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vorthian<< This isn’t just about the Ichiro bat. If Mastro Fine Sports Auctions is not willing to do some basic work to properly authenticate a bat from this last baseball season -- one that could have potentially sold for $25,000 to $50,000 -- then what have they been doing with all of their other auction lots? There appears to be a flawed methodology here. If they’re out in left field on the authentication of newer stuff, is there reason to believe that they’re anywhere in the ballpark on some of the much more involved and more complex vintage material???? >>
You know, I've always been perplexed when certain descriptions were "modified" because something was found out (ie: trimmed) AFTER the auction started. More people will speculate and guess than if it was noted in the first place, w/o a modification.