Collection of three St. Louis Cardinals team-signed baseballs, each dating from a different World Championship season.
1) 1944. Twenty-one blue fountain-pen signatures (averaging 3/10) on an ONL (Frick) ball, including Musial, Southworth (Mgr.), P. Martin, Marion, Wilks, and Hopp. The name of a former owner and the date (5/20/44) are written on the sweet spot. GD.
2) 1946. Twenty-six blue fountain-pen signatures (averaging 3/10) on an ONL (Frick) ball, including Musial, Slaughter, Marion (sweet spot), Sisler, Wilks, Barrett, Burkhart, Schmidt, Beazley, and Brazle. FR-GD, with an uneven coating of shellac.
3) 1964. Twenty-one either blue or black-ink signatures (averaging 6/10) on what appears to be an ONL (Giles) ball (stampings are barely visible), including Schoendienst (coach), Flood, Gibson, Boyer, Keane (Mgr., sweet spot), Taylor, Pollet (coach), Simmons, White, McCarver, Craig, and Washburn. FR-GD, with heavy staining.