stumbled across this entertaining video clip of a "pro" in action - in this case the "pro" is simeon lipman, consultant and consignment director for heritage auction galleries & christies. apparently lipman is a regular on the pbs tv series "roadshow".

in this clip lipman tells an understandably gleeful gentleman that his jersey is indeed an authentic sayers garb and "I would estimate it at least $20,000 to $30,000...". lipman especially likes the jersey because of its extensive use and repairs and tells the gentleman "It's not like today, where a football player gets a new jersey every game." who knew.

hope the guy with the big smile on his face didn't spend the $20k-$30k based on lipman's professional opinion - hammer price was $12k the first time around and $10k the second time around.

history:

07 2006 - appraised by lipman
10 2006 - listed by heritage, hammer price $12k
03 2007 - roadshow segment airs, lipman announces $20-$30k worth
10 2007 - listed by heritage again, hammer price $10k

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/archive/200603A53.html