Ty Cobb/Bushing/SCDA/Game-Used Decal Bat

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Posted By: PASJD

"Never has there been an instance where the bidders were not made aware of the fact that Dave Bushing owned an item if that question was asked."

And what if it wasn't asked? Then the buyer was just deceived into thinking the bat had been impartially authenticated. What kind of "disclosure" policy is that? Is this the memorabilia world's equivalent of "Don't ask don't tell?" And I agree with MW, given that Mr. Bushing is aware of the questions that have been raised, why does he not respond himself instead of using a proxy? And finally, if Mr. Bushing is truly setting himself up as the impartial world's leading authority on bats, he ought not to be selling his own. How difficult is that ethics lesson to grasp? It's called, and no latin needed here, a CONFLICT OF INTEREST.