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petecldI have to agree with MW here. There is no excuse for that bat appearing in the catalog OR the auction. "Run with it now and verify later"? I don't think so. It should never have been considered for sale until AFTER it was authenticated 100%.
The reason this is such an issue is Mastronet has published a book on bat authentication, boasts of their authentication process, and should have been able to determine if the bat is authentic ON EVERY LEVEL - the bat, the autograph and inscription, and if the claim was true that it was used in a players first ML game.
If you can't count on Mastronet to authenticate their offerings BEFORE you buy them as well as they claim then what makes them any better/different then the goof on ebay who finds ONE baseball card in grandpa's attic, it just so happens to be a T206 Wagner and he SWEARS it's real?