{"product_id":"from-the-front-row-reflections-of-a-major-league-baseball-owner-and-modern-art-dealer-9781637584538","title":"From the Front Row: Reflections of a Major League Baseball Owner and Modern Art Dealer","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn his honest, engaging, and revealing new memoir, entrepreneur Jeffrey Loria lifts the curtain on two of the most mysterious, high-stakes, and high-profile businesses today: Major League Baseball and modern art.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBefore he wrote a memoir, Jeffrey Loria was the author of one of America's most remarkable professional careers. He began as a very private modern art dealer, and ultimately became a very public Major League Baseball team owner and World Series champion. Welcome to his unique and thrilling world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHow are great artists like great athletes? How can one recognize great art or great athletic talent? And most of all, who were the amazing artists who changed our visual interpretation of the twentieth century and the talented athletes who are transforming our national pastime? Go inside fascinating artists' studios and high-energy baseball clubhouses and dugouts as Loria shares his keen eye and front-row seat. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom achieving a coveted World Series championship to helping build world-class art collections, which have found their way into many major museums and private holdings, Loria relies on a special mix of perseverance, professionalism, and passion. \u003ci\u003eFrom the Front Row\u003c\/i\u003e offers a rare glimpse into the life of a private, sometimes provocative, and highly successful entrepreneur, who has never shied away from taking big risks to achieve big dreams.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJeffrey H. Loria is an internationally acclaimed art dealer, specializing in 19th- and 20th-century masterworks. For decades, he collaborated with iconic twentieth-century artists, including Henry Moore, Salvador Dalí, Roy Lichtenstein, and Clyfford Still, and helped build major art and museum collections. He translated that success into professional sports, as the former owner of the Miami Marlins Major League Baseball team. Under his leadership, the Marlins won the 2003 World Series. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eCollecting Original Art \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWhat's It All About, Charlie Brown\u003c\/i\u003e?, both written in his twenties. \u003ci\u003eFrom the Front Row \u003c\/i\u003eis his fourth book\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e A graduate of Yale University and the Columbia Graduate School of Business, Jeffrey is a devoted philanthropist, having supported universities, hospitals, educational institutions, museums, and other charitable organizations for decades. In 2002, the French government awarded him its coveted \u003ci\u003eOrdre des Arts et des Lettres\u003c\/i\u003e for his commitment to promoting French culture in America.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Post Hill Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50718791991570,"sku":"9781637584538","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_829637dc-7536-4006-b824-e8ae288fc700.jpg?v=1734650366","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/from-the-front-row-reflections-of-a-major-league-baseball-owner-and-modern-art-dealer-9781637584538","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}