Attractive hand-cut paper "baseball" signed in black fountain pen across the sweet spot by Lou Gehrig. PSA has encapsulated the "baseball" and graded the signature MINT 9. This novel piece was created by our consignor's father in the early 1930s and is part of a much larger autograph collection featured in this auction. Our consignor's father was a big baseball fan and his hobby during his childhood was collecting autographs. Like most autograph collectors at the time, his main method was to write each player and enclose an index card or hand-drawn card to be signed and returned. As we can see by the size of the collection, most players were more than happy to oblige. All the items from the collection are featured in this sale, including high-grade signatures of many prominent Hall of Famers, including Ruth, Cobb, Wagner, and Young. The paper "baseball" (3.5 inches in diameter) displays a tiny crease in the center; otherwise it remains in Excellent to Mint condition.