Description
Presented is an OAL (Budig) baseball autographed by Charlie Biot. He signed it on the sweet spot in a blue ballpoint pen (“9”). The ball itself shows toning from age.
Charlie Biot was an American Negro league outfielder from 1939 to 1941, he broke into the Negro leagues in 1939. He played for the Newark Eagles, New York Black Yankees, and Baltimore Elite Giants. Biot served in the United States Army during World War II and was assigned to the Harlem Hellfighters, where he captained his division’s baseball team.
Authentication: JSA Basic Cert & Sticker
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.