Ruth Middleton Signed Baseball & Card Battle Creek Belles – COA JSA

Ruth Middleton played for the Battle Creek Belles where she remained until 1952. Ruth ended her career with the League playing with the Muskegon Belles in 1953. After she ended her baseball career with the League, she went to live in Indiana, taking on a job as a bookkeeper for Yoder Ford.

Presented is an unofficial baseball autographed by Ruth Middleton. She signed it on the sweet spot in black ink (“7”) with  an inscription, “A.A.G.P.B.L.”. Also included is a baseball card of her autographed in black ballpoint (“9”).

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.