Lot # 892: 1983-91 O’Connell & Son Ink Original Artwork of St. Louis Cardinals With Musial (4), McGwire, Smith, Dean and Flood (12)

Category: Other

Starting Bid: $100.00

Bids: 1 (Bid History)

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Item was in Auction "April 2, 2026: Spring Auction",
which ran from 3/16/2026 2:00 AM to
4/2/2026 10:30 PM



Presented are a dozen original 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 Stan Musial (4), Mark McGwire, Ozzie Smith, Dizzy Dean, Enos Slaughter, Curt Flood, and a number of other stars from different eras, 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 (12): 1) Enos Slaughter, 1956 Topps pen-and-ink, from Series Two of the Mini-Prints, 1985; 2) Pepper Martin, lithographer’s crayon on heavy enamel board, from Series Four of the Mini-Prints, 1987; 3) Curt Flood, pencil on textured enamel board, from Series Five of the Mini-Prints, 1988; 4) Eddie Dyer, pencil and watercolor wash on grey, textured stock, from Series Five of the Mini-Prints, 1988; 5) Stan Musial, pen-and-ink on heavy enamel board, from Series Six of the Mini-Prints, 1989; 6) Stan Musial, 1954 Topps pencil on 11-by-14-inch textured enamel stock, from Series Seven of the Mini-Prints, 1991; 7) Vince Coleman, pencil and acrylic on heavy textured board, 1998; 8) Stan Musial, pencil on textured board, 2001; 9) Mark McGwire, pen-and-ink and colored pen on 11-by-14 textured board, from the pages of Sports Collectors Digest, 2002; 10) Dizzy Dean, pen-and-ink on textured board, from the pages of Sports Collectors Digest, circa 2003; 11) Stan Musial, pen-and-ink on 11-by-14-inch enamel board, 2004; and 12) Ozzie Smith, pen-and-ink on heavy textured board, 2006.

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