Cy Young Charity Auction

First Annual Cy Young Days Festival Art Auction

Newcomerstown, Ohio, Saturday, August 25, 2018 The Cy Young Festival Committee will host its first annual art auction. The Festival is proud to be partnering with Artist Mark Lewis, a modern contemporary portrait artist who was born in Akron, Ohio and now resides in Glendora, California. Lewis’s paintings have been shown in galleries all across the United States, and he is a direct descendant of an aunt to Cy Young, the Hall of Fame pitcher whose record 511 victories will never be broken, and whose name is on the award for the best pitcher in Major League baseball each year.

Mark Lewis is one of only a few surviving relatives (and last in his lineage) of baseball legend Cy Young. Lewis is a descendant of Melinda Young (Cy’s aunt) who would be Marks 3rd great grandmother. Cy Young is well known in Newcomerstown and was influential in starting the town’s first little league in the early 1950’s. Now, years later in the same spirit as Cy Young, Mark Lewis is supporting the Newcomerstown Cy Young Festival and its commitment to our community with the opportunity of auctioning off pieces of his work to help raise funds for the festival and our many projects. The Festival Committee is committed to the promotion of the Village and its youth. We strive to provide a positive environment, enjoyable activities, and experience for all organizations and participants, with an emphasis for our youth athletic teams (baseball and softball) to grow and succeed.

We are very excited about Mark’s generous donations for this fundraiser. The auction will feature original works of art, giclees on canvas and fine art prints. A highlight of the auction will be an original 30 x 40 portrait of Cy Young.

Take this opportunity to support the youth of Newcomerstown and to own a piece of Cy Young’s legacy. The entire catalog of 125 works of art can be viewed through August 25, 2018 at Liveauctioneers link on this page.

Collectibles are available for every budget. We encourage you to register early with liveauctioneers.com and pre-bid on items from mid July through August. The Live auction will start at 8pm. EST, August 25, 2018. Contact Dave Shepherd @ 740-294-0336 or dsshepherd@roadrunner.com with any questions.