Dale Murphy GU on eBay?

[skipcarayislegend]

Re: Dale Murphy GU on eBay?

Wow, thanks Lon. That's interesting. If MEARS does end up with the ebay Murphy perhaps we'll see an article about it from Dave G.

[skyking26]

Re: Dale Murphy GU on eBay?

Skip, The jerseys that I worked on were "genuine" as far as being ordered by the Braves. However I had the impression at the time that any "use" or laundering (on those jerseys that showed any) came after the '86 season. Some of the jerseys were just too "new" to have seen any major league game action.

As far as being able to tell if the NOB was restored, if I did it it may or may not be detectable as I used the same or matching material for the plates and made the vertical arc letters in the same fashion as Wilson did and usually did a prettty good job of placing the new plate where the previous one was located. There are however some things that you can look for such as: Is there evidence of a previous plate ( stitch marks or outline) visible? does the plate material match in both color and weave? Does the "grain" run in the same direction as the jersey body? Does the plate exibit the same wear/laundering as the rest of the jersey? Does the color of the polytwill used for the letters match the rest of the jersey? Of course you could also check the front to see if there is an outline of either "Braves" or "Greenville" behind the "Atlanta" logo. And then you could get into the stitch patterns and the like but I think that I've given you enough ( or maybe an overload) information to go on for now.

Lon, can you email me at: skyking442@hotmail.com?

Bob

[skipcarayislegend]

Re: Dale Murphy GU on eBay?

Looks like MEARS has it.

http://www.mearsonlineauctions.com/LotDetail.aspx?lotid=5488