This lot is closed. Bidding ended on 12/31/2005.
Vibrant oversized 36" x 48" oil on canvas painting portraying HOF pitcher Nolan Ryan as a Texas Ranger. Large action shot juxtaposed with a head portrait, the painting features Ryan's strikeout tossing prowess and his HOF induction in 1999. Ryan has signed the painting in blue ink in the center, signature grades a 9. Eight baseball images adorn the left side of the painting, on which Ryan has written in blue Sharpie "HOF 99" and the date and number of each of his record setting seven no-hitters. Also signed in blue on the lower right corner by the artist Karen A. O'Neil Ganci, who added "99." Accompanied by a LOA from James Spence Authentication.