Hank Gathers jersey in AMI

[Eric]

Hello everyone

American Memorabilia is selling a Hank Gathers practice jersey. Hank Gathers of course lost his life tragically on the basketball court at Loyola Marymount University.

I sent an email to Tony Giese (which I copied below) and have not heard a response. The youtube clip mentioned can be found here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhuOFkJvPyI

If you pause the clip at :17, you clearly see the jersey AMI says matches what they're selling. The 4s in 44 are closer in the one being sold in the auction.
I'm not saying it's a fake, I'm just saying doesn't appear to be a style match to the clip they reference.

If I get a response from Tony, who has always been a great guy when we have spoken via email, I will post it here.

Wondering what people think.
Eric
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Hi Tony

I was looking at your auction and noticed Lot 167 the game worn Hank Gathers practice jersey. The auction description mentions a style match in a youtube clip

If you pause the clip on the show where gathers is wearing the practice jersey- is the #44 font the same? It doesn't seem to match to me. Who from the 100% Authentic team was the authenticator? I was wondering if they had a different shot which showed the number style.
http://www.americanmemorabilia.com/Auction_Item.asp?Auction_ID=37977
Thanks
Eric Stangel

[Eric]

It looks like the font is the same, but there definitely is an issue with the spacing.

[LEGEND33]

.....perhaps the jersey is not completely adherent to the mannequin (is visible a "wave" in the fabric of the jersey)
....sorry for the poor english....

[ChrisCavalier]

.....perhaps the jersey is not completely adherent to the mannequin (is visible a "wave" in the fabric of the jersey)
....sorry for the poor english....

That's an interesting point. Maybe AMI can take another picture to confirm the spacing and make sure the jersey isn't positioned in a way that could create any "waves" affecting the visual display of the spacing.

-Chris

[LEGEND33]

I am focused on the collar of the jersey..... the one in the youtube pic seems larger than the other jersey.....

[LEGEND33]

Stop the video at 1:17 01/54
DO NOT APPEAR "LIONS" UNDER THE BASKETBALL !!!!!!!!!

[LEGEND33]

at 00:15 01/54on youtube
NO "LIONS" on the jersey.

[Eric]

I will write Tony again and see if that is the issue. If anyone has a good relationship with AMI- (perhaps Dave O'Brien could help us here) can you follow up as well?
Eric

[Eric]

[kingjammy24]

this is an absolute classic. in trying to prove an item's authenticity, AMI shows a clip that actually disproves the entire thing. did anyone at AMI actually view this clip? if they did, it's difficult to believe they'd include it in the description. "here's a clip that shows Gathers wearing a practice jersey entirely different from the one we're selling".

i nominate this for Best Comedic Performance by an Auction House.

rudy.