Huggins: 1977 Brooks Robinson jersey

[ironmanfan]

Rudy:

I agree that is a very SLOPPY "Lampson-esque" job by Huggins & Scott at first accepting the consignment and subsequently "authenticating it" themselves. While it's disturbing that your e-mail to Bill Huggins went unanswered, I can only hope that Dave's contact there can get this off before the auction starts...(and then I suppose we'll see it on eBay in a month or so).

[kingjammy24]

While it's disturbing that your e-mail to Bill Huggins went unanswered, I can only hope that Dave's contact there can get this off before the auction starts...(and then I suppose we'll see it on eBay in a month or so).

hey, just wanted to clarify: no emails went unanswered. bill is aware of the shirt and its problems and has acknowledged receipt of being given this information. i simply said he's "mulling it over" to mean that the shirt hasn't been immediately removed so..i imagine that's probably what he's doing.

in terms of authentications, i think it's one of the worst i've ever seen. the issues are multiple and clear as day.

rudy.

[trsent]

joel: before you have an aneurysm, yes bill huggins himself was notified of all of this over a week ago. what was bill's response? apparently he's still mulling it over. no i did not contact brooks robinson to get his side.

rudy.

Rudy - I didn't ask anything and I do not care so don't call me out in a thread's first post for Christ sake.

It is a good policy to mention any contact with a seller in your post but do not pick on me for no reason - It makes you look like an idiot and we know you are one of the smartest people on here.

Bill Huggins should have more respect for any email you send if they want to be seen as a reputable auction house because I believe your findings are interesting but do you really need to abuse me in the thread for no reason?

[trsent]

hey, just wanted to clarify: no emails went unanswered. bill is aware of the shirt and its problems and has acknowledged receipt of being given this information. i simply said he's "mulling it over" to mean that the shirt hasn't been immediately removed so..i imagine that's probably what he's doing.

in terms of authentications, i think it's one of the worst i've ever seen. the issues are multiple and clear as day.

rudy.

Rudy - I read this after my last post, not that it matters but at least Bill emailed you back and is looking into your concerns.

I assume he'll do the right thing but wants to look harder into your concerns before making a big decision.

[kingjammy24]

jersey has been removed.

rudy.

[hugginsandscottauctions]

All: Thank you for this great source of policing us auction companies. It is invaluable for us to get all the opinions that we can before we sell an item. Clearly, the Brooks jersey has flaws and has been removed from our auction.

FYI: we have also removed the Rose and Bench home jersey's for similar question marks.

Josh Wulkan
Vice President
Huggins and Scott Auctions
www.hugginsandscott.com

[trsent]

Rudy - I read this after my last post, not that it matters but at least Bill emailed you back and is looking into your concerns.

I assume he'll do the right thing but wants to look harder into your concerns before making a big decision.

All: Thank you for this great source of policing us auction companies. It is invaluable for us to get all the opinions that we can before we sell an item. Clearly, the Brooks jersey has flaws and has been removed from our auction.

FYI: we have also removed the Rose and Bench home jersey's for similar question marks.

Josh Wulkan
Vice President
Huggins and Scott Auctions
www.hugginsandscott.com

Bravo, Josh!

Welcome to the forum!

[diamondicons1]

Does anyone know what the issues were with the Bench and Rose Jerseys.

[sox83cubs84]

Does anyone know what the issues were with the Bench and Rose Jerseys.

Both jerseys had tampering with the Rawlings tags...the thread pattern on the right edge was noticeably different than on the other three sides, meaning the thread was opened to add a flag tag. Both flag tags were inconsistent in the font and boldness of the text with known Rawlings exemplars. The 1975 Rose had a flag tag that used the wrong color of ink and Ids (should be in blue ink with the notation #8P between the year and set identifiers).

Dave M.
Chicago area