Okay, I'm probably going to be in the minority on this, but I have to ask the question - exactly how much research and detailed exposition do you expect somebody selling a bat for ten bucks to have to make? To anyone who has been collecting for more than a couple of days, the number marking on the bat is going to be the first thing you notice, and you are going to bid (or not bid at all) accordingly.

Please don't accuse me now of advocating dishonesty on the part of sellers, because that's not what I'm doing at all; I'm simply suggesting that it's not like Zane is failing to disclose that the bat is marked with a number the guy it was made for never wore - I suspect that we've all seen that happen; he's laying it out there and trusting that if somebody cares about the '15' on the knob they will either not bid on the bat or keep their bid low. Am I the only one who has ever spent a few bucks on a bat for a hard-to-find player, as a sort of a place-keeper till I found a better one?

I see that six bidders have got it up to $62.77, with a few days to go in the auction. Personally, I think it would be very interesting to be able to ASK those six bidders whether they know - or more to the point, care - whether Walker ever wore '15'. I wonder how many would retract their bid, and how many already knew and don't care. You used to be able to contact other bidders, before eBay started disguising screen names - I guess there are many good reasons for that, but in this case I think it would be interesting to be able to do it.