Mears 'Authentic'

[kengoldin]

Glad it is appreciated
the other thing you need to look out for, is a 'Babe Ruth pro model' bat that was USED BY A DIFFERENT PLAYER being sold as 'Babe Ruth professional model bat' and in description says 'shows game use'.
This is why Goldin AUctions posts every LOA for everyone to read. In PSA/DNA LOAs, for example, you can actually see things like 'bat shows use but was not used by xxx player' meaning: A different player ordered someone elses model bat and used it.
so it is indeed an xxx model bat, game used...but not used by the named player.
typically the price dictates it as the true players know the score. In all cases, you really need to SEE and READ the LOA. They will normally detail everything.

in Game used bats, an 'auth' or an 'A5' typically means it is a pro model bat, with no link to the player named on the bat (ie, a Mickey mantle model bat that was used by Billy Martin....and I mention that example because one was recently offered ...)

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by kengoldin

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typically the price dictates it as the true players know the score.
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Yep, and knowing that there are plenty of true players on top of all the good bats, I watch with interest and curiosity, but seldom play. I have one super-fantastic bat and that will probably be it, unless I have a wealthy relative that I'm unaware of.