Charlie Gehringer Signed Baseball Tigers – COA JSA

Description

Nicknamed “The Mechanical Man”, Charlie Gehringer was an American professional baseball second baseman, coach, general manager, and team vice president, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Detroit Tigers for 19 seasons (1924–1942).[1] He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1949.

Presented is an OAL (Brown) baseball autographed by Charlie Gehringer. He signed it on the sweet spot in blue ballpoint pen (“9”). The ball itself shows mild toning from age.

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.