Wagner Bat- Oct. 26 Heritage Auction

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Posted By: Bob B.

Guess I need to look at more of those auction catalogs- Did anyone here win the Wagner Bat auctioned by Heritage Oct. 26 2007? Went for under $2,200 with juice. Anyone know anything about that bat? Thanks.

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Posted By: Dan Bretta

Got a link to the auction? What kind of bat was it? Store Model or Gamer...can't imagine a gamer would go that cheaply for Wagner.

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Posted By: Bob B.

http://sports.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=708&Lot_No=19675&src=pr#Photo

Signature model, even if post career...

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Posted By: Dan Bretta

Seems about right to me for a coach's bat. It's also in pretty bad shape with a cracked handle, a missing 4" chunk of wood and severe checking to the wood. I could probably live with a cracked handle on a bat, but severe checking and missing wood? Too much damage. I am unfamiliar with Taube and Malta's authentication coding - what does GU2 mean?

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Posted By: Bob B.

Not totally familiar/comfortable with bat grading myself, but GU would be game used pro model and 2 would be like an SGC 20 or 30.

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Posted By: Dan Bretta

So it's not like the system used by MEARS which has more to do with provenance. I'm guessing this bat has solid provenance that it actually belonged to Wagner?

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Posted By: Bob B.

I'm sure it's comparable to the MEARS system. In fact,I'm curious what the differences would be, if any.

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Posted By: Dan Bretta

As far as I know the MEARS number has to do with probability that a player used the bat and not with condition. A1 meaning there is no provenance and the player almost certainly has nothing to do with the bat where A10 means there is lock solid evidence of use by the player.

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Posted By: Greg

Actually condition does come into play in the MEARS grading of bats -- points are subtracted for condition problems like chipped knobs, bad cracks or problems affecting the labeling on the bat.

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Posted By: Max Weder

Here are the Mears criteria http://www.mearsonline.com/services/bat.asp

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Posted By: Rob L

Risky bat. The grade does not bode well. Here is PSA/DNA standards for bats:

http://www.psadna.com/bats/batgradingstandards.chtml

Rob L