Pete Rose GU Reds Cap in Collect.com

[anatfan09]

Any thoughts on this signed Rose hat? Looks to match up with other sports specialties hats I have seen and I even found a photo of Rose wearing what looks to be that brand in 1987. Hat has eight seems on the bill.
Comes from a large Rose collection.

[Tallyman77]

Is the cap in their auction or part of their store inventory??

Thanks

-Walt

Tallyman77

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[anatfan09]

No I am told this cap was part of a large Rose collection that included a significant amount of signed items. The owner of the collection is said to have known Rose personally.

[Tallyman77]

From all indications, it may be okay. The Reds did use Sports Specialties caps in 1985, 1986 and 1987. The autograph looks genuine. The only problem I would be concerned with is where the autograph and the #14 are located. They normally are reversed, with the number being where the autograph is. It is like the cap was signed in that spot when it was new and unworn by Rose, therefore the #14 had to go somewhere else. It's just something you have to consider.

-Walt

Tallyman77

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[Insomniac186]

Also, most on-field Sports Specialties caps were made in the USA, while the retail caps were not. The cap in the Pete Rose photo has a made in USA tag, note the extra text under the size. A bit blurry but it's there.

[hiramman]

Maybe my eyes are bad, but on my computer screen it looks to me like it says MADE IN KOREA.

[hiramman]

I'm talking about the tag in the tag close-up photo, not the Getty image. My eyes are not that good.

[Tallyman77]

The Getty image of Rose is the one he was saying had the MADE IN USA label while the other cap in question has the MADE IN KOREA label. It turns out that both were used by Major League teams over about a 10 year span as I have 16 Sports Specialties "THE PRO" caps in my collection that came straight from equipment managers and players and of the 16 there are 9 with MADE IN KOREA labels and 7 with MADE IN USA labels. Also there are several more Getty images that show players with caps in hand proving what I stated above.

-Walt

Tallyman77

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[anatfan09]

Thanks for all the input on the cap. I'm waiting on more information from the source who I obtained it from, I'll post any LOA I receive.

[Tallyman77]

ANATFAN.......shoot me an email at Evergreen7777@att.net.

Thanks!

-Walt

Tallyman77

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