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Autograph of President Gerald Ford on an OAL Budig Baseball.
Lot 461. Autograph of President Gerald Ford on an OAL Budig Baseball. Gem mint 10 signature on the sweet spot; the ball is nm-m. Ford served his Michigan constituents in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1949-73, when he replaced Spiro Agnew as Richard Nixon’s Vice President. Less than a year later, he became President when Nixon resigned. Although a star football player at the University of Michigan, Ford said he wanted to be a baseball player, but “nobody would sign me.” He also said, “In baseball when they say you're out, you're out. It's the same way in politics.” Ford died in 2006. Authenticated by Kevin Keating
Winning Bid $218.
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