WEBVTT 00:01.534 --> 00:05.105 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: You have brought us a really big piece of lumber today. 00:05.105 --> 00:06.606 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% GUEST: (laughing) Yes, I have. 00:06.606 --> 00:09.642 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% APPRAISER: The biggest bat I've ever seen. Eight feet long. 00:09.642 --> 00:10.710 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% GUEST: Mm-hmm. APPRAISER: Uh, uh, let's lift it. 00:10.710 --> 00:11.845 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% GUEST: All right. 00:11.845 --> 00:15.248 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: I want to try to lift it. Uh... So we're talking, what, 30 pounds? 00:15.248 --> 00:17.650 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% GUEST: I'm thinking about 30 pounds. 00:17.650 --> 00:23.757 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: 30 pounds. And your normal bat is 32, 36 ounces? And you could say it's Bunyanesque. 00:23.757 --> 00:24.791 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Yeah. 00:24.791 --> 00:27.761 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: And I see right there it does say "Genuine Paul Bunyan." 00:27.761 --> 00:28.561 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Uh-huh. 00:28.561 --> 00:31.264 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% APPRAISER: And I'm guessing if the mythical lumberjack 00:31.264 --> 00:34.167 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% played for any team, it had to be the Giants. 00:34.167 --> 00:38.238 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% GUEST: (laughing): Yeah. It's always been in my grandparents' sporting goods store. They had a 00:38.238 --> 00:43.943 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% store in San Mateo. And since I was a kid, it was always the big bat hanging at Grandma and 00:43.943 --> 00:48.148 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% Pop's store. I don't know how it got to my family. It's been with us for a long time, 00:48.148 --> 00:51.484 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and I'd like to find out why it was made, who it was made for. 00:51.484 --> 00:56.156 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: Well, I think why it was made is, we have some clues here on the bat. 00:56.156 --> 01:01.428 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% And if we take just a quick look, it says the "Quartqui Centennial, 01:01.428 --> 01:07.667 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% 1834-1959." And then we have "Paul Bunyan." And then on the other side, 01:07.667 --> 01:15.308 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% we can see it says, "Presented to Ted Williams, baseball's Paul Bunyan." So I think that gives 01:15.308 --> 01:19.779 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% us the first two big clues. Maine and Minneapolis vie for the title of owning... 01:19.779 --> 01:20.547 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% GUEST: (laughing) 01:20.547 --> 01:22.849 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% APPRAISER: ...the rights to the origin of Paul Bunyan. 01:22.849 --> 01:24.084 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% GUEST: All right. 01:24.084 --> 01:28.721 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: In the United States. The, the mythical lumberman with his ox, Babe, right? 01:28.721 --> 01:29.722 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% GUEST: Babe, mm-hmm. 01:29.722 --> 01:32.759 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: And Minneapolis, I believe, claims that he created the 01:32.759 --> 01:34.861 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% 10,000 lakes. Well, Maine has also claimed Paul Bunyan for their own. 01:34.861 --> 01:36.096 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Okay. 01:36.096 --> 01:43.203 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: So in 1959, they had this 125th anniversary. So what better way to 01:43.203 --> 01:49.275 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% celebrate it than to have this bat made and present it to the Paul Bunyan of baseball, 01:49.275 --> 01:51.344 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% who we better known as the Splendid Splinter. 01:51.344 --> 01:52.078 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: (laughs) 01:52.078 --> 01:53.713 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% APPRAISER: But this is a lot bigger than a splinter. 01:53.713 --> 01:55.548 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Oh, yeah. 01:55.548 --> 01:59.919 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: Ted Williams. And you have here in this great photo, this promotional photo, 01:59.919 --> 02:04.757 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% Williams posing with the bat. Now, I'm guessing that this is being suspended 02:04.757 --> 02:07.827 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% and he's not actually holding it, because 30 pounds... I tried swinging this earlier. 02:07.827 --> 02:08.962 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Yeah. 02:08.962 --> 02:11.464 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: There's no way. Now then, the next question is, well, 02:11.464 --> 02:13.333 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% why Williams and what's the connection to Maine? 02:13.333 --> 02:14.868 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Yeah. 02:14.868 --> 02:20.406 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% APPRAISER: Well, not only was Williams a Hall of Fame hitter, 02:20.406 --> 02:24.811 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% one of the greatest ever, he was also known as a great outdoorsman. He's the 02:24.811 --> 02:29.249 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% only athlete to be in both the Baseball Hall of Fame and the Fishing Hall of Fame. 02:29.249 --> 02:30.216 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Oh, wow! 02:30.216 --> 02:34.354 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: So who did he fish with? He fished with Bud Leavitt, 02:34.354 --> 02:37.090 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% who was the sports editor of the "Bangor News." 02:37.090 --> 02:38.758 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: (laughs) 02:38.758 --> 02:45.231 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% APPRAISER: So I am sure that between Bud and the townspeople, he was more than happy to do it. This 02:45.231 --> 02:49.969 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% has to be a one-of-a-kind bat. What do you think the value is? Have you ever had it appraised? 02:49.969 --> 02:54.307 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% GUEST: I haven't, um, I had... I checked online with a couple of just mail-in the 02:54.307 --> 02:59.779 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% photos and get back to me, and they all said maybe $1,000, but they weren't interested. 02:59.779 --> 03:03.783 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: You really have to see it in person, just as we saw today when you brought this in. 03:03.783 --> 03:05.852 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% GUEST: (laughs) APPRAISER: I mean, there was a crowd that gathered 03:05.852 --> 03:07.854 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% immediately. And you're not going to have that impact from photos. 03:07.854 --> 03:08.688 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Yeah. 03:08.688 --> 03:11.858 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% APPRAISER: You're just not. We have had the benefit of 03:11.858 --> 03:14.561 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% seeing it in person, in its total magnificence. 03:14.561 --> 03:15.495 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% GUEST: (chuckling) Yes. 03:15.495 --> 03:19.766 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: And we would all put an auction estimate of $8,000 to $12,000. 03:19.766 --> 03:24.103 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% GUEST: (inhales sharply) All right! That's wonderful, thank you. 03:24.103 --> 03:27.340 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: I got to say, Glenn, it's kind of a Bunyanesque number. 03:27.340 --> 03:29.542 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% GUEST: (laughs) APPRAISER: And you know what he would say? Timber! 03:29.542 --> 03:30.310 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% GUEST: (laughing)