Bat has been prepped and shows signs of use, but it is not a big league bat and there is no evidence to suggest it was used by Powell, other than to sign it. We guarantee all uncertified autographs to pass 3rd party authentication with CAS our authenticator of choice. If you want to get autographs certified you need to notify us before you pay. We submit them for you. If an autograph doesn't pass we refund both the purchase price AND the authentication fee.