Max Patkin Signed Baseball Clown Prince of Baseball – COA JSA

Presented is an OMWL (Spelius) baseball autographed by Max Patkin.  He signed it on the sweet spot in a black ballpoint pen (“9”).  The ball itself shows toning from age.

Max Patkin was an American baseball player and clown, best known as the Clown Prince of Baseball (a play on “Crown Prince”). Patkin was the third “officially” crowned Clown Prince of Baseball, after Al Schacht and Jackie Price, though that nickname has also been applied to St. Louis Brown’s third baseman Arlie Latham among others. Patkin performed for 51 years as a baseball clown.

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.