Hello,
I recently purchased a baseball bat from the thrift store for $5 plus tax. At first glance it is a wooden Louisville Slugger bat, Model H117, with the facsimile signature of Joe Brovia. I know next to nothing about bats but for some reason my gut told me to buy it. The bat has a crack in the handle so I was thinking it is slightly possible to have a game-used bat but I wasn't sure if it was a 'real' bat or one a person can purchase in the store.
Doing some research in the past 2 hours I came to the conclusion that the bat is from the 1950-1960's era and not a store model but a 'pro' version. Joe Brovia was a star in the minor leagues and Pacific Coast League, played less than a season with the Reds in 1955. 'H117' is marked on the knob of the bat, 35" long, the '&' is below the '1' in '125', it says 'REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.' under the oval, there are NO registered symbols, it says 'POWERIZED' and does not say' SPECIAL', and it has 'GENUINE', facsimile signature of Joe Brovia, and 'LOUISVILLE SLUGGER'. The only downside of the bat is that there is a crack on the handle, the tape on the handle is pulled off and it looks like someone put 3 finishing nails in the bat inbetween the logo and the facsimile signature.
My question to the baseball-fever community is:
- do you think this is a game used bat?
- rough value of the bat?
- good buy?
- am I right in saying that the bat is from the 1950-1960 era and is the version not available in the store?
I recently purchased a baseball bat from the thrift store for $5 plus tax. At first glance it is a wooden Louisville Slugger bat, Model H117, with the facsimile signature of Joe Brovia. I know next to nothing about bats but for some reason my gut told me to buy it. The bat has a crack in the handle so I was thinking it is slightly possible to have a game-used bat but I wasn't sure if it was a 'real' bat or one a person can purchase in the store.
Doing some research in the past 2 hours I came to the conclusion that the bat is from the 1950-1960's era and not a store model but a 'pro' version. Joe Brovia was a star in the minor leagues and Pacific Coast League, played less than a season with the Reds in 1955. 'H117' is marked on the knob of the bat, 35" long, the '&' is below the '1' in '125', it says 'REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.' under the oval, there are NO registered symbols, it says 'POWERIZED' and does not say' SPECIAL', and it has 'GENUINE', facsimile signature of Joe Brovia, and 'LOUISVILLE SLUGGER'. The only downside of the bat is that there is a crack on the handle, the tape on the handle is pulled off and it looks like someone put 3 finishing nails in the bat inbetween the logo and the facsimile signature.
My question to the baseball-fever community is:
- do you think this is a game used bat?
- rough value of the bat?
- good buy?
- am I right in saying that the bat is from the 1950-1960 era and is the version not available in the store?
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