thoughts on upcomming jeter jersey in GFC's auction.

[trsent]

hey what do you know, a '96 jeter with a proper-era tag and clean stitching on all 4 sides. who would've thought.

clinton2828, i'm curious what sort of explanations do you think might be plausible for the re-stitched tag?

rudy.

here's the thing; GFC has posted pics that pretty clearly show the bottom of the tag is resewn. GFC is aware that it's resewn.

Did Grey Flannel respond to anyone about your concerns with this jersey?

You stated that they know the tag is re-sewn. I was wondering if you received an email from them or called them to discuss since I have not discussed the jersey in question with them so I was wondering how you determined that they know of your concerns?

Then again, maybe they decided that your findings are not enough to pull the item based on where the item originated. I don't know the answers , but I can speculate as good as anyone else.

[kingjammy24]

"Did Grey Flannel respond to anyone about your concerns with this jersey?

You stated that they know the tag is re-sewn. I was wondering if you received an email from them or called them to discuss since I have not discussed the jersey in question with them so I was wondering how you determined that they know of your concerns?"

when i called gfc they had no explination for the double stitching, they jsut said, if you dont feel comfortable dont bid.

rudy.

[clinton2828]

rudy,

as for the explination for the tag being resewn i could not be sure myself, but who knows? maybe the person sewing it did it by accident, heck they are sewing hundreds or jerseys or the thread could have got caught on the machine , who knows?

the point i was trying to make, is that our point about the placement of the arm bad is the stronger argument becuase we can produce photo evidence that can confirm or contradict the placement. thus making it real or fake. as for now the evidence has shown it is misplaced.

and as i stated i hope photos suface that it is place corrected and the stripes match up because i would want to bid.

but as for now there are too many questions about the jersey.


also what i dont understand is that these auction houses dont push hard to find photo matche or style match. they should have a person dedicated to it or even offer lower consignment fees to items that have team letters or photo matches because it really increases the final bid prices.

heck look at the prices tomlinson jerseys from nfl auction fetch usually like 6k while ones in there auction houes only get abut 2k. now think how much money auction houses could make for themselves and clients if they were able to photo match items.


with the nfl with only 16 games it is not that hard to photo match items.

i think these auction houses revenue whould be cut in at least in half if this was the case.

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rudy,

as for the explination for the tag being resewn i could not be sure myself, but who knows? maybe the person sewing it did it by accident, heck they are sewing hundreds or jerseys or the thread could have got caught on the machine , who knows?

the point i was trying to make, is that our point about the placement of the arm bad is the stronger argument becuase we can produce photo evidence that can confirm or contradict the placement. thus making it real or fake. as for now the evidence has shown it is misplaced.

and as i stated i hope photos suface that it is place corrected and the stripes match up because i would want to bid.

but as for now there are too many questions about the jersey.


also what i dont understand is that these auction houses dont push hard to find photo matche or style match. they should have a person dedicated to it or even offer lower consignment fees to items that have team letters or photo matches because it really increases the final bid prices.

heck look at the prices tomlinson jerseys from nfl auction fetch usually like 6k while ones in there auction houes only get abut 2k. now think how much money auction houses could make for themselves and clients if they were able to photo match items.


with the nfl with only 16 games it is not that hard to photo match items.

i think these auction houses revenue whould be cut in at least in half if this was the case.

clinton2828,

First off, sorry I made a typo on your name in the previous post

I made mention on this very subject in a recent post....

If auction houses followed your recommendation, they would have one employee, in shipping, and have maybe 6 items to auction in their 3-4 auctions a year. It's a lot easier to list what they have consigned, and let the buyers figure it out, and go crazy bidding.

Your point is solid as the few times the items they DO sell, with photo match pictures to support them, go for big bucks, and rightfully so. The questionability of authenticity has been eliminated in these cases. It can't get any better than that.

Trust that any time that fact is available to them (a photo matched item), they will absolutely add it to the auction.