Was Black Betsy White?

[Deadball]

Leon,

I do not own Black Betsy or any other Joe Jackson bat. I have no financial interest in this debate whatsoever. If I did, I would certainly disclose it.

What I meant in the first paragraph was that I have the physical evidence of Lil' Barnstormer on my side of the debate and Heritage has provenance on their side. Given a choice between the two, I take the evidence presented by the bat itself, which is inconsistent with what we know about Black Betsy from numerous period sources and common sense.

~Take the red pill

Jim Johnson

[packs]

A "Black Betsy" Joe Jackson game bat sold in a Sotheby's auction in 2008. It doesn't have much resemblance to the Erwin. The Sotheby's auction featured a Joe Jackson Black Betsy game bat from the collection of Dr. Richard Angrist.

link from old Beckett article: http://www.beckett.com/estore/news/?A=9320

I also seem to remember in the late 90s when Upper Deck started that 500 home run club bat card craze that they also had redemption cards in their products for memorabilia and one of the cards was for a "Black Betsy." I could be wrong, but I distinctly remember seeing a photo of the man who won it in an old issue of Beckett.