Will the future hobby dismiss all non photomatched items?

[Mulligans]

Re: Will the future hobby dismiss all non photomatched items?

The guy who forged the Tom Brady Jersey was Steve Misturini. He hangs out here as well as many other Sports memorabilia websites and ebay. The problem is he works under many different aliases and no one even knows that they are dealing with him.

It didn't cost me a dime to file criminal charges against him and force him to come Massachsetts to defend himself. Instead of a long drawn out battle, we settled but unfortunately he just keeps on going with his scam......

[godwulf]

Re: Will the future hobby dismiss all non photomatched items?

I only collect for my own enjoyment so I could careless what the "hobby" cares about.

Exactly. The very question - will "the hobby" reject this or that - implies that all collectors are of a like mind, identical habits and standards, and a comparable level of anal-retentiveness.

And, as Mulligan pointed out - and I don't know how this very important point keeps getting missed, in "photo-matching" discussions - it takes only a very small investment in time and effort to create (or re-create) an item in a photo, especially given the blurry, poor quality images that the validity of most "photo-matches" seem to hinge on.

If collecting "high end" stuff is such a stressful, worrisome thing to someone, maybe the answer is to collect something else. Hobbies are supposed to be fun...right?

[zookerman182]

Re: Will the future hobby dismiss all non photomatched items?

I was just thinking about this the other day.

People will do their homework and collect what they want to but those who are looking strictly to re-sell and make money will be trying to match everything in sight.

Even some collectors who arent in it to re-sell just like to know when the said item was used and if anything significant happened while using it.

Sellers putting a premium on photomatched items isnt too crazy. I would say depending on the match it may add 20% at the most.

Now depending on what the player accomplished while using the item that is photomatched is a different story. In that case the seller can jack the price up or down all they want.