awhile ago for about the price this painting went for. I will try to find that to be sure.
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Robert Edward spring 2010 one went for over 15000
REA Spring 2010, the print was sold for over 15,000
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