cjosefy
12-27-2008, 11:40 AM
I have a 1998 Jose Canseco Cooper bat. It is signed and has a small handle crack. The bat was originally purchased from Jim Yackel. I will include his COA with the bat.
This is a very rare Canseco bat as Cooper production was extremely small in this time frame. Here is what Mike Specht says about this era of Cooper bats:
More than 99.9 % of all Cooper bats were manufactured between 1986 and 1996, with much-reduced (virtually non-existant) production in 1997 and 1998. It is likely that the rarely-seen Cooper "uncircled" logo is evidenced on bats produced following the operational move to the new plant, between sometime in 1996 to 1998, which would explain the rarity of those examples based on overall production numbers.
See pictures below, including one of Canseco using a similar bat in 1998. The price is $325. Please email for more pictures if you are interested.
http://www.astrosgameused.com/images/Jose_Canseco_1998_full_2.jpg
http://www.astrosgameused.com/images/Jose_Canseco_1998_close.jpg
http://cache2.asset-cache.net/xc/301452.jpg?v=1&c=NewsMaker&k=2&d=17A4AD9FDB9CF193B3EA2C03450C94866683EBF192E9FB83
This is a very rare Canseco bat as Cooper production was extremely small in this time frame. Here is what Mike Specht says about this era of Cooper bats:
More than 99.9 % of all Cooper bats were manufactured between 1986 and 1996, with much-reduced (virtually non-existant) production in 1997 and 1998. It is likely that the rarely-seen Cooper "uncircled" logo is evidenced on bats produced following the operational move to the new plant, between sometime in 1996 to 1998, which would explain the rarity of those examples based on overall production numbers.
See pictures below, including one of Canseco using a similar bat in 1998. The price is $325. Please email for more pictures if you are interested.
http://www.astrosgameused.com/images/Jose_Canseco_1998_full_2.jpg
http://www.astrosgameused.com/images/Jose_Canseco_1998_close.jpg
http://cache2.asset-cache.net/xc/301452.jpg?v=1&c=NewsMaker&k=2&d=17A4AD9FDB9CF193B3EA2C03450C94866683EBF192E9FB83