Card companies, the FBI & Fraud

[Ollie]

Ever see a swatch card with a picture of the entire (uncut) jersey on the back?

Y'know if memory serves me right, the Leaf company used to put images of the full jersey on the back of their cards. Sentimental wise, this just makes things more painful when you know the whole darn thing is in little pieces!

[Eric]

Look at any high end patch card from say, 2011 Topps Triple threads. Not a single patch card look like the swatch was ever laundered. They all look like they came from issued/not used, brand new jerseys.

Interesting point. It's tough to tell if things like this 35 year old Merlin Olsen jersey have any use at all...

Here's a history of Sand Knit tags from another forum. Look at the use on them
http://www.jerseycentral.org/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=6830

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Merlin-Olsen...item3cb66e7487

[ChuckFoPrez]

It always burned me up to see pieces of jerseys cut up in little squares to be inserted into cards. What a waste of a piece of history.

[otismalibu]

Y'know if memory serves me right, the Leaf company used to put images of the full jersey on the back of their cards.

Interesting. I tried to get UD to shoot me a pic of the Erving jersey they cut up. No luck. I have a hunch about one jersey, but it's pretty hard to prove that one swatch with some bleeding Sharpie, is from a certain auction house "gamer".

[gadsden86]

I have over 600 dolphins jersey/ patch cards. Some of them on back say something like this jersey was used in a game but not specific to a year or game and sometimes player.

I know at one point one of the card co's was found to be usng jerseys of players not game issued or game used. I think it was early donruss in some cases.

I try to stay away from jersey acrds now adays as most are "event used"

See pic below.
http://cdn3.sbnation.com/fan_shot_im...5694/u3alj.jpg

[Eric]

Anyone know what size Ben Roethlisberger wore in 2007? Was it 48 like this jersey on a Topps card?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2009-Topps-U...item4aaef777d5


Or 50 like this jersey on this Topps card
http://www.ebay.com/itm/BEN-ROETHLIS...item35b48766fe

[5kRunner]

This one is my favorite.

Santo's last season with the Cubs was 1973 and retired after 1974. The Cubs didn't wear the "pajama" or reverse pinstripe uniforms until 1978.

[Eric]

Here's something interesting:
See this 2009 Panini Rookie & Stars Chad Ochocinco Laundry Tag Patch SP #'d /25 which shows size 44
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Chad-Ochocin...item2a14da8bf3
Through Twitter I was able to ask Chad what size jersey he has worn.
He said 42. Always. Never a 44. Whoops!
Still haven't heard back from Panini about how they acquire their jerseys.
Eric

[allstarsplus]

Here's something interesting:
See this 2009 Panini Rookie & Stars Chad Ochocinco Laundry Tag Patch SP #'d /25 which shows size 44
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Chad-Ochocin...item2a14da8bf3
Through Twitter I was able to ask Chad what size jersey he has worn.
He said 42. Always. Never a 44. Whoops!
Still haven't heard back from Panini about how they acquire their jerseys.
Eric

Good job on that Eric. Nothing like going direct to the athlete.

[otismalibu]

Here's something interesting:
See this 2009 Panini Rookie & Stars Chad Ochocinco Laundry Tag Patch SP #'d /25 which shows size 44
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Chad-Ochocin...item2a14da8bf3
Through Twitter I was able to ask Chad what size jersey he has worn.
He said 42. Always. Never a 44. Whoops!
Still haven't heard back from Panini about how they acquire their jerseys.

That's hard to believe. Chad actually figured out how to register for Twitter? Next thing you know, he'll be learning the Pats' playbook.