Help With Bryce Harper's AFL Champ Cap

Basinballers · #1 01-31-2011, 01:31 AM

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Originally Posted by shimozukawa

So your source's story has changed from "Bryce Harper gave me this hat which he used in the AFL Championship game, but he refused to sign the hat." to "I found this hat next to Bryce Harper's locker on a table after the players cleaned out their lockers for the season."... and you don't find that HIGHLY disconcerting? Those are two VERY different stories. Especially after you were aggressively defensive when I mentioned that there were issues with potential authentication.

Given this new origin story, I would even question the validity of the bat being game-used by Harper. How do you know that your friend didn't simply find Harper's bat in the garbage (or on the ground or whatever) after batting practice? The bat might not be game used... heck, it might not even have been used by Harper! After all, it's not unheard of for players to use other players' bats. Yes, players do allow teammates to use their bats on occasion. Some players won't allow others to use their bat, but some players will.

To be honest, this calls into question the integrity of every item he's ever given to you or that you've sold for him. Just my thoughts.

It is responses like this that make me realize that posting items such as these on a public forum only draw ridicule from the angry people. I am done. Thanks to all of those that tried to help. I do not have time for this kind of ridicule. It is VERY embarrassing. I mean where do you get off? Really. Respond as you wish cause I won't be here to read it. You try to be honest and all you get is hatred.

fkw · #2 02-02-2011, 05:10 PM

FWIW

What shimozukawa said, is exactly what I was thinking myself while reading through this post for my first time, its realistic.

IMO the only way you can sell that hat is with a letter from the team or Harper..... But that boat has passed, probably.
Or if you can positively ID it with a clear closeup picture, but that would be hard because that type of writing seems easy to duplicate, and the hat was barely used in a game, or maybe not even in a game from what the new story shows.
If it was owned by John Wetteland or another player who rarely changed their hats, its far easier to ID it with a photo. The Harper hat is basically "new" still in appearance.

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