Live Auction 20998Selections from the Geddy Lee Collection and Important Baseball Memorabilia
THREE BRONZE FIGURES OF A PITCHER, A STRIKER, AND A NEWSBOY
Lot 189 THE GLADSTONE COLLECTION OF BASEBALL ART

THREE BRONZE FIGURES OF A PITCHER, A STRIKER, AND A NEWSBOY

NICHOLAS MULLER (GERMAN/AMERICAN, 1818-1873) AND JOHN DEACON (AMERICAN, ACTIVE CIRCA 1850), NEW YORK, CIRCA 1868

Closed6 December 2023

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THREE BRONZE FIGURES OF A PITCHER, A STRIKER, AND A NEWSBOY
NICHOLAS MULLER (GERMAN/AMERICAN, 1818-1873) AND JOHN DEACON (AMERICAN, ACTIVE CIRCA 1850), NEW YORK, CIRCA 1868
striker signed and numbered K. MULLER & J. DEACON .PAT. 1868 (on top of base), the pitcher signed and numbered N. MULLER. N.Y. N:532. / PATENT 1868. (on underside), together with a later bronze figure of a newsboy, indistinctly signed and numbered (on underside)
9 ¾ in. high, the pitcher; 10 ½ in. high, the striker; 9 ½ in. high, the newsboy

Specialist note

Among the most desirable 19th century baseball statuary by the most prolific baseball-related figural artist of the period. Constructed of white metal, the batter and pitcher statues retain a fine percentage of their original bronze wash, which has patinated nicely to a deep brown finish. Accompanying the batsman and pitcher is a slightly later bronze by Muller of a newsboy in a running pose holding a newspaper that depicts the earlier Muller pitching statue image: EX