LOT Old Heritage Auctions  /  2006 October Signature Sports Auction #705  / 

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1921-30 Eddie Collins Game Used Bat

Currency:USD Category:Sports - Cards & Fan Shop / Sports - Game Used Memorabilia Start Price:8,000.00 USD Estimated At:20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD
1921-30 Eddie Collins Game Used Bat
<B>1921-30 Eddie Collins Game Used Bat.</B></I> The inaugural class Hall of Famer was the youngest player in the American League (age nineteen) upon his debut in 1906, and the second oldest (age forty-three) during his final season of 1930. In those twenty-five seasons of action, Collins earned himself 3,315 hits, a lifetime .333 average, and baseball immortality. A favorite of the legendary manager Connie Mack, Collins was the only player in uniform for both the first (1910-14) and second (1929-30) great Philadelphia Athletics dynasty. He was still a highly productive batsman when this signature model Hillerich & Bradsby saw action, during the final decade of his career, and the exceptional use bears witness to this fact. Scattered ball marks are clearly evident three quarters of a century later, and minor grain separation has resulted from the punishment of horsehide on wood, though the bat remains uncracked. The length and weight of thirty-three and three quarter inches and thirty-five ounces are proper for Collins gamers, as is the top quality white ash of which it is composed. In short, this is an outstanding representation of a pre-war Hall of Fame bat, worthy of Cooperstown and the finest private collections. <I>LOA from Dave Bushing.</B></I>
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