# Selling an antique baseball bat

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 6, 2012, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-an-antique-baseball-bat/636935 "2012-10-06T20:34:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2012, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-an-antique-baseball-bat/636935/1 "2012-10-06T20:34:15Z")

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Some advice needed.

When I was a kid, I bought a heavy Spaulding baseball bat at a garage sale near my house. I still have the bat today; it’s endorsed by George Grantham, who played for the Cubs, Giants and Reds through the 1920s.

I looked everywhere online, and couldn’t find any references to any Grantham-endorsed bats. I’m wondering where, aside from eBay or a mom-and-pop sports memorabilia store, I can find out more about this bat, and maybe get it appraised and sold. Any thoughts?

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2012, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-an-antique-baseball-bat/636935/2 "2012-10-07T00:02:24Z")

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> [@elmwood](#):
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> Some advice needed.
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> When I was a kid, I bought a heavy Spaulding baseball bat at a garage sale near my house. I still have the bat today; it’s endorsed by George Grantham, who played for the Cubs, Giants and Reds through the 1920s.
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> I looked everywhere online, and couldn’t find any references to any Grantham-endorsed bats. I’m wondering where, aside from eBay or a mom-and-pop sports memorabilia store, I can find out more about this bat, and maybe get it appraised and sold. Any thoughts?

I’m pretty good at bats. I’ll look a bit, maybe tomorrow.

Is it a “bottle bat?” Very thin handle down at the knob end and rather thick up towards the barrel? That was the style in the 20s-30s.

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2012, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-an-antique-baseball-bat/636935/3 "2012-10-07T02:42:24Z")

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> [@elmwood](#):
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> it’s endorsed by George Grantham, who played for the Cubs, Giants and Reds through the 1920s

He was mostly a Pirate.

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**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2012, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-an-antique-baseball-bat/636935/4 "2012-10-07T05:00:28Z")

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> [@samclem](#):
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> I’m pretty good at bats. I’ll look a bit, maybe tomorrow.
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> Is it a “bottle bat?” Very thin handle down at the knob end and rather thick up towards the barrel? That was the style in the 20s-30s.

Thanks!

The shape is something like this:

[http://www.phoenixbats.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/967x214/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/l/a/large\_11.jpg](http://www.phoenixbats.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/967x214/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/l/a/large_11.jpg)

It’s also quite heavy.

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2012, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-an-antique-baseball-bat/636935/5 "2012-10-07T15:07:43Z")

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> **[1908 -1916 Miller Huggins Spalding Baseball Bat](http://keymancollectibles.com/bats/millerhugginsbat.htm)**
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> 1908 -1916 Miller Huggins store model Baseball Bat made by Spalding.

Does it look like this one?

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**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-an-antique-baseball-bat/636935/6 "2012-10-09T01:47:50Z")

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Not the same shape, but similar. The “flat” section at the top of the bat with the constant diameter is shorter.