1964 St. Louis Cardinals Team-Signed Baseball (26) World Series Champs – COA JSA

Description

The 1964 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team’s 83rd season in St. Louis, Missouri, and its 73rd season in the National League. The Cardinals went 93–69 during the season and finished first in the National League, edging the co-runners-up Cincinnati Reds and Philadelphia Phillies by one game each on the last day of the regular season to claim their first NL pennant since 1946. They went on to win the World Series in 7 games over the New York Yankees.

Presented is a baseball signed by 26 members of the 1964 World Series Champion Cardinals. The medium itself is an ONL (Giles) baseball and signers in black ballpoint range in quality. They include highlight Hall of Famers Lou Brock, Tom Seaver, Bob Gibson, and Red Schoendienst. As well as teammates – Ken Boyer MVP, Bob Uecker, Curt Flood, Johnny Keane (manager), Curt Simmons, Tim McCarver, and others. The baseball itself shows toning throughout from age.

Authentication: JSA Full Letter

This ball is from one of the largest and most comprehensive collections of autographed baseballs in the world. Altogether they were easily displayable in custom shelf form and alphabetically displayed nonetheless. The choice of medium was visually easy for the encyclopedic collector who put these together. It took several decades to amass these rare autographs of the most prominent entertainers, historical figures, and sports players.  It proved quite difficult to acquire autographs of non-ballplayers on such an odd object (a baseball) but diligence proved otherwise and that it’s possible. So, now with the collection complete and his shelves empty there’s only one thing left to do….bid on this item and start the challenge to see how far you can take it.