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Re: Question about Hank Aaron 1976 bat on ebay
Just a quick follow-up with random thoughts:
I did not mean to imply that the % of "Powerized and Bicentennial Logo' dual branded bats was 1 out of 75. I just noted that I only came across one in the quick research of about 75 bats that was quickly done. I think that the true percentage is much much less than that, and that the dual branding variation on non-commemorative H & B professional model players bats is very rarely seen.... Some of the earliest research on game used bats was done by Mike Montbriand, who wrote a series of articles related to the bat collecting hobby for SCDin the early 1990's. In his SCD article of 6/1/1990 it is clear that Mike, who had amassed a pretty large collection by that time, and did some solid research, was unfamiliar with the dual stamping of Bicentennial bats. As Dave Grob points out, however, 'never say never,' and the current research supports Dave G's stance.
Also, apologies for my loose use of the term 'common player' when mentioning the Roy White bat. My reference was only that, if thought was being given to the possibility that only certain "high profile" players possibly had some type of commemorative set of bats produced with dual branding in 1976, it is not likely, in my opinion, that Roy White would have been included.
Finally, in finding another source of approximately 20 images of 1976 Bicentennial bats, none featured the dual branding ( no, I am not saying that the percentage now is 1 in every 95 bats). I also recall seeing instances in the H & B order records where certain players requested "no Bicentennial logo" on their bats, but I don't recall any notations of "add Powerized brand" in any players records.
Mike
Just a quick follow-up with random thoughts:
I did not mean to imply that the % of "Powerized and Bicentennial Logo' dual branded bats was 1 out of 75. I just noted that I only came across one in the quick research of about 75 bats that was quickly done. I think that the true percentage is much much less than that, and that the dual branding variation on non-commemorative H & B professional model players bats is very rarely seen.... Some of the earliest research on game used bats was done by Mike Montbriand, who wrote a series of articles related to the bat collecting hobby for SCDin the early 1990's. In his SCD article of 6/1/1990 it is clear that Mike, who had amassed a pretty large collection by that time, and did some solid research, was unfamiliar with the dual stamping of Bicentennial bats. As Dave Grob points out, however, 'never say never,' and the current research supports Dave G's stance.
Also, apologies for my loose use of the term 'common player' when mentioning the Roy White bat. My reference was only that, if thought was being given to the possibility that only certain "high profile" players possibly had some type of commemorative set of bats produced with dual branding in 1976, it is not likely, in my opinion, that Roy White would have been included.
Finally, in finding another source of approximately 20 images of 1976 Bicentennial bats, none featured the dual branding ( no, I am not saying that the percentage now is 1 in every 95 bats). I also recall seeing instances in the H & B order records where certain players requested "no Bicentennial logo" on their bats, but I don't recall any notations of "add Powerized brand" in any players records.
Mike
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