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Max WederMany of us have heard stories about how Curt Flood and Tommy McDonald (former Eagles wide receiver) were both accomplished portrait artists.
While reading Brad Snyder's excellent biography of Flood, I found out that neither Flood or McDonald were artists, just front men.
ESPN discussed this with McDonald in November 2003:
http://espn.go.com/classic/s/Where_now_mcdonald_tommy.html
However, Lelands didn't note this distinction in its January 2007 completed auction
http://www.lelands.com/bid.aspx?auctionid=614&lot=135
Max