Am I missing something on this or should a bat with a blacked out knob not pass authentication without a photo match or rock solid provenance?
Earliest Known Chipper Jones Bat
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Re: Earliest Known Chipper Jones Bat
What if a player blacked out his knobs on purpose so he could find it easier. Just an idea -
Re: Earliest Known Chipper Jones Bat
Chipper is not a player that is known to black out his knobs.
He did wear two different uniform numbers during the '93 season so it is a possibility that the bat was solely used by him but to definitively state that this bat was used by only Chipper without a photo match is strange.Comment
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Re: Earliest Known Chipper Jones Bat
Here you go
we rejected the auction of this bat in our upcoming auction as we would not run it cAlling it " the earliest known chipper bat "and would not run the minimum bid the Consignor requested.
Here is the prior listing from a different auction house
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Re: Earliest Known Chipper Jones Bat
Here you go
we rejected the auction of this bat in our upcoming auction as we would not run it cAlling it " the earliest known chipper bat "and would not run the minimum bid the Consignor requested.
Here is the prior listing from a different auction house
http://aug14.hugginsandscott.com/cgi...=177&lotno=400Comment
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Re: Earliest Known Chipper Jones Bat
My understanding is that a blacked-out knob won't grade higher than "5," but it can be authenticated, if the use seems in line with the player characteristics. I agree with your sentiment, but I can also see why they *might* authenticate early blacked out bats: Players changing uniform numbers from team to team going through the minors.Comment
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