Is this enough for this jersey to be authentic?

[brianborsch]

Hello,

I recently won an auction for a 2006 Adrian Cardenas GU Jersey from the GCL Phillies. This was his first professional season since being drafted. I was wondering if the following is enough to prove that this is a legit GU Jersey. It is autographed by him as being GU in 2006 and there is a pic of him with the auto'd jersey. See the pics and let me know what y'all think:

[ironmanfan]

I think the fact that you purchased it directly from the club (keep the paperwork) and with the inscription from Cardenas that would be enough for me.

[brianborsch]

Hello,

I am sorry, my post says that I got it from the GCL Phillies but I actually didn't get it myself. I bought it from someone who did. He bought it from their club store in Clearwater. I will see if he can get me any paperwork.

[brianborsch]

My point is that you can't find something like this mass-produced right? I mean it must be highly unlikely with Cardenas being an unproven player in Pro-Baseball. Not to mention the auto and pics. I will even be getting a pic of him signing it.

[jessicawinters]

Have you checked the wash tag inside the jersey? It should say something like 0065. If that's the code, then it is definitely an authentic gamer.

[brianborsch]

Hey thanks Jessica!

I will do that as soon as I recieve it. In addition, I found that the Clearwater store no longer gives out LOAs so there goes thatb type of provenance. The seller is going to supply me with a copy of the reciept he got from the purchase, which is cool I think.

Hey I finally found some GCL pics of Cardenas though. I tell ya, talk about finding a needle in a haystack! These should help the cause. Check these out:

[brianborsch]

I got some more info regarding the GCL and their jerseys. I confirmed that batting practice type jerseys are their actual game jerseys.

I also confirmed that the #80 written in sharpie on the jersey tag is a "wash number". I guess in the GCL a team can have as many players as they want, so they assign each player a "wash number" to put on all their clothing that gets washed.

So this looks pretty legit. I am still going to contact the GCl Phillies and ask them more questions about the jerseys, but things look good thus far.

Thanks everyone fo all your help.

[brianborsch]

So, after discussing this jersey with the source who sold it to me, he states that the jersey in the pics that Cardenas is wearing must be the same jersey I bought as in the GCL, the player only has one game jersey.

So how do I get this provenance "officialized"? Should I write a letter to the team asking them if they can confirm this in writing? Maybe I can some more information on the wash number which is on the Majestic outer label.

Any thoughts?

[staindsox]

Provenance can never be "official." It isn't a yes or no, it is or it is not type situation. Some is simply better than others. For example, having him write a letter would improve the provenance. Having the player write a letter would improve the provenance even more. The more proof, the better. Hope this helps.

Chris

[kingjammy24]

"Provenance can never be "official." It isn't a yes or no, it is or it is not type situation."

chris,

i don't understand this. can you clarify?

thanks,

rudy.