Earliest Known Chipper Jones Bat

[Nnunnari]

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-KNO...item1c4bba27a7

[yanks12025]

What if a player blacked out his knobs on purpose so he could find it easier. Just an idea

[ndevlin]

This bat was auctioned off within the last yr, but I can't seem to find the listing for the life of me.

[Nnunnari]

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]

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=400

[ndevlin]

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=400

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

[danesei@yahoo.com]

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]

Thanks for sharing Ken.
For what it is worth, I have a '93 Chipper bat.

[STLHAMMER32]

Nick, nice Chipper bat! Love the caked handle on it

[Nnunnari]

Nick, nice Chipper bat! Love the caked handle on it

Thanks bud.