Artie Wilson Signed Baseball Birmingham Black Barons – COA JSA

Artie Wilson was a professional baseball player. He was an all-star for the Birmingham Black Barons of N. league baseball before playing part of one season in Major League Baseball for the New York Giants in 1951. He was born in Springville, Alabama.

Presented is an OML (Selig) baseball autographed by Artie Wilson. He signed it on the sweet spot in blue ballpoint (“9”) with the inscription, “.402 – 1948”.

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.