It goes without saying that the bat would be sold for more than the purchase price. That's more or less how this industry works for dealers and collectors alike. I was more than happy to recover my investment and have the ability to refocus my collection, so it's really not about the money.

My question goes more to the issue of whether Mears is so highly regarded in the hobby that a bat with their authentication could command five times as much as a bat with PSA authentication. I have wondered for a while how the two authenticators "stack up" and this seemed like the perfect scenerio for such a discussion.

In other words, would bat collectors pay more for a Mears authenticated bat than a PSA authenticated bat?