Presented are eight original mostly pen-and-ink drawings from baseball artist T.S. O’Connell, artwork that was used to create a number of card sets that the company produced in the 1980s, including the Baseball Greats and Mini-Prints issues. Additionally, a majority of the entire group encompassing multiple auction lots were used to accompany editorial features in the pages of Sports Collectors Digest from 1987-2011 and in a handful of other hobby publications from 1987-92. The grouping is headlined by the likes of Ted Williams (3), Wade Boggs (2), Jim Rice, Carl Yastrzemski and Lefty Grove, with each one being the original artwork that is signed by the artist. These pieces are typically drawn on 8 ½-by-11-inch heavy board for the pen-and-ink drawings and on a similar-size, high-quality textured poster board for the pencil and lithographer’s crayon pieces, with outliers noted in the listing below. The winning bidder should be aware that owning the original artwork does not convey any rights of reproduction, which are retained by O’Connell & Son Ink. The breakdown (8): 1) Jim Rice, 1981 Topps pen-and-ink with watercolor added, from Series One of the Mini-Prints, 1984; 2) Ted Williams, 1959 Topps pen-and-ink, from Series Three of the Mini-Prints, 1986; 3) Ted Williams, pencil on textured board, from Series Four of the Mini-Prints, 1987; 4) Carl Yastrzemski, watercolor wash on 10-by-14-inch black textured board, matted to overall dimensions of 12-by-16 inches, from Series Four of the Mini-Prints, 1987; 5) Wade Boggs, pen-and-ink and pastel chalk on 12-by-16-inch heavy board, from Series Six of the Mini-Prints in 1989 and from the cover of Sports Collectors Digest, circa 2005; 6) Wade Boggs, 11-by-14-inch pen-and-ink, 2003; 7) Lefty Grove, pencil and lithographer’s crayon, 2005; and 8) Ted Williams, pen-and-ink and pastel on grey, textured stock, 2009.