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Re: thoughts on upcomming jeter jersey in GFC's auction.
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. reminds me of this comment dave bushing recently made:
"A couple of weeks ago, a client was interested in buying a 1920's Hall of Fame calibre jersey for upwards of six figures. When I looked at it for him, it took but a few seconds to tell him it was a complete and deliberate fake. Likewise, last summer a Mickey Cochrane jersey for $75,000 that was also a deliberate fake. The client did not know old jerseys and would have shelled out upwards of a couple hundred thousand dollars."
people have more money than sense. they buy things they don't understand. robert recently made the comment that buyers are becoming savvier and i suppose i'd agree that the baseline knowledge of collectors in general has increased due to this forum. that said, it seems there are still a good number of people out there spending thousands on items that they have no idea about and beyond that, apparently don't even realize the problem of buying things you don't understand. either buyers aren't looking or they don't care and i don't understand the logic behind the latter. you can't do much more for people like that.
GFC realizes it's resewn and said it doesn't have any idea why. so then why keep it in the auction? i don't understand their cavalier attitude about such a red flag.
flaco: the strip tag is sewn underneath the mfr tag so if you were to replace the strip tag, say for example to turn a common player or a spare jersey into a superstar, or even just to add a strip tag where there previously was none, you'd either remove the mfr tag entirely and resew the whole package (mfr tag + strip tag + poly tag) or if you were lazy you'd just pop open the bottom of the mfr tag, remove anything you don't like, add what you want, and resew it. russell mfr tags were typically sewn pretty neatly. it's a pretty big red flag and when you toss in the armband placement and the lack of tagging wash wear, it seems very hard to have any good feelings about the shirt.
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. reminds me of this comment dave bushing recently made:
"A couple of weeks ago, a client was interested in buying a 1920's Hall of Fame calibre jersey for upwards of six figures. When I looked at it for him, it took but a few seconds to tell him it was a complete and deliberate fake. Likewise, last summer a Mickey Cochrane jersey for $75,000 that was also a deliberate fake. The client did not know old jerseys and would have shelled out upwards of a couple hundred thousand dollars."
people have more money than sense. they buy things they don't understand. robert recently made the comment that buyers are becoming savvier and i suppose i'd agree that the baseline knowledge of collectors in general has increased due to this forum. that said, it seems there are still a good number of people out there spending thousands on items that they have no idea about and beyond that, apparently don't even realize the problem of buying things you don't understand. either buyers aren't looking or they don't care and i don't understand the logic behind the latter. you can't do much more for people like that.
GFC realizes it's resewn and said it doesn't have any idea why. so then why keep it in the auction? i don't understand their cavalier attitude about such a red flag.
flaco: the strip tag is sewn underneath the mfr tag so if you were to replace the strip tag, say for example to turn a common player or a spare jersey into a superstar, or even just to add a strip tag where there previously was none, you'd either remove the mfr tag entirely and resew the whole package (mfr tag + strip tag + poly tag) or if you were lazy you'd just pop open the bottom of the mfr tag, remove anything you don't like, add what you want, and resew it. russell mfr tags were typically sewn pretty neatly. it's a pretty big red flag and when you toss in the armband placement and the lack of tagging wash wear, it seems very hard to have any good feelings about the shirt.
rudy.
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