Cincinnati Reds Signed Baseballs

Item Details

A group of Cincinnati Reds signed baseballs. The baseballs are as listed: Sam Ellis signed the ‘sweet spot’ of a baseball that has no manufacturer; George Foster signed a Major League baseball and added, ‘NL MVP 1977’ with a blue ink pen; Tim Birtsas signed the ‘sweet spot’ of a National League (White Pres.) baseball with a blue ink pen; Art Shamsky signed the ‘sweet spot’ of a National League (Feeney Pres.) baseball; Pat Darcy and Pat Zachry signed a Rawlings Official League baseball with a blue marker; Bob Purkey, Jim O’Toole, Joey Jay, and Jim Maloney signed a Rawlings Official League baseball in different shaded inks; Austin Kearns signed the ‘sweet spot’ of a Southern League baseball (signature is very faded); and a multi-sgined National League (Coleman Pres.) baseball signed by seven former players, Norm Charlton, Tim Pugh, Jeff Branson, Kevin Jarvis, Don Gullett and two signatures are illegible. Austin Kearns signature was obtained through Just the Proof, their hologram is on the baseball; Darcy and Zachry signatures were obtained at a show, there are two autograph tickets and there is an autograph ticket for Purkey. The rest of the signatures have not been authenticated.

• Everything But The House does not authenticate or grade sports memorabilia. Items that are consigned with Certificates or Letters of Authenticity (COA) are listed as such with the item’s description. Autographs without COAs are compared to authenticated examples from online sources prior to sale upload. The general condition of all items will range from Poor to Very Good and may or may not coincide with an item’s future grade from an authenticating/grading service.

Condition

- some are more toned than others; some signatures are faded, some bled and some are very good

Dimensions

Item #

18CIN132-167