November 14, 2019: Sports & Americana Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/14/2019
Custom hand-painted 3D art baseball. Hand-signed in blue ballpoint pen by Mickey Mantle on the sweet spot. The baseball has also been hand signed in black felt-tip pen by the artist, Charles Fazzino. Fazzino, graduate of the School of Visual Arts in New York City. He is one of the most popular and highly-collected pop artists of all time. During his more than 30 years as a pop artist, he has inserted his unique, detailed, vibrant, and three-dimensional style of artwork into the very fabric of popular culture. Fazzino’s artworks are exhibited in hundreds of museums and galleries in more than 20 different countries. He has received many private and important commissions and has been selected as the official artist for festivals and events all over the world. Charles is often referred to as a pop culture historian because of the breadth of his work and the way it touches his collectors and captures the best parts of their contemporary lives. His legacy will mark him as part of the next generation of famous pop artists as he follows the paths originally forged by pop art pioneers such as Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, Red Grooms, and Roy Lichtenstein. The original Mantle ball was issued by Upper Deck Authenticated and has the original hologram affixed along with the UDA COA.
Mickey Mantle Single-Signed Charles Fazzino Hand-Painted Baseball (UDA)
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