I will NEVER buy from American Memorabilia after seeing this...

[kylehess10]

After recieving the most current issue of "American Memorabilia Magazine", I would never buy from them, ever. They have models actually wearing these very old jerseys, all game worn, which are going to be in their Summer Auction. I hate seeing things like this since we all spends tons of money on this stuff and it was suppose to be last worn by the player themselves, not some model working for American Memorabilia.

Gaylord Perry game worn jersey:




Graig Nettles game worn 1971 jersey





Mickey Lolich game worn 1970 jersey

[Canseco44]

Re: I will NEVER buy from American Memorabilia after seeing this...

I had the same disgust as you. I'm not sure what direction they are trying to go in with this company, but I'm not sure what some of the topics in the latest couple of issues have to do with the contents of the auction. I think they probably need to devote a different magazine to those issues and just keep the catalog to what it has been about. I'm glad you posted. I thought I was the only one reading this thing.

Todd

[JasonM33]

Re: I will NEVER buy from American Memorabilia after seeing this...

Outrageous. I'm not well with that.

-Jason M

[gamehawk]

Re: I will NEVER buy from American Memorabilia after seeing this...

I could not agree more! I have noticed this with there past 2 auction magazines.......And while there at it, throw out that bum Lampson.

[suave1477]

Re: I will NEVER buy from American Memorabilia after seeing this...

Oh my god when I saw this I was going to throw up, nuff said!!!

[sportscentury]

Re: I will NEVER buy from American Memorabilia after seeing this...

Absolutely tasteless... and just what I have come to expect from AMI.

[MooseDog]

Re: I will NEVER buy from American Memorabilia after seeing this...

OK, I agree tasteless, but just to play devil's advocate - how would you feel if the babe was the one wearing the jersey?

[bat_master]

Re: I will NEVER buy from American Memorabilia after seeing this...

MooseDog,

Can you send me an email? I can be reached at either tim@hofbats.com or t_byington@yahoo.com.

Thanks

[CollectGU]

Re: I will NEVER buy from American Memorabilia after seeing this...

Why was it a male model wearing the stuff? Let the women models wear the stuff if you are going to do that...

Dave

[Eric]

Re: I will NEVER buy from American Memorabilia after seeing this...

Why was it a male model wearing the stuff? Let the women models wear the stuff if you are going to do that...

Dave

No one should be wearing them... It compromises the pieces.

[otismalibu]

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Shows nice runway use and exhibits a subtle hint of Calvin Klein's Obsession For Men.

[jboosted92]

Re: I will NEVER buy from American Memorabilia after seeing this...

Shows nice runway use and exhibits a subtle hint of Calvin Klein's Obsession For Men.

Thats not even the worst.... on the frontpage they have a frigin video of when the 2 owners were in teh music video business...its from like 1985...

talk about hangin on to something that left, when WHAM did...

[JasonM33]

Re: I will NEVER buy from American Memorabilia after seeing this...

No one should be wearing them. Man, woman or child.

-Jason M

[CollectGU]

Re: I will NEVER buy from American Memorabilia after seeing this...

No one should be wearing them... It compromises the pieces.

LOL. ..That's a just a tiny bit overboard, and I'm not surprised...Did you ever try on a helmet or jersey in your collection? I know some hockey fans that wear their player game worn jerseys to games. Do you think that collector's have never slipped on the jersey of their favorite player after adding it to their collection, or tried on the game used baseball glove, or the batting helmet, or batting glove they just bought of their favorite player? I think what they did was silly, but it certainly doesn't make the item less authentic or add wear.....

Dave

[Eric]

Re: I will NEVER buy from American Memorabilia after seeing this...

LOL. ..That's a just a tiny bit overboard, and I'm not surprised...Did you ever try on a helmet or jersey in your collection? I know some hockey fans that wear their player game worn jerseys to games. Do you think that collector's have never slipped on the jersey of their favorite player after adding it to their collection, or tried on the game used baseball glove, or the batting helmet, or batting glove they just bought of their favorite player? I think what they did was silly, but it certainly doesn't make the item less authentic or add wear.....

Dave

You're talking about two different things. If you went into a store that had the workers wearing the game used items they were selling, you might not be very happy with it.

Putting this stuff on for a photo shoot is a bizarre business decision. What exactly is the upside here? Is the sports collectibles target audience (the cross section of people you would see at a memorabilia show) going to look at that model guy and say "He looks really good in that piece, maybe I should buy it"

Dave, if you choose to put your hand in a glove in your collection, that is one thing. AMI decided it would be a good marketing strategy to hire models to wear the items being auctioned. That wouldn't have been my decision, but hey, it's not my company to run.

And Dave, what exactly did you mean by "That's a just a tiny bit overboard, and I'm not surprised." I'd love to hear what your explanation is.
Eric