Barbara Hoffman Signed Baseball South Bend Blue Sox – COA JSA

Barbara Hoffman is a former infielder who played from 1951 through 1952 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. She batted and threw right-handed.

Presented is an unofficial baseball autographed by Barbara Hoffman. She signed it on the sweet spot in black ink (“6”) with  an inscription, “1951-52 So BEND BLUE SOX.”.

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.