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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dude, post: 4416059, member: 13170&quot;]Hi folks,</p><p><br /></p><p>I am trying to figure out the exact age of this bat and the value. I haven&#039;t found any examples online, so I can use all the help I can get.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s what I&#039;ve pieced together so far:</p><p><br /></p><p><u>The knob:</u></p><p><br /></p><p>I believe the bat would be post 1976 because of the # 4 on the knob. That number also signifies that the bat is 34&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><u>The barrel:</u></p><p><br /></p><p>The label:</p><p><br /></p><p>The bat&#039;s oval label appears to be in the style of 1980-2012. I think it&#039;s 1983-89, but the oval measures 3.75&quot;, not 3.5&quot; as suggested in guides. The catalogue # appears to be 180.&nbsp; Since &quot;John Bunting&quot; is in cursive script, not block lettering, the bat should be a &quot;signature model series.&quot; Hence, the manufacturer could have produced it for public sale, colleges, minor league teams, or other venues under the &quot;endorsement contract.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Past the label on the barrel, one can find &quot;Powerized.&quot;&nbsp; It&#039;s faded and I don&#039;t see the trademark over the d,&quot; but given where the lightening bolt is, it appears to confirm that the bat was made no earlier than 1973.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Getting back to John Bunting, I&#039;m scratching my head because he was a civic leader and bank exec in Philadelphia, PA, USA, who passed a few years ago at 94, not an MVP player. There was a Jim Bunting who pitched for the Phils, but the name on the bat is clearly &quot;John.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe the title &quot;Most Valuable Player&quot; was to honor John for a civic accomplishment or because of a financial contribution made to the franchise . . .</p><p><br /></p><p>At this point, I&#039;m thinking it was a &quot;fans giveaway promotional bat&quot; honoring John. If so, it would have been issued on a certain game day or night to specific fans (maybe the first few thousand or kids under 14) at the old Veteran&#039;s Stadium, or later at Citizens Bank Park. Odd, though, that there aren&#039;t more online if it was a stadium promo.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s about all I&#039;ve got for now. Does anyone recognize this bat?</p><p>Thanks!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]375839[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]375833[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]375834[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]375835[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]375836[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]375837[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]375838[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]375832[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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