Ken Griffey jr helmet

[djnos7]

I was told Junior didnt use a lot of pine tar on his bats? Would it make sense to see a lot of pine tar on his helmet? Any help would be great!!!

[djnos7]

here are some pics, any thoughts?

[justinbittner220]

I think some other members can give better opinions, but I have heard some sketchy things about certain Arod and Griffey Mariners helmets as being skeptical. I think there was a guy or two that would buy game issued helmets and then label them with a number and call them game used. Maybe start with trying to verify if it is Griffey's correct head size with other helmets from his career.

[djnos7]

Yes, he used 7 1/8 and that is what the helmet is!

[Dewey2007]

If he wore this helmet for the entire season like a lot of players do then it doesn't look like an overabundance of pine tar to me, at least from what I can tell from the pic. Hopefully the Griffey experts will chime in for you.

Have you tried photomatching the helmet yet or looking at pics of other Griffey helmets from that era to see if they resemble the one you have as far as pine tar application goes?

Good luck!

[gameused]

This is the same helmet currently on eBay and in the description the seller writes the helmet is photo matched and he has a photo of Griffey, I don't see a photo match, most likely a style match.
http://cgi.ebay.com/1996-24-Ken-Grif...83#ht_737wt_89

Bobby

[justinwc80]

I've been watching the helmet as well. The size is correct but don't see a photo match at all. From all the pics I looked at for his career he usually used a tacky substance from an aerosol can. I've seen some evidence of light pine tar but wouldn't expect alot of buildup on helmet.

[nationals2k9]

This helmet was purchased a couple days ago from a fellow forum member for a very reasonable price..... and now the new owner not only turns around and asks for opinions on it, but lists it on ebay to try and spin a quick profit. Now I know we've talked about selling for profit being an acceptable practice, but this one sort of stings a little. Although I've never met the original owner who sold it off earlier this week, I do feel through our communications he is a very generous, stand-up guy. And even more, he didn't originally have it up for sale, but I'd venture to say when someone made an offer on it after seeing it on his website, he figured it was going to a Griffey collector that would appreciate having it.

I understand not everyone will agree with me for saying something about this, but I feel very strongly about it being a pretty low move. It has nothing to do with me, but I personally don't want members like this guy conducting business like this in this community. And I'm sorry for mentioning the original owner in this rant if he would ideally wish to be excluded. Thanks

[djnos7]

I was looking to purchase this item, but had my doubts since most of hte getty images from that year show his helmets being pretty clean and shiny, this thing is super dulled and beatin to death? doesnt seem to fit, even pics from sept the helmet seems in pretty descent shape, not what these pics resemble!!! And no im not the owner!!!

[nationals2k9]

I was looking to purchase this item, but had my doubts since most of hte getty images from that year show his helmets being pretty clean and shiny, this thing is super dulled and beatin to death? doesnt seem to fit, even pics from sept the helmet seems in pretty descent shape, not what these pics resemble!!! And no im not the owner!!!

Got ya. Sorry again for posting like you may be and getting a little too excited. Helmets are just so tough to authenticate in my opinion. Got to at least have some sort of team stamp or something if they're from that far back and have no provenance.