Negro League Signed Baseball (41) – COA JSA

Description

If you collect memorabilia from the Negro Leagues, then this baseball is for you! The Negro leagues were United States professional baseball leagues comprising teams of African Americans and, to a lesser extent, Latin Americans. The term may be used broadly to include professional black teams outside the leagues and it may be used narrowly for the seven relatively successful leagues beginning in 1920 that are sometimes termed “Negro Major Leagues”.

Presented is an OAL (Selig) baseball with a whopping 41 autographs on it, all from former members of the Negro Leagues. The signatures are all in blue ballpoint and generally grade out in the “9” to “10” range. The ball itself mint white baseball.  Signers include  A.Wilson, G. Crowe, W. Harris, H. Gordon,  Art Pennington, J. Zapp, O. Baily,  Red Moore, F. Williams, J. Miles, B, McCord,  C. Chatman, C. Long, W. Lundy, Andy Porter, S. Allen, Louis Miller, Henry Presswood, Felix Evans, J B. Scott, Bill Blair, Roosevelt Owens, M. Pride, M. Jordan, I. McKnight, C. Brown, T. Turner, C. Harmon, B. Bell, G. Meeks, M. Beans, B. Felder, F. King, Les Gray, Leon Harris, Clinton Butch McCord, Moses Beans Jr. and three  more. Authentication: JSA Full Letter