Edith Barney Signed Baseball & Card Grand Rapids Chicks – COA JSA

Edith Barney was a female catcher who played for in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League during the 1948 season. Barney is part of the AAGPBL permanent display at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum at Cooperstown, New York, opened in 1988, which is dedicated to the entire league rather than any individual player. She died in North Port, Florida, at the age of 87.

Presented is an unofficial baseball autographed by Edith Barney. She signed it on the sweet spot in black ink (“6”) with a nickname inscription, “Little Red”. Also included is a baseball card of her autographed in black felt tip (“7-8”) with the same inscription.

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.