Thoughts on Riggins jersey on ebay

[Skinsandwiz]

I know that the Bettis jersey is no good reading the other posts, it is the same seller. It has a Coa from JO, which makes me worried off the bat, would love some input.

Thanks.

[cohibasmoker]

I like it. There are passionate Redskins collectors out there and we may never hear their opinion on the jersey on this forum - they run silent and deep (LOL).

The final price will answer your question.

[jbcindc]

I couldn't find any styles from 1976-1978 that matched the offered jersey's font of the front and back 44's. The photos of the jerseys I could find had a straight cut of the numerals on the front (or left side) of the 4, not the angled cut of the jersey being sold (see examples at Getty Images #107963405 or #96363189). I'm not a Redskins collector but grew up watching Riggins run. There are likely other Redskins collectors with a greater knowledge of Redskins jerseys who will have more insightful analysis, but the font of the numerals is the immediate flaw I noticed.

[Flamechicken]

Has it been removed from EBay? Can't seem to find it.

Mike

[jbcindc]

Has it been removed from EBay? Can't seem to find it.

Mike

The seller ended the auction for reasons unknown. For your reference, here's the link to the ended auction: http://www.ebay.com/itm/120983155236?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

Jason

[Flamechicken]

Thanks for the link.

Mike

[cohibasmoker]

I couldn't find any styles from 1976-1978 that matched the offered jersey's font of the front and back 44's. The photos of the jerseys I could find had a straight cut of the numerals on the front (or left side) of the 4, not the angled cut of the jersey being sold (see examples at Getty Images #107963405 or #96363189). I'm not a Redskins collector but grew up watching Riggins run. There are likely other Redskins collectors with a greater knowledge of Redskins jerseys who will have more insightful analysis, but the font of the numerals is the immediate flaw I noticed.

Not all that surprised the auction was ended early and your thread raised an interesting question so I dug around Getty and I did find a home and road version. Here are a couple of scans of Riggins with the "straight" cut font as opposed to the "angle" cut font on the eBay jersey.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trksid=p4340.l2557&item=120983155236&nma=true&rt=nc&si=t%252Fl7bBnbWGepsyPcKa5qx0zfkUk%253D&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc#ht_1162wt_1186

Jim

[icollectDCsports]

The Riggins jersey is back up on eBay but this time with Buy It Now of $6,000 or Make Offer. I don't know what to make of it.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/John-Riggins-The-Diesel-Game-Worn-Used-Washington-Redskins-Jersey-/120984947503?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c2b43cb2f

[cohibasmoker]

The Riggins jersey is back up on eBay but this time with Buy It Now of $6,000 or Make Offer. I don't know what to make of it.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/John-Riggins-The-Diesel-Game-Worn-Used-Washington-Redskins-Jersey-/120984947503?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c2b43cb2f

It's been lowered to $4500.00

[jbcindc]

I brought up with the seller that I could find no photo from 1976-78 that showed Riggins wearing a jersey with numerals that matched the jersey he's selling. Here was his reply:

"Actually they did, I have a photo match. If you give me your email I will send it to you. In the mid seveties this lettering was used. This jersey originated from legendary auctions. If you go a google image search for John riggings and legendary auctions you will see a picture of this jersey."

I gave him my e-mail address and requested a photo of Riggins wearing a jersey with this numeral style and never received a reply. I looked up the Legendary Auction jersey and while I have no idea if the Legendary Auction jersey is legit (http://legendaryauctions.com/LotDetail.aspx?inventoryid=34290), it does not match the jersey he's selling. See the Legendary Auction jersey below:






http://legendaryauctions.com/ItemImages/000034/24581b_lg.jpeg

[slats7]

I couldn't find any styles from 1976-1978 that matched the offered jersey's font of the front and back 44's. The photos of the jerseys I could find had a straight cut of the numerals on the front (or left side) of the 4, not the angled cut of the jersey being sold (see examples at Getty Images #107963405 or #96363189). I'm not a Redskins collector but grew up watching Riggins run. There are likely other Redskins collectors with a greater knowledge of Redskins jerseys who will have more insightful analysis, but the font of the numerals is the immediate flaw I noticed.

The 4's definitely had an "angled cut" in 1977. That's not to say that the jersey in question is an authentic Riggins gamer, however.

http://imageshack.us/a/img836/9500/vlcsnap2012100100h07m05.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img690/2540/t2ec16dhjge9nm3rikvbqzz.jpg

[jbcindc]

The jersey can now be found in the current AMI auction:

http://www.americanmemorabilia.com/Auction_Item.asp?Auction_ID=75170&s=&t=Open&c=\Game+Worn-Used\Football\&p=0&offset=70

The provided "photo style match" still doesn't match the jersey.