Mary Louise Kolanko Signed Baseball & Card Springfield Sallies – COA JSA

Mary Louise Kolanko was an American All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player in 1950. She was born in Weirton, West Virginia, the youngest of eight children, to parents John and Mary Kolanko. She had five older brothers. Her nickname was Klinky.

Presented is an unofficial baseball autographed by Mary Louise Kolanko. She signed it on a side panel in black ink (“7-8”) with the inscription, “A.A.G.P.B.L.”. Also included is a baseball card of her autographed in black felt tip (“9”). The baseball card holder is broken.

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.