Mickey Spillane Signed Baseball Crime Novelist – COA JSA

Mickey Spillane, was an American crime novelist, whose stories often feature his signature detective character, Mike Hammer. More than 225 million copies of his books have sold internationally. Spillane was also an occasional actor, once even playing Hammer himself.

Presented is an OAL (Brown) baseball autographed by Mickey Spillane. He signed it on the sweet spot in red felt tip (“9”) with the inscription, “To Bob” with a notation.  The baseball itself shows toning throughout from age.

Authentication: JSA Basic Cert & Sticker

Mickey Spillane Signed Baseball

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.