Mt Rainier, MD
Back in 2012 I posted a WTB if anyone had a source to purchase any pieces by famed arcade/pinball designer and illustrator Python Anghelo. He has always been my favorite pinball artist and I have owned Joust, Taxi, Hurricane and a Bad Cats which were one of many of his great games. I randomly was contacted a couple months ago by a gentleman who said he found me after doing a google search on "Python Anghelo artwork" and came across my WTB post somehow. His mom was a college friend with Python in Chicago back in the 1970's and he painted a watercolor of a nature scene and gifted it to her. She has had it all this time having zero knowledge of his success in the arcade/pinball world and long story short I was able to purchase the original watercolor along with multiple copies of flyers that Python made up to promote his artistic career way before his pinball career including his time at Disney. I made a video of my interview with the owner since it was such a unique and cool story. I thought it was important to share this history with the pinball community. I wish there was a source to appraise it for my own documentation purposes but I'm not sure how you value something like this. I'm looking forward to hanging this beautiful piece on my wall for many years to come. Photos and Youtube video attached.
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