Description
Elaborate folk-art tribute ball, hand-painted by former minor-league umpire George Sosnak (1922-1992), commemorating the 1944 All-Star Game held at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh on July 11th. One panel pictures Cubs first baseman Phil Cavaretta, who went 2 for 2 with a triple in the National League’s 7-1 victory that day. Nearly every inch of the remaining surface area features Sosnak’s meticulous hand-painted lettering. The text provides copious information regarding the game, including box scores for each club. Sosnak has signed and dated (“1965”) the ball on the Cavaretta panel. Sosnak was a prolific artist, by some accounts creating over 800 illustrated baseballs, and the popularity of his works has continued to grow with each passing decade. Sosnak is nearly as well known in the folk-art community as he is in the field of baseball collectibles, so it is no surprise that examples of his work can be found in both the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, and the American Folk Art Museum in New York City. One of Sosnak’s balls (detailing JFKs Opening Day pitch at a 1962 Senators game) can even be found in the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library.
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