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Re: Metal Bat
I love it! What is yur asking price?
Re: Metal Bat
I am not sure, I would like to find out more about it before selling it.
Re: Metal Bat
My in-laws are Polish & Russian & believe this is probably Russian. There seems to be a tradition to place a bat at the entrance to denounce evil entering their home. The reason for the bat & not a religious symbol; the bat is believed to harness the spirit of a loved one who's passed in the home.
Not sure of the accuracy however that is what I found out.
Re: Metal Bat
Thansk for finding that out for me. Search as I might, I have never been able to find out anything at all. Is this still done or did the practice die out with a past generation? The man that left it to me died in his eighties but I got the impression that is was much older than him.
Re: Metal Bat
An older suuperstition definitly. I would assume, this object to be at the least, one hundred years old. I can't see any welds on the metal soo possibly 19 century. If you have an idea for the price please allow me the oppertunity to perchase it. My interest in the bat is to gift it to my sister as she loves bats & would give this one lots of love.
Re: Metal Bat
ok let me think about it. I really have no idea what it is worth.