Randy Gumpert & Jim Lonborg Signed Baseball (Inscribed Mickey Mantles First & Last HR) – COA JSA

Description

Randy Gumpert & Jim Lonborg

Presented is an OAL (Budig) baseball autographed by Randy Gumpert & Jim Lonborg.

Randy Gumpert signed it on the side panel in a blue ballpoint pen (“9”), with the inscription under his signature “Mantle’s 1st” and “MLHR 5-1-51“, (Mantle’s first Major League Home Run on 5-1-51).

Jim Lonborg signed it on the side panel in a blue ballpoint pen (“9”), with the inscription under his signature “Mantle’s Last” and “HR #536 9-20-68“, (Mantle’s last Major League Home Run on 9-20-68).

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.