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Ty Cobb Autographed Baseball

Ty Cobb Autographed Baseball Baseball autographed by Ty Cobb Detroit Tigers star Ty Cobb autographed baseball. Bold, black fountain pen ink signature by himself on the west panel of an OAL Ban Johnson ball. Subtle flaking to Cobb s autograph downgrades his otherwise exceptionally bold penmanship from a 9 to an 8 on a scale of 1 10. Ten more signers from the 1922 Tigers a team that Cobb served on as player/manager are present and scattered elsewhere, almost as if they deliberately positioned themselves as far away from their fiery skipper as possible and include Ira Flagstead, Howard Ehmke, E.E. Rigney, Herman Pillette, Larry Woodall, Johnny Bassler, L.A. Blue, George Cutshaw, Clyde Manion, and one other. Signed balls from Cobb s playing days rarely surface. Here s a fine example which displays The Georgia Peach s bold script nicely as a single