Game Used Bat Questions.

baseballjeff

Hello,

I am an avid vintage card collector, and this summer I am thinking about trying something new for me. I am thinking about going for a game used bat of one of my favorite players. What I wonder is, how do you know it's the real deal? Also, if I am a member of PSA's grading service how do I go about getting them to authinticate it? And how much does this cost?

The bat I am seriously interested in is here:

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I like this one because it's not cracked. Sounds weak and lamn I know, but the idea of it being "whole" just excites me enough to not want a cracked one. What do you all think here?

Thank you!

Jeff

Stone193

Hi Jeff

I started collecting gu bats and know very little but there are some book sources that I recommend along with some good authenticators. Reference books: MastroNet Reference and Price Guide for Collecting GU Baseball Bats (2001); BATS: Professional Hillerich & Bradsby and Adirondack, 1950-1994 (1995) – this will give you a lot to digest and an unbelievable reference. Sellers: IMO, bats authenticated by Bushing and Knoll ( SCD authen.) or Vince Malta and John Taube(PSA/DNA). Zane Burns is also very trustworthy. All of these guys, to the best of knowledge have advertised in SCD. Zanesbats is on ebay. ASI has a lot of players under contract and are supposed to be trustworthy – I bought a Palmeiro and Guerrero from them.

I like the bats where you can see the seem marks on the ball!

I was wondering if you could email the seller and ask if they give a guarantee if you send it to PSA/DNA or SCD and it comes back no good? That may be important.

And value? It's not his current team but generally his bat is in the 350$ range? The bat you are looking at has good game use - but whether he played with it? That I'm totally clueless.

You could always search ebay for past auctions and see if any others were sold by Zane Burns or J.T. Taube e.g.

I trust Zanebats and JT Sports.

That's all I got
good luck
mike