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07-05-2015, 03:12 PM
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HOF'er George Kelly "game used" bat, legit?
I picked this piece up basically on a whim on a message board one day. It is purported to be a George Kelly gamer, but I wanted to check with some of the knowledgeable collectors here and see if the bat is in fact, what it is purported to be. Comes with some paperwork from "Mears", but I don't know their reputation nor do I know of their ability or lack thereof for authenticating game used bats. Why does it say type of bat used by George Kelly if it was a Kelly gamer? Would that be something that someone added later?
             
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07-05-2015, 04:25 PM
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just curious but....
why do you doubt the paperwork? Troy is among the best in the business.
"The best Jerry, the best!"
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07-05-2015, 04:28 PM
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oooops sorry just re-read that you were unfamiliar with Mears.
Bats are their specialty.
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07-05-2015, 05:30 PM
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I bought a game used George Kelly H&B bat(oddly enough) from Mears auctions a few yrs ago. Came with paperwork and all. I just had a bad feeling about it when I received it. I sent it to Goldin Auctions and PSA labeled it as a Pro Stock. Yep, as you can imagine, I lost money and was extremely upset.
I've mentioned this story before, but I guess what I'm getting at is- I don't blame you for questioning it regardless.
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Always Buying game used BATS A portion of my collection on GUA: https://gameusedauthority.com/all-co...member_id=pUnl Last edited by UnVme7; 07-05-2015 at 05:33 PM.
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07-05-2015, 06:20 PM
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Yep my error
second opinions never hurt!
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07-05-2015, 06:22 PM
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Pretty sure you bought that off me years ago?? I know I used to own it at one time. But with zinn beck bats you can never know 100%. They have been documented as being used by players but it's not like hillerich & bradsby where they have shipping records.
Also mears does make mistakes/labels bats what they might not be. Like in their last auction I bought a hillerich & bradsby bat stamped with Chester Club and it had the last name Dugan stamped on the barrel and knob. They attributed it to Joe Dugan. Not really sure how it can be attributed to Joe Dugan considering it was made before he played and why would he use a bat with chester club stamped on it. They also had a bat attributed to being used by either Rick Farrell or his brother. Again not sure how they could connect it to those two players because the bat just had the last name Farrell stamped on it and during that time their were several minor league players with the same last name.
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