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Lot # 1290: Josh Gibson & Babe Ruth Cuban Baseball Paintings (2)

Category: Cuban Baseball

Starting Bid: $300.00

Bids: 1 (Bid History)

Time Left: Auction closed

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Item was in Auction "December 2001",
which ran from 12/1/2001 12:00 AM to
12/31/2001 9:00 PM



Pair of fabulous baseball paintings have been framed together for opti-mum visual effect. Each gouache on artist's board is done in painstaking detail by the well-known and very popular Cuban baseball artist "Jorge S." One shows Joshua Gibson as a member of the 1938 Santa Clara team. The other shows Babe Ruth and Cristobal Torriente in their famous match-up when Ruth came to Cuba and Torriente dominated. Overall 28x15".

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