Purnell Mincy Signed Baseball Pittsburgh Crawfords – COA JSA

Purnell Mincy made his N. leagues debut in 1938 with the Pittsburgh Crawfords, and went on to play for the Philadelphia Stars, New York Black Yankees, and Newark Eagles. Mincy’s baseball career ended due to an elbow injury in 1941. He died in New York, New York in 2003 at age 87.

Presented is an OAL (Budig) baseball autographed by Purnell Mincy. He signed it on the sweet spot in blue ballpoint pen (“9”). The ball itself shows toning from age.

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.