Ngowe-1948 Isifundo sokuqala sika Ukutsala umnxeba NguNorman Rockwell. Umsebenzi wawuphiwe nguMpire Beans Reardon.Ifandesi yeLifa leMveli Into eqale yaqala ngembalelwano malunga nokuthengisa ezinye iimemorabilia zemidlalo kunye neposta ukusukela oko kwenzeka kwimeko enephupha umntu anokulibona kwisiqendu senhlanhla Umboniso wendlela yakudala. Ngelixa kuvavanywa imithwalo yeefandesi ezizayo ze-Agasti 19-20 yezeMidlalo yePlatinam, iingcali zeDallas-based Heritage Auctions zikhubekile kwimizobo yoqobo ngumculi odumileyo waseMelika wenkulungwane yama-20 uNorman Rockwell, ngokwesibhengezo esivela endlwini.
Ukupeyinta, isifundo ngo-1948 ngomnye weRockwell yowe-1949 NgoMgqibelo ngeposi iqweqwe, elibizwa Ukutsala umnxeba , ekuqaleni kwakucingelwa ukuba lushicilelo lusapho oluthumela lo msebenzi. Nangona kunjalo, emva kokuba uphando luveze umahluko omncinci phakathi kwenguqulelo yosapho kunye nomzobo kaRockwell ogqityiweyo we-1949-ngoku uhlala kwingqokelela ye-Baseball Hall of Fame-iingcali zeLifa leMveli zazisa umsebenzi wabathumeli ukuze zihlolisiswe. Ushicilelo, enyanisweni, lwaluyipeyinti yeoyile yasekuqaleni ephepheni, kwaye indlu ngoku iqikelela ukuba inokuzisa ngaphezulu kwe- $ 300,000 kwifandesi zombini ukuba ngumsebenzi owawungaziwa ngaphambili kwaye ngoba umtsha kwintengiso
Kuyachulumancisa kuthi, kunye nabathumeli iimpahla kuba bebecinga ukuba banoprinta oluxhonywe endlwini yabo amashumi eminyaka, umlawuli weLifa leMveli weefandesi zezemidlalo uChris Ivy uxelele uMbonisi. Umsebenzi, obhalwe kumgcini weplate yasekhaya uJohn Beans Reardon wanikwa igosa ngumculi, kwaye uhlala nosapho ukusukela ngoko.
Lo mfanekiso ubonakalisa uReardon, kunye nabanye oompempe ababini abaziwayo belo xesha (uLarry Goetz noLou Jorda) kunye nomqeqeshi weDodgers uClyde Sukeforth kunye nomphathi wePirates uMilly Meyer ngexesha lekhefu kumdlalo owawuseBrooklyn Ebbets Field, evavanya amathontsi emvula awayo ukufumanisa ukuba umcimbi kufuneka uqhubeke. Umbhalo obhalwe ngezantsi kwekona esezantsi ngasekunene komzobo ufundeka ngolu hlobo: Iminqweno yam emihle 'kwiimbotyi' Reardon, oyena mpempe mkhulu wakha waphila, Ngokunyanisekileyo, uNorman Rockwell. 
Ngo-Epreli 23, 1949 isiciko se-The Saturday Evening Post esithi, Ukutsala umnxeba. Ifandesi yeLifa leMveli
Iqhekeza elinikezelwa yiLifa leMveli liphantse liphindwe kabini ubungakanani besifundo sendabuko nguRockwell, kwaye inokuba sisibonakaliso esichanekileyo ngakumbi sombono womzobi wepeyinti kunomsebenzi ogqityiweyo kwiBhola yeHlabathi yoDumo. Phambi kokuba isiqwenga sokugqibela siprintwe kwisigqubuthelo sePosi, enye yokupapashwa yenze utshintsho oluncinci kwiinkcukacha zokususa amagama aziwayo kunye neeyunifomu zabadlali, ngokwenkcazo kwiwebhusayithi yendlu. Izikhalazo zikaRockwell malunga nokulungiswa kwemizuzu yokugqibela, ezenzeka ngaphandle kwemvume yakhe, ekugqibeleni zakhokelela uPost ukuba atshintshe amapolisa akhe okuhlela malunga nezinto ezinjalo.
Kwaye ngelixa inguqulelo yeLifa leMveli isenokwahluka kancinane kuneyeCopstown, umlawuli weLifa leMveli lobugcisa baseMelika u-Aviva Lehmann ubiza uqikelelo lwesiqwenga sama- $ 300,000 asengqiqweni kwaye asekelwe kakuhle.
Imisebenzi [kaRockwell] ingathengisa ngaphezu kukaEdward Hopper noGeorgia O'Keeffe… Unomzuzwana, nabaqokeleli kungekuphela eMelika kodwa nakwamanye amazwe-nto leyo ingaqhelekanga kubazobi baseMelika beli xesha, uLehmann uxelele uMbonisi. Imisebenzi yalo naluphi na uhlobo ifunwa kakhulu, kodwa ngakumbi izifundo zemisebenzi emikhulu… Silindele umdla omkhulu emsebenzini, kokubini kubaqokeleli bemyuziyam kunye nabathandi bebhola.
U-Lehmann wachaza ukuba ayisiyiyo kuphela isiqwenga sesifundo esigqityiweyo ngomnye weyona misebenzi ibalulekileyo yomzobi, kodwa okokugqibela iLifa leMveli linikezela ngeRockwell yoqobo, Kathathu isiFoto esiZimeleyo ngoMeyi walo nyaka, igqithe kude nengqikelelo yayo yangaphambi kokuthengiswa kwe- $ 150,000- $ 250,000 kwaye yaqhubeka nokufumana i- $ 1.3 yezigidi.
Ezinye izinto ezigqwesileyo kwintengiso yePlatinam yezemidlalo ibandakanya umdlalo weYankees ijezi ka-1937 nguLou Gehrig (est. $ 800,000) kunye nekhontrakthi yomdlali esayiniweyo neqela ($ 500,000). Kukwakho nomdlalo obonakalayo onxibe ijezi ekunikezelweni yiYunkees iyunifomu kaMickey Mantle ka-1954 ($ 400,000), kunye nomdlalo we-1920 womdlalo osetyenziswa nguBabe Ruth (est. $ 400,000).
Ifandesi yobusuku yePlatinamu yezeLifa leMveli ngoku ivulekele ukubhida kwi-Intanethi.
