[judgebuck]

On behalf of an estate of a former groundskeeper of the Reds, Expos, and Cubs, I consigned numerous items of vintage baseball memorabilia to a sports auction house for sale. One item that we did not consign was this bat. The gentleman had stated many times that the bat had been given to him in the 1960s by someone who said Mantle had used it and broken it. Any help as to whether this bat could have been used by Mantle or whether it is a store model bat is much appreciated.