Honus Wagner Bat Barrel card on ebay

[glchen]

An ebay auction for a Topps Sterling Honus Wagner Game Used Bat Barrel card recently ended on ebay: Link. I did not win or bid on this card.

However, I am curious if this would truly be a bat that Wagner would have used. It looks like a decal bat to me. Would this still be a bat Wagner would have used?

[drc]

I'm no expert, but I think players might have used decal bats once in a rare while.

[perezfan]

Yes, they did in this era.

But there is no way to tell if this particular example is one of those, without seeing the remainder of the Bat.

[brob28]

That price is insane! I just can't see paying that much for a microscopic piece of the bat. Just think of the auto balls or whatever you could get for that price! And IMO to top it off the cards really ugly.

I guess I just don't get this area of collecting.

[Brendan]

Originally Posted by brob28

That price is insane! I just can't see paying that much for a microscopic piece of the bat. Just think of the auto balls or whatever you could get for that price! And IMO to top it off the cards really ugly.

I guess I just don't get this area of collecting.

But it's numbered 1/1!?

[prewarsports]

Insane. You could buy one sixth of a Brown Lenox T206 for that price!