Deducting grading points for showing use??

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Re: Deducting grading points for showing use??

This is a very common and old practice. It is a simple concept - They deduct points for flaws with the item such as rubbed off names or cracks that are flaws. It's a grading system and authenticity included in one package.

Just because an item is an 8.5 doesn't mean it isn't genuine. It loses points for issues that make it not perfect and not just not game used.

[legaleagle92481]

Re: Deducting grading points for showing use??

Many bat collectors only collect "uncracked" bats and such are rarer in the hobby since player's usually don't discard a bat until it is cracked so I can see the rational for deducting a point if the bat is cracked. I used to collect bats and when I sold them I found that many collectors refused to buy a bat if it was cracked.

[PwKw13]

Re: Deducting grading points for showing use??

If thats the case why not deduct points for ball marks? Rack Marks? Leather transfers? Seam imprints?

Actually, that is being done. I have a Derek Jeter bat where a half-point was deducted because part of the engraved signature was worn off from use. As a result, the bat was graded a 9.5 rather than a 10. The paperwork says the wear "obscures part of the player name".

[suave1477]

I found this to be interesting and odd at the same time.

On another thread a member had pointed out to another member a Cal Ripken Jr Game Used Bat in the upcoming Goldin Auctions. So I was reading through the thread and wanted to check out the auction itself and was impressed with the bat and the paperwork on it until it go to the end of the description, it's funny because as I was nearing the end I was thinking to myself why would this bat get an 8.5 grading and not a 9.5 or 10. When I got to the end of the description it said "1 point deducted for the crack"

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat????

Wait a minute your deducting a point of its validity of being game used because it has a crack in it (hence being used) because of aesthetic purposes? If thats the case why not deduct points for ball marks? Rack Marks? Leather transfers? Seam imprints?

None of those marks were put there when the bat was manufactured. So why stop at the crack?