Sam Crawford Spalding Bat on ebay

[Neal]

Originally Posted by margoaepi

I'm sorry if I missed it, but is the feeling that the Crawford bat that SCP is offering is of similar ilk to the ebay bat?

I would guess so, but the LOA is not visible in the SCP auction. The one on eBay has a letter stating it is an autograph model, which is correct. Perhaps the seller was trying to sell it as a player model w/o showing the LOA?

Not sure what the uproar was all about.

edited to add - SCP is also an autograph model, which states that in the title. Taube and Malta do not need to explain anything

[MGHPro]

Originally Posted by Neal

I would guess so, but the LOA is not visible in the SCP auction. The one on eBay has a letter stating it is an autograph model, which is correct. Perhaps the seller was trying to sell it as a player model w/o showing the LOA?

Not sure what the uproar was all about.

edited to add - SCP is also an autograph model, which states that in the title. Taube and Malta do not need to explain anything

Neal.. glad you feel that way but I disagree. So do the several lurkers that emailed and called me. An explanation on how a 35 inch Crawford with spalding marks on the end would be great. I don't really care to hear that every spalding bat was marked with that. Then explain the Cobbs, Keelers, Evers, Stones and so on, that appear without spalding on the knob.

The autograph model isn't even whats being questioned, its the PRO MODEL wording.
Matt

[MGHPro]

In regards to the Eddie Maier Crawford bat. Besides the fact that it came from an early game used bat collector, is there any proof that the bat was used by Crawford and given to Maier? Its great that it was pictured with Maier in 1916, but how do we know Maier didn't have the bat and just got it signed? It is not inscribed Game used.

I have a game used bat collection, but does that mean every bat I have is a gamer.. NOPE.

[murphusa]

Originally Posted by Neal

I would guess so, but the LOA is not visible in the SCP auction. The one on eBay has a letter stating it is an autograph model, which is correct. Perhaps the seller was trying to sell it as a player model w/o showing the LOA?

Not sure what the uproar was all about.

edited to add - SCP is also an autograph model, which states that in the title. Taube and Malta do not need to explain anything

No uproad at all, what Matt was asking was, "did I miss something"
What you are missing is that unlike autpgraph dealer who at time will not tell you what is right or wrong with an autograph, most bat collectors and dealers will show you and educate you on why a bat is game used, game bat, store bat, etc.

While a bat may have similer chacteristic to a game used bat there may be only one or two small details that will give you the full story.

I think that was what Matt was asking

[Neal]

Perhaps uproar was a poor choice of words .... but I read the posts as the Letter of Opinion is misleading. I have never seen an LOA with "Store Model Bat" as the header, so that is where I was confused.

Matt, I agree that the only "proof" that the bat was used by Crawford is from word of mouth - in this case, from the mouth of one of the earliest known bat collectors. But that does not cut it, and that is what Taube stated in his letter of opinion - he could not confirm that it was used by Crawford.

Stating "autograph" for model number on the letter implies that this is a retail bat, to me at least, and although there are stories of clubs/players purchasing these bats for game use, the use of these bats in a major league game cannot be determined, and certainly not for a specific player.