I come from the NHL jersey collecting scene, so forgive me for my being a newbie on this question.
A big benefit of collecting hockey jerseys is that they are fairly easy to photo match due to the many markings they can accumulate during games (stick marks, puck marks, tears, holes, fabric pulls, team repairs, paint transfers etc).
I have seen quite a few threads showing supposed photo matches showing certain pinstripes as the identifying marks only. Being a newbie to baseball jerseys, my guess is that logo's and patches may be sewn on slightly differently on each jersey so the pinstripes may appear in different locations from jersey to jersey. Is this correct?
If the above is correct then my next question would be....is this really a reliable way to photo match? Lets say a player wears 10 jerseys, all the same size and specifications, is it safe to say that 2 (maybe even more) of those jerseys may have pinstripes in identical positions using logo's and patches as references?
Unless I am missing something, using pinstripes would not be justification for calling a jersey "photo matched". I know we all might see things that aren't there in the photo because we want that photo match so badly..but my opinion is that if it is not a unique, distinct marking in the photo then it is not a 100% photo match.
A big benefit of collecting hockey jerseys is that they are fairly easy to photo match due to the many markings they can accumulate during games (stick marks, puck marks, tears, holes, fabric pulls, team repairs, paint transfers etc).
I have seen quite a few threads showing supposed photo matches showing certain pinstripes as the identifying marks only. Being a newbie to baseball jerseys, my guess is that logo's and patches may be sewn on slightly differently on each jersey so the pinstripes may appear in different locations from jersey to jersey. Is this correct?
If the above is correct then my next question would be....is this really a reliable way to photo match? Lets say a player wears 10 jerseys, all the same size and specifications, is it safe to say that 2 (maybe even more) of those jerseys may have pinstripes in identical positions using logo's and patches as references?
Unless I am missing something, using pinstripes would not be justification for calling a jersey "photo matched". I know we all might see things that aren't there in the photo because we want that photo match so badly..but my opinion is that if it is not a unique, distinct marking in the photo then it is not a 100% photo match.
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