by MEARS | Dec 17, 2007 | archived news
Henry “Hinkey” Haines, what a great baseball name! With two recent signature model H&B bats submitted to the MEARS office, a once forgotten player now gets reintroduced to the collecting public. With the submission, MEARS had the chance to examine a pair of bats...
by MEARS | Dec 16, 2007 | archived news
Not the usual title for an article and one that if you not already familiar with would seen like a trick question but this is precisely one of the views expressed on a memorabilia chat room with regards to a pennant sold on EBay last week. The item in question is a...
by MEARS | Dec 15, 2007 | archived news
There have been some very interesting conversations that have taken place in recent days…some actually have their origins going back as far as the National in 2006. At that time Dan Knoll asked us if MEARS was interested in either being bought out or becoming part of...
by MEARS | Dec 11, 2007 | archived news
by Troy R. Kinunen…When evaluating pre 1917 professional model game used bats, different criteria must be applied to the authentication process. Factory records to support bats from this pre 1917 labeling period are almost non-existent. What is available are a...
by MEARS | Dec 5, 2007 | archived news
While continuing to add to the Bushing & Kinunen MEARS For Sale inventory, our own Dave Bushing uncovered yet another photograph of a non-traditional bat manufacture. In what is one of our clearest images to date, this wire photo clearly and with great detail...