In my opinion the description for the Pete Rose corked bat in the current Goldin Auctions event contains several unsubstantiated assertions.
In line with the original Deadspin.com article regarding this bat, the fabrications include 1) details about Mizuno's shipment of bats to Rose for the 1985 season including the total number of bats and their weight; 2) the suggestion that Rose personally sold this bat in the late 1980's; and most importantly 3) the precise date and location of the Bob Bartosz photo showing Pete holding the bat.
These issues were discussed on this forum back in 2010.
While I am hesitant to re-start this discussion, I want to alert potential bidders to my analysis -- in case they find it useful.
Here is a clean link to my radio interview on the subject.
About a month ago, I communicated my concerns to Ken Goldin over the telephone, but from what I can tell he made no changes to the auction description.
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