Lois Bellman Signed Baseball & Card Chicago Colleens – COA JSA

Description

Lois Bellman was an All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player. Bellman batted and threw right handed. She was dubbed Punky. Born in Chicago, Illinois, Bellman joined the league with the Chicago Colleens club in its 1949 season.

Presented is an unofficial baseball autographed by Lois Bellman. She signed it on a side panel in black felt tip (“8”) with her nickname “Punky – 1949”. Also included is a baseball card of her autographed in black felt tip (“9”) with the same nickname as a signature.

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.