In this case of these spectacular autographs, their gathering at a single event or assembly are unlikely. One can only assume that an arduous fan secured these autographs one by one at a variety of venues. The multi-signed spheres appear to be ONL Giles examples that date from 1952-1962. Toning and apparent diamond use are evident. Bold signatures, meanwhile, have been executed with various writing instruments, further supporting the assumption that they were gathered over time. Includes:
#1) an ONL Giles ball signed by (8) with: Sweet Spot: Lloyd Waner (“7” strength); North Panel: Mickey Vernon and Joe Medwick (“4-5” strength); South Panel: Lefty Grove (“5” strength) and Casey Stengel (“6-7” strength); Zack Wheat (“5” strength) and Red Ruffing (“6-7” strength); Reverse Sweet Spot: Hal Schumacher.
#2) an ONL Giles ball (trademark stampings almost completely faded) signed by (9) with: Sweet Spot: Dizzy Dean (“6” strength); North Panel: Stan Musial (“6-7” strength); South Panel: Chas Gehringer (“6-7” strength) and (2) unidentified signatures; West Panel: Lefty Grove (“6-7” strength) and Edd Roush (“7-8” strength) East Panel: Bill Terry (“7” strength); Reverse Sweet Spot: Casey Stengel (“8” strength).
Individual full photo LOAs from JSA.
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