The Athletic · Sep 28, 2016
Got a half-million bucks? Christie’s has a bat for you
If you have at least $500,000 to spend on a baseball bat, there aren’t many better options than one of “Shoeless” Joe Jackson’s signature Louisville Sluggers. The problem is they’re kind of tough to find.
“There are two known bats,” Simeon Lipman, a consultant for the New York auction house Christie’s told me Tuesday at the J.W. Marriott downtown.
And he had one. I talked to Lipman at the hotel, where he was helping the auction house showcase Chicago-related baseball memorabilia for Christie’s Golden Age of Baseball auction, which takes place on Oct. 19 in New York City.
His Jackson bat has a crack in the handle, but what are you going do? Beggars can’t be choosers, even at this price range.