Serial signature seekers make a stop here, for this 1943 New York Giants team-signed baseball. This eighty-year-old ONL/Frick ball (VG) hosts (21) autographs, though (3) of them are too faint to determine. Favorably, the (2) most important autographs are the best examples on this ball, with Hall of Famers Mel Ott and Carl Hubbell. In addition to these all-time greats, the roster of signers includes another Hall of Famer in Ernie Lombardi, along with several notables and long deceased players. The (18) identified autographs range ("3" to "5"), and the Hall of Famers are individually rated below.



Featured signers are:



Sweet spot: Mel Ott ("5-6", HOF, d.1958);



North panel: undetermined, Mickey Witek, undetermined, undetermined, Johnny Rucker (d.1985), Billy Jurges;



South panel: Bill Sayles, Bill Lohrman, Ernie Lombardi ("3", HOF, d.1977), Ken Trinkle (d.1976), Bobby Coombs, Johnny Rucker, Gus Mancuso (d.1984);



East panel: "Buster" Maynard (d.1977), John Wittig, Cliff Melton (d.1986);



West panel: Sid Gordon (d.1975), Harry Feldman (d.1962), Tom Sunkel, Carl Hubbell ("5", HOF, d.1988).



Full LOA from James Spence/JSA. Opening Bid $200.