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Old 03-30-2022, 08:24 AM
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Originally Posted by glchen View Post
I think the issue with GU bats (and jerseys) is that folks aren't really ever sure that the player really did use that bat unless it is photo matched to an actual game, which barely any of them are. If they are not, then you are just trusting some authenticator which are just checking bat records to see if that player used that weight/length, etc, so who knows if some other player used that player's bat in reality. IMHO, that's what is bringing down prices.
That "not being sure" and "trusting some authenticator" doesn't seem to hurt the autograph market.
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