Baseball Art LLC

07/19/2024

We will be at the National Sports Collectors Convention (Booth 403) in Cleveland from July 24 - July 27. All the artists - Brian Kong, Graig Kreindler, Mike Kupka, Darryl Matthews, and Jeff Suntala - will be available to sign cards. We have expanded the signing to Friday Noon - 2 PM and Saturday Noon - 2 PM.

Feedback has been strong on the card set. Some early comments are:

- "Highly recommend. As a ballpark guy, a nice surprise to see ballpark cards included." - Kevin
- "Just received mine. They look amazing." - David
- "Beautiful job. Thanks so much and best of luck in the future." - Barry
- "It's gorgeous. Hope to see future items similar to this in the future." - Tim
- "Bonus card is awesome." - Larry
- "The key play cards and box scores make you feel like you were at the game." - Brian

07/18/2024

We will be at the National Sports Collectors Convention in Cleveland from July 24-27. Find us at Booth 403. On Friday 7/16 from Noon- 2 PM we will be hosting a signing of the new card set 1924 Negro Leagues World Series. All the artists will be there. Come meet Brian Kong, Graig Kreindler, Mike Kupka, Darryl Matthews, and Jeff Suntala. Graig and I will also sign our book "Black Baseball in Living Color."

In addition to the card set and book, we will have a few NIB Negro Leagues Legends card sets from 2020 and a selection of Negro Leagues bobbleheads supplied by the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame.

06/22/2024

We created this bobblehead for the Oakland A’s that is being given to the first 10,000 fans tonight. It celebrates Satchel Paige’s pitching performance at age 59(!!!) for the Kansas City A’s against the Boston Red Sox. He used the rocking chair because he didn’t want to sit in the below ground dugout saying, “I’se close enough to below the surface as is.”

If you cannot get to Oakland, you may buy one at this link: https://store.bobbleheadhall.com/products/paigeas

It has always been an honor to work with the Paige family.

06/19/2024

The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum just announced four new bobbleheads honoring players associated with Rickwood Field - Hank Aaron, Satchel Paige, Bill Perkins, and Artie Wilson. Drawing appear below. They can be purchased exclusively at:

MILWAUKEE – This morning, the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum unveiled four limited-edition Negro Leagues Rickwood Field Bobbleheads in conjunction with Juneteenth Day and the “MLB at Rickwood Field: A Tribute to the Negro Leagues” game. The collection features bobbleheads of four ...

05/29/2024

Our Kickstarter program ends on May 31 at 8 PM Eastern. Obtain the only NLBM licensed card set honoring the centennial of the first Negro Leagues World Series by following this link:

https://kck.st/3wt755l

This coincides nicely with the introduction of MLB's integrated player database.

Hilldale Club v Kansas City Monarchs

05/29/2024

Our Kickstarter program ends on May 31 at 8 PM Eastern. Obtain the only NLBM licensed card set honoring the centennial of the first Negro Leagues World Series by following this link:

https://kck.st/3wt755l

This coincides nicely with the introduction of MLB's integrated player database.

05/23/2024

Our Kickstarter campaign ends on May 31st. You can find us at https://kck.st/3wt755l. We will soon post an article on "The Forgotten Monarch", the subject of Graig's bonus card. Anyone who orders by May 31 through Kickstarter is certain to receive the bonus card.

05/15/2024

You can buy the set for $30 by following this link https://kck.st/3wt755l. Also, Darryl’s painting of Rube Foster is available as a reward by following the same link.

05/04/2024

Brian Kong created the 33 player cards, 16 from Kansas City and 17 for Hilldale.

You can support the set through Kickstarter at https://kck.st/3wt755l.

I found it interesting that Kansas City only had one catcher on their World Series roster, Frank Duncan. The same is true for the 1924 NNL season. Hilldale rostered three catchers - Louis Santop, Joe Lewis, and Biz Mackey - and used them all.

05/02/2024

We have launched a new Kickstarter program to help fund a new Negro Leagues baseball card set. The link to the Kickstarter project is https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bdvl53/1924-negro-leagues-world-series-centennial-card-set?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=1924%20

Or you can type in 1924 in Kickstarter's search bar

Or you can buy it at www.baseballartllc.com

We expect to begin shipments the week of August 1st. Order by June 6th and receive a bonus card based on a new painting by Graig Kreindler.

04/26/2024

Congratulations to Eddie Dwight, Jr., son of Kansas City Monarchs CF (BRTR) and internationally acclaimed sculptor, who was selected to go to space on Blue Origin’s next mission. Dwight was the first black candidate selected for NASA’s space program in 1961 by President John F. Kennedy. He was denied the opportunity to go into space by racism. Now 63 years later at age 90, he will get to go. Dwight will be tied with William Shatner as the oldest person to travel to space.

Eddie Dwight painting by Graig Kreindler. Photo of Eddie Dwight, Jr. in his Air Force days. Hank Aaron sculpture by Eddie Dwight, Jr. at the Atlanta Braves stadium.