Cal Ripken Black P-72 86-89 for sale

[mr.miracle]

Re: Cal Ripken Black P-72 86-89 for sale

Great question, I don't know that I have an answer. Perhaps Mike can chime in on this one as I have had extensive conversations with him about this. Shipping records show of course many, many Ripken P-72's in various finishes throughout Cal's career. However according to Mike only two total black finish P-72's were ever shipped anywhere prior to 1991 when the black finish P-72 became primarily the bat of choice for Cal for much of the remainder of this career. I currently own 2 black P-72's both showing incredible game use. One of the other reasons that I am selling this one is because I have two total. I asked Mike what the chance of me owning the only two black finish P-72 bats ever shipped prior to 1991 anywhere are? Again, no clear answer. There of course is no way to definitively know if bats shipped during the 86-89 labeling period were in any way mislabled as to finish. I have yet to be able to photo match one from this era being used by Cal during the 86-89 labeling period as well.

If these bats had come from an unknown source or did not exhibit all the classic Cal use traits, I would doubt that they are authentic. However, given all the use traits and where this came from, I have no doubt about this items authenticity.

I don't want to speak for Mike Specht, but he also mentioned that bats from the 86-89 labeling period were shipped as late as 1994 to various places often to various minor league teams. If this bat is not used by Cal then somebody went to an incredible length to replicate all his use patterns.

Don't know if that helps, but hope it answers a bit more in terms of questions. While I know that some collectors won't touch a bat that does not perfectly match factory records, I belive that the use characteristics and the fact that it came from one of the premier Ripken collectors in the country who in my opinion would not buy a bat himself that he was not fully comfortable with in his own collection.

BTW, feel free to contact Dan Derleth about this bat as he is aware that I am selling it and may be able to provide additional feedback. You can contact him at Ripkengamers@aol.com

[cjclong]

Re: Cal Ripken Black P-72 86-89 for sale

Do you know what would account for the shipping records not showing this model bat shipped to Ripken during this time?

[mr.miracle]

Hello Forum Readers:

I am forced to sell a prized possession out of my personal collection due to some debt. I wanted to point this bat out that is currently on ebay right now. Item number: 200018856879

Item number is listed above. It is a Cal Ripken 86-89 era black P-72 that shows outstanding use. The knob has Ripken's #8 on it, a light layer of tar is on the handle, the barrel is absolutely hammered with use as ball impact marks cover the barrel as the pictures will show as well as ink transfer marks. There are cleat marks on the back bat barrel as well, a well known Ripken trademark. Please see the many, many pictures of this beauty up on ebay and let me know if you have any questions. I am selling this bat at what is very reasonable given recent Ripken bat prices, Or you could do the buy it now for the Ripken rookie era bat on ebay currently for $8200.00 Anyway, one issue with this is according to the the factory records, it does not match shipping records according to finish. There were no black P-72's shipped to Cal in the shipping records until 1991. There were only records of two P-72's black finish shipped anywhere prior to 91 and this went to baseball misc. Given that I have two black p-72's from 86-89 era both hammered with use showing all the classic Ripken usage signs, I would say this is a great Ripken gamer at an excellent price. The bat measures 35 inches not sure on weight. It originally came from the collection of Dan Derleth noted Ripken collector extraordinere. Asking $2250.00 let me know if you are interested as it should go quickly at this great price.

Thanks
Brett Herman
brettherman2131@hotmail.com