Gabby Hartnett, Lou Gehrig Bats

[Tightlines]

Originally Posted by yanks12025

Gabby ordered 34 inch bats several times between 1925 up to 1932. He then switched it up to 35 inch bats.

It's a really nice bat, just sucks someone wrote 34 on the knob.

Thanks! I know, that written 34 is a mystery. Hopefully one that could be safely removed.

[yanks12025]

Originally Posted by Tightlines

Thanks! I know, that written 34 is a mystery. Hopefully one that could be safely removed.

I wouldn’t remove it

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Originally Posted by yanks12025

I wouldn’t remove it

I'm not going to attempt anything that's for sure. Ill let the next owner decide that 🙂👍

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Here are the high res shots of the Gehrig model. Any thoughts on this bat or its value? I've not been able to find as much info on this model.

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Some more shots of it:

[todeen]

Originally Posted by Tightlines

Some more shots of it:

If I was in an antique store, and I saw a bat marked with "type of bat used by Lou Gehrig," I would assume it is a store model bat. I am not a bat collector, but I would be suspicious of that. Hopefully someone else knows more information.

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Originally Posted by todeen

If I was in an antique store, and I saw a bat marked with "type of bat used by Lou Gehrig," I would assume it is a store model bat. I am not a bat collector, but I would be suspicious of that. Hopefully someone else knows more information.

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Yeah I have only found a few things, but this is interesting. Taken from this auction Here
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Presently, there is no evidence to suggest that Zinn Beck bats (his was a small company) were ever available for sale to the general public (no known advertisements, catalogs, etc.). All of the existing side-written Zinn Beck bats match the precise specifications of other known game bats used by that respective player. That fact strongly suggests that all Zinn Beck bats were made exclusively by custom order for professional use only by the given player. "