This strip tag looks bogus to me. Does not match exemplars I have seen. Any thoughts?
https://sports.ha.com/itm/baseball/1...ription-071515
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This strip tag looks bogus to me. Does not match exemplars I have seen. Any thoughts?
https://sports.ha.com/itm/baseball/1...ription-071515
I'm with you. I believe the year should be in the ID. Also there were 2 legit embroidery fonts on '85 Mets gamers. This tries very hard to imitate one of them, but something about it looks off.
Dave Miedema
I was wrong...I checked my files, and the sequence of uniform #, size, set is correct, yet it still doesn't look quite right.
Dave M.
The sequence isn’t in question. The font is bad....no good IMO.
Here’s the Strawberry....and three other ‘85 Mets gamers from common players. I chose common players to eliminate the need for financial gain via fraud.
The Rawlings tag has other needle holes in the upper left corner which is a concern and look at the long zigzag stitching under the strip tag. The others are straight stitched.
GREAT find by you. That jersey is baddddd.Quote:
Originally Posted by bgakladd
I think that the 4 in the Strawberry jersey is the key. That font is totally different than the other 3 jerseys. Something's amiss for sure.
Agree 100%....Quote:
Originally Posted by Vintagedeputy
I agree that the stitching/needle holes on the Rawlings tag is a red flag. However I don’t think the strip tag “long zigzag” stitching is unusual as I’ve seen this on 85 homes. The other 85 examples shown are all roads, and I think the straight stitching is correct for roads from this year.Quote:
Originally Posted by bgakladd
The numbers on the back of the jersey look very off as well.
Here is another Strawberry jersey for comparison. https://www.google.com/search?client...4Ix4hZ0hkjfXM:
I wouldn't touch this jersey, too many red flags
Wow, this is a complete train wreck. There is not much on this jersey that looks accurate. How in God's name could it have passed authentication?
The back numbers are horrific. The only time I have seen back numbers on a Strawberry so malformed and fat have been on Chinese knock-offs.
The front numbers are wrong too. Tell me when you have ever seen such a fat front #1 on a Mets jersey?
The font on back is dead wrong -- it's close to the thicker font that the Mets used for short names (less than 7 letters long). The name Strawberry should be MUCH thinner and much less curved. Google real Strawberry jerseys from 1983-1990 and you will see what I mean.
The strip tag is definitely not factory done.
The Rawlings tag has been sewn on more than once.
Wow...
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Originally Posted by TNTtoys
Christ in heaven.......
Did anyone contact heritage? They are a reputable auction house and should do the right thing and pull it.
The Strawberry jersey has been pulled from the auction.