This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/9/2022
Offered here is an incredible Wilson football that has been signed by five former United States Presidents. Only five of these footballs were ever created and to our knowledge only two have ever been sold (one privately in California for $25,000 and one at auction for $17,220). The signatures include Jimmy Carter, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama. There are three white leather panels and one pebbled brown leather panel on the Wilson football, with one white panel featuring a blue silk-screened “Seal of the President of the United States” at the center. Obama has signed his name and inscribed “#44” to the left of the seal, while Carter (inscribed “’39”, Clinton (inscribed “#42”), George Bush (inscribed “41”) and George Bush (inscribed “43”) are at the right of the seal. All five signatures are in black marker. Carter was president from 1977 to 1981, while the senior Bush was president from 1989 to 1992, Clinton served from 1992 to 2001, the younger Bush from 2001 to 2009, and Obama from 2009 to 2017. This item comes with a full Letter of Authenticity from James Spence Authentication (JSA).