Griffey Jr Jersey

[AWA85]

Want to thank you everyone who has emailed me about this jersey including Joel. He has been nothing but open and cooperative on this whole situation and is having the jersey reviewed right now.

While it is still posted, I think some of the concerns should be shared as it is still on ebay.

- First off, it is not a 2001 jersey. The year was listed in 2001 on property tags, but for some reason for a majority of the year of 2002 the year was left off. The pictures that look to be close to matching are from 2001.

- As others have mentioned the arch of the name seems to be extreme. Look at Griffey's road jersey photos and the name is not arched nearly to that extreme. Could this vary from jersey to jersey, yes. But it is a little questionable.

- The fraying on the back lettering and numbers with loose strings is something that does not look normal and has been pointed out by many Reds collectors. Jerseys that are worn throughout a season do not show those drastic threads. It almost looks like somebody took a brush to it, to make them loose. Also if it was worn that often to have threads and letters coming apart on the back, the property tag on the front would be much more faded and washed away. The use does not seem to match up.

-The final and most confusing part of the jersey is the property tag stitching. This has drawn many red flags from others and I would be curious to see photos of the inside of the jersey and the sewing of the tag. It almost looks rounded, something I have never seen on any Reds jerseys.

Once again, Joel is having the jersey reviewed and states that it comes from a great source. He says he will do what is best with the jersey once the research is found and I am sure it will all work out. I just wanted to share what numerous Reds collectors have shared with me as well as looking at countless Reds jerseys.

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Jersey has been pulled from eBay and more homework will be conducted. Thanks to everyone who emailed me privately and all I can do is try to work with everyone to educate myself and to keep the industry standards up to what we all expect.

[Tallyman77]

WAY TO GO JOEL! Sorry you had to go through all that junk. .

-Walt

Tallyman77