I never stated the item was bad, I think ive been around this hobby long enough to know the reputations of mill creek and mears. All I said was that the ending was strange. I think you misunderstood my intent, not to call out the items authenticity but to gain information as to why Alex would place a questionmark after the year. Turns out, he did'nt. Obviously he did not do this to all the bats from this time frame and to at least more than one set of eyes this looked like a questionmark.