Babe Ruth/Bob Feller bat and Barry Halper

[mr2686]

That's more or less the story I always heard. Here's a link to a 2001 story on how the Feller Museum purchased it back.
http://community.seattletimes.nwsour...704&slug=bat04

[jgmp123]

Kinda crazy that the couple won it through a contest sponsored by Upper Deck, but were still going to be required to pay $35k in taxes.

[slidekellyslide]

I stopped at that museum on the way home from Adventureland last Summer. Nice little museum.

The bat in question






the museum

[Jay Wolt]

Dan great shots, thanks for posting them.
The large bat display is fantastic, really highlights the piece

[Mark]

I've seen Feller on tv making the claim that the Babe needed a bat to lean on and that he was given Feller's bat.

[mr2686]

When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.

[Runscott]

The glove I recently picked up that was used by Feller's Dad to catch him, has a notecard signed by Feller that makes the same claim, but....there is also a Barry Halper letter to Sirsky. The Halper letter says something about Feller and him being good friends, and Feller was over one day viewing his collection. Feller told him about his Dad's glove, gave Halper a price, and Halper accepted.

A lot of the Halper stuff is legit, but I have no idea how much, or what. If I had only the Halper letter, and not the Feller, I would have to assume I had gotten ripped off. As it is, I am fairly sure Pickles would enjoy the glove if it turns out to be a fake.