Cracked bat handles and values

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by bnorth

On regular gamers or player issued bats they are worth less to me. I pay at most 75% of what I would pay for an uncracked bat. Now if it is a truly rare bat I am just happy to have it at whatever price I can get it for.

Hi Ben,
That's great feedback.
I may not be the extreme bat collector that some of the board members are, but I do own 30-40 bats. I've always felt indifferent about cracked handle or not. Cracked bats offer the true reason that they were "retired" which is part of usual game use, FWIW...

That being said, I too would ideally like an uncracked bat, but the players that I collect are not HOF'ers and bats of many of them are scarce, or nearly impossible to find.

One additional question for you:
How do you feel about repairing cracked handles? To date, I have never done this, although I have considered doing this with a couple of my bats.
Does this enhance value in your mind, or detract?

Thanks in advance for your response!