Summer Premier Auction 2014
Wed, Aug 6, 2014 08:00PM EDT - Sun, Aug 24, 2014 11:00AM EDT
Timed Auction
Lot 1
EXTRAORDINARY SET OF (11) 19TH CENTURY FOLK ART CARVED AND PAINTED BASEBALL FIGURES
Sold for
$20,724
Sold Price includes BP
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
|---|---|
| $200 | $25 |
| $500 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $3,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,000 |
| $30,000 | $2,500 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
| $200,000 | $20,000 |
Some say the history of baseball dates back to 1839 and a gentleman by the name of Abner Doubleday who was widely credited with inventing the sport in a cow pasture in Cooperstown New York. Others believe the sport evolved sometime in the md-1800as a result of the English and Gaelic games of rounders and cricket. Whichever the case baseball is Americapastime and the sport continues to endure. This collection of eleven 19th Century folk art baseball figures represents a period piece of extraordinary hand-carved work by Albert Wideman. Each of the painted figures reflects the clothing of the time including knickers high stockings and small-brim ball caps. The lacquer board upon which each of the 11 players is positioned which measures 17 wide x 12 deep x two inches high no doubt came after the figures were finished and shows by virtue of two vacant peg holes that a 12th figure must have gone missing over the years. He tallest of the figures showing a pitcher starting his windup measures in at nine inches while the shortest a crouching second baseman perhaps is just four inches in height.
Includes a Letter of Provenance from the Helms Athletic Foundation/LA84 Collection
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