Curveballs and Canvases: When Baseball Meets the Brush in Jeffrey Loria’s World
A World Series trophy and a Picasso sketch rarely share the same shelf, but for Jeffrey Loria, the two worlds have always intertwined. Raised in New York by a museum-loving mother, Loria’s early exposure to art led him from gallery halls to the dugouts of Major League Baseball.
Instead of following the typical art historian’s path, Loria turned his Yale art history degree into a launchpad for a private art dealing business—backed by a modest $2,000 loan from his father. His knack for connecting with artists in their studios, from Roy Lichtenstein to Salvador Dalí, revealed the creative process in ways no textbook could capture.
Loria’s journey underscores a simple truth: the boldest moves—whether bidding at auction or trading players—come from trusting intuition and embracing risk. In his world, art and sport aren’t opposites; they’re parallel games of vision, nerve, and timing.
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