Stan Musial Bat

[UnVme7]

I never got a response from this mornings message after you asked about what I would offer for this bat. So it's good to know now from your post that you are going to keep it until March. At least we all know that now after you asked what we would pay.

But anyways, I took it upon myself to contact Taube about this bat, and here is his response:

"I just looked at photos of the bat. The bat labels 1946 to 1948. If you refer to Vince Malta's book the bat is branded with a C-13 center brand and has a P-6 Powerized. The C-13 center brand appeared on LVS pro bats between 1946 and 1949 and the P-6 Powerized between 1944 and 1948. Put the two together and you have a bat that dates to 1946-1948.

Reviewing Musial's ordering records there is an order for 12 34 inch M117 models on July 23, 1947. I also noticed there is no model number on the knob of the bat. That's not a problem for a 1947 bat. Model numbers were phased in by LVS over a 5 year period. We have seen several bats dating specifically to 1947 without model numbers. By 1948 all bats had the model number on the knob.

The M117 model is also listed at LVS as the pro stock model for Musial. The fact that the bat is 34' long and not 34.5 inches long adds the possibility of the bat being a pro stock model. Without seeing the bat I can't really offer any opinion to the bat's use by Musial"



That being said, if the bat is in fact 34 inches(I don't know because I didn't get a response yet from my question earlier) then it's not something I would be interested in. Even if it has all the bells and whistles, you have to consider that the next owner will have to get it restored. That new owner will put that into consideration with the final price you will get.

[yanks12025]

I think john made a mistake. How can that be brand C-13, the G in trade mark reg in C-13 has a square back. But this G looks more rounded like in C-11.

[eastonfalcon19]

My apologies Nate for not getting back to you. Yes it is a 34 inch bat. I am most likely going to hang onto the bat. Hopefully I will gain more information about the bat in March. Again sorry for not getting back to you.

[yanks12025]

Also I don't think it's from the July order in 1947 considering several other bats from that order have sold at auction and they all had the model number on the knob. I doubt they would mark some with M117 and not others.

[bigfanNY]

Well the Philly show was a couple weeks ago what was the verdict. Thanks for posting interesting bat.
J

[Deertick]

Originally Posted by bigfanNY

Well the Philly show was a couple weeks ago what was the verdict. Thanks for posting interesting bat.
J

Correction. 8 years ago.

[bigfanNY]

Thanks Jim ..
I posted to a Hawks thread on the postwar page and this thread was mentioned. After 8 years a member posted a finished Photo/ autographed sheet project. ( That was very nice). So maybe after 8 years this thread will get some closure as well.

[Deertick]

Originally Posted by bigfanNY

Thanks Jim ..
I posted to a Hawks thread on the postwar page and this thread was mentioned. After 8 years a member posted a finished Photo/ autographed sheet project. ( That was very nice). So maybe after 8 years this thread will get some closure as well.

I know, I read through the thread and it wasn't until your post I realized it's age. I'm disappointed we have a cliffhanger!

BTW, I have bumped one of my BST posts that was 9 yrs old. I forgot about it after it fell off the first page, lol.

[eastonfalcon19]

Originally Posted by bigfanNY

Well the Philly show was a couple weeks ago what was the verdict. Thanks for posting interesting bat.
J

Jon, John Taube authenticated it as a Pro Stock. Not sure that I agree with that since he did place an order for these bats during the time period of this bat. All of the other 34 inch Musial bats from this time period were authenticated as Pro Model bats. It's still pretty cool though that there could be a connection within the Edinger family.

Thank you,
Ron