Investment platform Collectable is making a move into the sports art space. The company announced Wednesday that it would be partnering with well-known watercolor artist and illustrator James Fiorentino, who recently launched a new baseball card art series.
“There is Only One” has him recreating replicas of the most iconic trading cards in the world.
Collectable and The Fiorentino Collection will be making one of those paintings–Fiorentino’s rendition of the 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle—available for IPO in the coming months.
“This partnership represents a collision of two established asset classes – fine art and sports cards,” said Ezra Levine, CEO of Collectable. “Collectors keenly understand the importance of iconic underlying athlete and artist, coupled with rarity and cultural importance. Through this exciting partnership, people of all income brackets are able to invest in art from one of the greatest sports artists of all time. In fact, many consider Fiorentino as important to sports art as Rockwell was to Americana art.”
Fiorentino says the demand for his work has been strong and that he liked the idea of “showcasing my artwork to a wider audience of collectors and investors, and to broaden the reach of the burgeoning sports art market as a whole.”
Fiorentino’s work will be on display at The National Sports Collectors Convention this summer and through other private exhibitions.
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