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Nnunnari
12-30-2014, 12:35 PM
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?


http://www.ebay.com/itm/EARLIEST-KNOWN-CHIPPER-JONES-GAME-USED-BASEBALL-BAT-PSA-DNA-LOA-AUTOGRAPHED-/121529575335?pt=US_Autographs&hash=item1c4bba27a7

yanks12025
12-30-2014, 12:47 PM
What if a player blacked out his knobs on purpose so he could find it easier. Just an idea

ndevlin
12-30-2014, 01:02 PM
This bat was auctioned off within the last yr, but I can't seem to find the listing for the life of me.

Nnunnari
12-30-2014, 02:32 PM
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.

KGoldin
12-30-2014, 03:36 PM
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-bin/showitem.pl?itemid=71519&catid=177&lotno=400

ndevlin
12-30-2014, 03:41 PM
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-bin/showitem.pl?itemid=71519&catid=177&lotno=400

Ah yes, there it is. Thanks for posting the link.

danesei@yahoo.com
12-30-2014, 04:00 PM
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?

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.

Nnunnari
12-30-2014, 06:07 PM
Thanks for sharing Ken.
For what it is worth, I have a '93 Chipper bat.

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z34/Nnunnari/ChipperRookieBat_zpsdf4a5f6a.png (http://s195.photobucket.com/user/Nnunnari/media/ChipperRookieBat_zpsdf4a5f6a.png.html)

STLHAMMER32
12-30-2014, 11:06 PM
Nick, nice Chipper bat! Love the caked handle on it

Nnunnari
12-31-2014, 11:52 AM
Nick, nice Chipper bat! Love the caked handle on it

Thanks bud.