Autographed Bats - Any Idea of What Fair Value for These Would Be?

70ToppsFanatic

I'm trying to get an idea of what a fair value for the bats pictured in this thread (it's part of the autograph collection).



I have attached pictures of some bats that are part of the autograph & memorabillia collection. The players/celebrities are Fred Lynn, Dale Murphy, Juan Beniquez, Gary Allenson, Barbaro Garbey, Butch Hobson, Alfredo Griffin, Ron Gardenhire and Elle MacPherson.

All of the bats were obtained from the Columbus Clippers bat boy and all were game used and have minor cracks. He told me that some were taken by minor leaguers when they were called up to the majors and were brought back down. The bats for Fred Lynn and Dale Murphy are numbered (3, 19). The Alfredo Griffin bat was obtained in Toronto directly from him when he cracked the bat during warm-up. The Elle MacPherson was obtained at a celebrity auction and is likely one of a kind as they had bats made for celebrities who were willing to come in and sign them.

Can anyone who knows the bat market give me some guidance about what fair value of these might be?

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.

MooseDog

I've been out of the market for way too long, so I'm no help. You should post this over at gameuseduniverse.com - they'll be quite helpful and if you're looking to move any of them they'll be plenty of buyers. Last I remember non-star bat game used bats sell for well under $100 on eBay. The Lynn and Murph bats you say weren't used by them but if you sell them whoever buys them will surely pass them off as used by those guys.

Interesting that the Elle McPherson is an "error".