It's a darn shame: Part 327

[Eric]

It's a darn shame....

http://cgi.ebay.com/2006-TOPPS-STERLING-ROGER-MARIS-JUMBO-PATCH-YANKEES-1-1_W0QQitemZ280064102780QQihZ018QQcategoryZ60597QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting

[JasonM33]

Re: It's a darn shame: Part 327

Sigh..........

[kylehess10]

Re: It's a darn shame: Part 327

Here's one even more worse. It's from the November 2005 issue of Beckett Baseball showing pieces leftovers of cut-up uniforms

[CansecoPower33]

Re: It's a darn shame: Part 327

That's sickening.

[34swtns]

Re: It's a darn shame: Part 327

I say this with utterly no concern as to weather anyone is offended by it or not:

Those "collectable card" company BASTARDS should all be shot for what they are doing to historical items that can never be replaced.
Yep, you heard me.....SHOT.

[34swtns]

Re: It's a darn shame: Part 327

And who actually buys this garbage, anyway?

I'd like to be able to write this off as a million 12-year olds perpetuating this sick market but I'm pretty sure I'd be wrong, wouldn't I?

Sad and infuriating at the same time.

[JasonM33]

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Maybe someday someone will give these people the beating that they so richly deserve. This stuff literally blows my mind. I can't believe that someone would even think of chopping this stuff into little bits. I'm really surprised that you don't hear more outrage about this.

-Jason

[stkmtimo]

Re: It's a darn shame: Part 327

I've always wondered, too, what's to prevent one of the card companies from cutting up a game issued or replica jersey of a star player and put them on the cards? It sure saves a lot of money, doesn't it?

Tim

[Eric]

Re: It's a darn shame: Part 327

I think you bring up a good point. I would love to know what the sources are of these jerseys.

The card companies have buyers who often buy from auction houses. (I'm still angry that I was outbid by a card company on a Kellen Winslow senior Pro Bowl jersey. I haven't seen that one on a card so maybe it hasn't hit the shredder yet)

Anyway, I'm hoping that the card company buyers do their homework so we don't see another situation like Upper Deck where cut autographs which appeared on their cards were deemed to be fakes.

I wonder if one day we're going to see a wrong tag or nameplate font included on one of these jersey cards.
Eric

[Eric]

Re: It's a darn shame: Part 327

Speaking of which, can anyone help with this?

http://www.gameuseduniverse.com/vb_forum/showthread.php?p=29066#post29066

[otismalibu]

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My personal opinion is that jersey cards are where many suspect jerseys end up. I just emailed UD about this and they told me they don't have any photographic records of the jerseys they cut up. Handy.

Just trust them. It's all good.

[Eric]

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I think it would be important to know where they buy their jerseys from. If they got them straight from the team that would be one thing, but we know they rely on auction houses as well.

UD depends on trusted sellers when buying autographs. I wonder who donruss leaf's trusted sellers are for football and baseball.

Does anyone know how to find out this information?
Eric

[jon_8_us]

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I belonged to a couple prominent card collecting/trading sites and trust me it's mostly adults not 12 year olds that collect these cards.I'm glad to say that i am a FORMER card collector.Anyone who collects current cards is aiding and abetting these companys to purchase and destroy these pieces of history.I just read an article about a Jim Thorpe and Doak Walker jersey being cut up for cards......absolutely disgusting....
jon

[JasonM33]

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I've got an idea! Let's cut the United States Constitution into little tiny pieces and put them into a card. That would make a great collectable. DERP!

Did anyone see the expose a few years ago where they showed a bunch of NFL rookies puting on a bunch of shoes and and jerseys for like 2 seconds each so the card company could cut them up and call them "event worn". What a joke. I don't remember which company it was. I bet half of that stuff is phony.

[sylbry]

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[quote=JasonM33;29082]I've got an idea! Let's cut the United States Constitution into little tiny pieces and put them into a card. That would make a great collectable. DERP! quote]

Funny you should say that. I got into a heated discussion a year ago or so when this topic was brought up on the Vintage Baseball Card Forum. I used the Constitution example too.

The other person's point was basically jersey cards benefit more people because more people will be able to own a piece of history versus one person locking it up in their collection.