Client:
A Stitch In Time
Art Direction and Image Colorization of the Addy Award winning Coffee Table book... A Stitch in Time. This book chronicles the assembly and curation of the Levanson-Keltner The Historical Collection of Team Signed Red Sox balls. It is the only complete collection of it's kind and is arguably worthy of it's own wing in Cooperstown.
About:
A Stitch in Time
Sometimes the best things happen when least expected. Such was the case in 2017, when author Richard A. Johnson, curator of the Sports Museum in Boston, received a phone call from fundraising executive Brad Keltner proposing an exhibition of a remarkable and historical collection of baseball memorabilia. Keltner and his partner David Levanson have compiled an unprecedented collection of autographed baseballs from every team in Boston Red Sox history dating back to the club’s founding in 1901. Starting out as rival bidders at auctions competing for the desirable treasures they both sought, over a period of years Keltner and Levanson decided to collaborate, and have amassed the most historically significant and complete collection of its kind.
A Stitch in Time highlights the stories behind iconic players from Cy Young, Babe Ruth, Ted Williams and Carl Yastrzemski to recent stars such as Wade Boggs, Roger Clemens, Manny Ramirez and David “Big Papi” Ortiz. A journey through the history of one of America’s oldest baseball clubs, this volume is a must-have for memorabilia collectors and sports fans of all stripes.
About the Author:
Richard A. Johnson
Richard A. Johnson has served as curator of The Sports Museum in Boston since 1982 and is also the New York Times best-selling author, co-author and editor of 23 books to date. Included among them are: Red Sox Century, Yankees Century, The Cubs, The Dodgers, The Pats, An Illustrated History of the New England Patriots, Ted Williams, A Portrait in Words and Pictures, DiMaggio, An Illustrated Life, and Jackie Robinson, Between the Baselines (all w/Glenn Stout) and The Boston Garden and The Bruins in Black and White (2 volumes) with Brian Codagnone as well as The Celtics in Black and White and The Boston Marathon (w/Robert Hamilton Johnson), Young at Heart, The Story of Johnny Kelley (w/Frederick Lewis) New England Patriots, Yesterday and Today, A Century of Boston Sports, Boston Braves, and Field of Our Fathers, A History of Fenway Park among other titles.
Johnson is a native of Worcester Massachusetts and is a graduate of Lawrence Academy and Bates College. He serves as a member of the selection committee for the Red Sox Hall of Fame, and has previously served as the chair of the Seymour Medal Committee, which selects the baseball book of the year on behalf of the Society for American Baseball Research.
