After seeing an ad for Mears Online in the most recent issue of SCD, I decided to check out the selection of game used bats in their "Mears for Sale" section. In doing so I came across a 1911-1915 Frank Snyder bat:

http://www.mearsonline.com/forsale/item/?id=2336

My records confirmed that this was the exact bat that I sold to Mr. Bushing a few months back on eBay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=130102666575

As one can see from the eBay listing, the bat was PSA authenticated, as I had purchased it about a year ago from Mr. Taube's website (for $425). Now that the bat has been authenticated by Mears, the price has jumped to almost five times the original price.

I have only been collecting game used bats for a little over a year and it is my understanding that PSA and Mears are two of the leaders in game used bat authentication. I also understand that the bat was only authenticated by PSA, not graded, and that Mears graded the bat an A9.5. My question for the forum is: Why such an increase in price?