How do you guys feel about card companies and GU cards?

[teddy406]

HATE THEM. Don't cut up VINTAGE jerseys into pieces. Just stupid.

[yankees506]

I never liked them, but then one day realized that unless I hit the lotto id never be able to own a ruth bat or jersey. For modern stars im fortunate enough to be able to buy full pieces but there are people less fortunate than me. So they can take the same stance I take on the ruth items. Does it suck that vintage stuff is being cut up? Yes, but it's awesome to own a piece of history, no matter how small it is.... If they are real :-)

[sportsnbikes]

I don't like the idea of taking vintage jerseys and cutting them up. The more they cut up, the less chance I have of owning one some day. The concept was cool in the beginning, but the fraud and the old jerseys being cut up gives me a real distaste for them.

[CPuente57]

Since I was still a a teenager when Game Used cards first came out, I initially thought they were cool and the holy grail of card collecting. As I got older though, the market became way over flooded (when you're able to afford "game used" cards of guys like Lou Gehrig, Babe Ruth etc..you know it's overflooded) and then I was like "I can get a card with a logoman for this price, or get a certified jersey for either same price or even cheaper". I decided to sell my entire card collection to convert to Game Used. I still visit forums like Blowout Cards, and it boggles my mind how many card collectors could actually care less about the authenticity of the memorabilia used. I see a lot of "I don't care about it being fake or not, as long as it looks cool". To each their own, but using fraudulent items would absolutely turn me off to collecting those kind of cards. Don't understand that kind of thinking at all. And the biggest argument I've heard from card collectors as to why they pay so much for a sliver of something than the whole thing, is they are card collectors and not game used collectors, so they collect for the card aspect. Again, it's all personal preference but for the prices, I'd much rather have a legit whole item, then some questionable small swatch.

[Chess2899]

I have zero trust in card companies doing the right thing. They finally numbered limited cards after my lawsuit in 1999.

http://espn.go.com/sportsbusiness/s/...4/1580511.html

I regret settling. I should have sunk the whole company. I despise having companies take advantage of collectors. I think bat cards and jersey cards are questionable. Who can prove it?

[Chess2899]

Card companies did not number their limited cards until I launched my lawsuit.


http://espn.go.com/sportsbusiness/s/...4/1580511.html

I regret settling. I had a chance to destroy them. Companies that cheat collectors should not be allowed to function.

How do you prove it with bat and jersey cards? You can't unless you have an inside employee within the company.

[Buccaneer Madden]

Card companies did not number their limited cards until I launched my lawsuit.


http://espn.go.com/sportsbusiness/s/...4/1580511.html

I regret settling. I had a chance to destroy them. Companies that cheat collectors should not be allowed to function.

How do you prove it with bat and jersey cards? You can't unless you have an inside employee within the company.

I had always thought about doing something like that but never had the funds to try it. Nice to catch somebody in a bold face lie.

At first I was interested in the GU cards but once they became so common and I realized most of them were more "even worn" like for 10 seconds at a practice I lost interest. I'd much rather have the entire jersey / bat even if I have to save up for it.

[bigaust001]

How do you guys feel about this? Is this a fake?

Aaron Tag Card

Tag Database

Is that not a post-76 patch?

[bigaust001]

Mays Tag

McCovey Tag

Cronin Tag

Clemente Tag

Baylor Tag

Marino Tag

Payton Tag

Payton Tag 2

Brown Tag


Do any of these look off? With the pieces being slaughtered and then placed into the cards, we have limited judgement as to what is legit and what is not. The tag cards are one of the few peeks we get into the jerseys used.

[sox83cubs84]

How do you guys feel about this? Is this a fake?

Aaron Tag Card

Tag Database

Is that not a post-76 patch?

I believe you are correct on that, though it still could have been on a jersey worn by Aaron. In the 1980s, Aaron had jerseys issued to him virtually every year, for Old-Timers Games, occasions to appear in uniform at home, and the like. There were some in 1987, when the big Wilson patch was first used by the Barves, and possibly later, as well. This illustrates another potential boondoggle on these game-used swatches...even if the player ID is accurate, were they worn in an actual career game, or in an Old-Timers game or some sort of similar post-career event?

Dave Miedema