Anybody wear any of your game worn items?

[uhgrad2002]

Re: Anybody wear any of your game worn items?

I wear some, especially to sporting events. Sometimes I even try to match the Cleveland Indians jersey style to what the team will wear that day. When the University of Akron played its final season at the Rubber Bowl this past year, I wore a different year jersey to each game in tribute to the history there. I have found though that the older jerseys (1970's Indians, 1960's Browns) size 42 or so are too small and I am only 180 pounds.

The jerseys I wear are usually ones that did not cost a lot, though for a special occasion I would consider wearing an expensive one. First amd foremost I get them because I want to enjoy them.

[suave1477]

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You guys should list your email and Ebay user name so that I will never buy jerseys from you guys.

I AGREE!!

I WOULD NEVER WEAR A GAME USED JERSEY.


I AM JUST CURIOUS TO ASK THE MEMBERS WHO SAY THEY WEAR THERES ALL THE TIME OR ONCE AND A WHILE OR JUST WEAR THEM PERIOD.

Hypothetical Question
When you decide at some point down the road you want to sell maybe these items whether to clear space or maybe you need a few extra bucks, How would you list your Jersey??

Game Used & Me Used Jersey?????

[flaco1801]

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dont wear them... keep them unwashed in your closet......

[geoff]

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I would never wear a Game Used Jersey.I just think it is wrong to do.But if you own a item you can do what ever you want with it.

Thanks
Geoff

[Rob L]

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Generally, no, most of mine go on display on the walls of my office. However, I did by a ST gamer specifically to wear.

[cjw]

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I AGREE!!

I WOULD NEVER WEAR A GAME USED JERSEY.


I AM JUST CURIOUS TO ASK THE MEMBERS WHO SAY THEY WEAR THERES ALL THE TIME OR ONCE AND A WHILE OR JUST WEAR THEM PERIOD.

Hypothetical Question
When you decide at some point down the road you want to sell maybe these items whether to clear space or maybe you need a few extra bucks, How would you list your Jersey??

Game Used & Me Used Jersey?????

The jerseys I wear are likely to earn $60-150 from any resale, in the best of markets. If I ever sell one, it will be described correctly and I am sure that at that price, the buyers will be looking to do much the same as I did with it (unless there are people looking for specific, cup-of-coffee players jerseys, and if so, they would be difficult enought to find, that if a little Chris-sweat causes me to lose my meager investments..I will be surprised.

[Jake51]

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An equally important reason not to wear your gamers....you could look like this! [may take a few beers to get the look exactly right! ]

[Vintagedeputy]

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Strictly a personal opinion here but I dont wear mine and wouldnt want one worn around town by someone other than the player. It kind of takes the "game used" out of it and adds a "wore it to the grocery store, baby spit up on it and it smells like cigarette smoke" thing to it.

[gingi79]

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I normally wear my Mickey Mantle game worn when I am burping newborns at the maternity wing.

I had to stop wearing my Dan Marino photomatched Super Bowl jersey after two weeks of fiestas in Mexico. Apparently you can sweat like a pig and throw up at the same time.

I also enjoy taking swings at the local batting range with every one of complete set of 500 home run hitter bats. I usually do this after smoking two packs of cigarettes in a small, non-ventilated room. Lucky for me, I also store most of my collection outside, right next to a fish market.

Now if you are reading this and thinking "Jesus, this guy is an ass. What a stupid thing to say!", then you know exactly how I feel when this question is asked.

I would argue that unless we are talking about an item that should be in a museum, someone other than the player has worn it. This could be to a Super Bowl party, a live game or while watching one on TV. See those items on eBay? They have been worn by collectors. All of them. Whether it is just once to know what it is like to wear their hero's jersey or in one of the situations I outlined above. Go to ANY major sporting event and you will see game worns in the crowd. Hardly ever see one with "added wear" unless the seller does it to increase the price or mustard stains. I've rarely heard of a story of something dripping on a game worn either. I think it's silly to think wear and usage is added to a shirt simply by wearing it to one of the above mentioned places.

Now I realize that there are collectors on this site and others who feel this is terrible. You may even think I am exaggerating. You may become enraged and feel that people who wear these shirts are somehow damaging them. You are more than welcome to that opinion and I can see how this is a logical and in many cases correct way to feel.

But you won't change anyone's opinion, just like I won't change yours. That's ok, we can agree to disagree.

However, collectors like ndevlin and Suave1477 (collectors who I don't know but whose posts have been enjoyable to read) are the precise reason why this thread will not get honest responses. He asks for
"[Collectors to] list your email and Ebay user name so that I will never buy jerseys from you."

Well, my eBay user name is LongIslandDale_Jrfan and my email address is the same as my username here. I doubt you will get many more responses as honest as mine because I won't be selling anything I am wearing and most people don't want to be blamed or penalized for doing what every other seller has done. If you feel like you are "weeding out" those collectors who have worn their gamers after the player you can start with my name and end when you finish blocking 90%+ of the other collectors.

I'm all for honesty and integrity. If you (and by you I mean any collector) want to sit back and think I am rare and wrong for wearing MY shirt, then don't bid on my eBay stuff and don't buy my stuff on this site. I can respect that. I disagree with you and think it's nieve of you to believe you are getting a jersey only a player wore. However, I would make the friendly suggestion of purchasing items only from companys like MeiGray or the team themselves.

Ironically, because I want to sell stuff here in the future, the items I list are authentics and some gamers I purchased to flip. These have not been worn. You can believe me or not but considering how honest this thread has been, I can't see why we couldn't work out a deal in the future.

In closing I will throw one more question out for the crowd. Wou;dn't you rather concern yourself with the fact that the jersey is an unaltered authentic game worn piece worn by the player and then once or twice by a collector rather than a fake?

(Sorry about the italics, they just won't go away)

[Jags Fan Dan]

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I do not have any gamers that I wear, but I will after my birthday as my wife got me a Mike Stanton 2007 Reds cool base spring training used jersey that I will wear. Let's face it, it's a $42 jersey. It is far from ever being a museum piece. I would never wear a piece that I thought myself or others would ever deem significant in any fashion. That's juts me.

[Lokee]

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I AGREE!!

I WOULD NEVER WEAR A GAME USED JERSEY.


I AM JUST CURIOUS TO ASK THE MEMBERS WHO SAY THEY WEAR THERES ALL THE TIME OR ONCE AND A WHILE OR JUST WEAR THEM PERIOD.

Hypothetical Question
When you decide at some point down the road you want to sell maybe these items whether to clear space or maybe you need a few extra bucks, How would you list your Jersey??

Game Used & Me Used Jersey?????

HONESTLY

I would never sell any of my pieces from my personal collection. I think besides the Rivet one all the others are common jersey's cost between 100 to 200 that I have worn. None are for sale and could not really see selling any in the future. My family is pretty well off and I come from old money.

[xpress34]

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Gingi -


I totally agree with you.

As I said earlier, YES, I have put on every GU jersey I have owned at least once - not necessarily worn it out of the house - but I did want to feel what it was like to have it on.

My Matt Holliday jersey (Spring 2000 - his 1st MLB Jersey) was originally bought to be a jersey to wear to games (I only paid $110 DLVD for it in 2002), but after Matt's star started to rise quickly, the jersey has stayed put either on a hanger or on a mannequin - and NO, I have never spilt anything on it...

My Garrett Atkins 'Stars & Stripes' Jersey (pics a few posts back) has only been worn to July 4th games and then put away in my bag (inside a plastic bag) before Game Time. Again, no spills or such...

My Larry Walker 1997 Gamer (from his MVP Season and inscribed as such) has only been worn by me at the house once and has been on a hanger or a mannequin since as well.

My Helton Gamer is personalized to me, so yes, I have worn it a few times - again, not during games but to Special Rockies events and such. I'm sure my wearing it (unless I spill on it) will have no real effect if I sell it due to it being personalized - unless the buyer happens to be named Chris.

The GU I usually wear (as I said before) is my Jeff Baker 2007 BP Jersey that my wife got me for XMas 2007 for $50 at the Rockies DugOut store and Jeff signed it last year at Spring Training. It was inexpensive and it's cool base, so it breathes well...

As far as GU hats, I don't wear either of my Holliday GU hats (2005 and 2007 WS) even though Matt is my hat size (7 5/8), but I do wear my Vinny Castilla GU BP Hat (stretch fit) and my GU (actually Game Worn) Jason Hirsh 2007 WS hat (Sz 7 5/8) because I have $11.00 into the Castilla (it was already missing the button from the crown when I got it) plus my time to get it signed - and I have $25 into the Hirsh... $10 cheaper than an off the rack WS hat...

As was stated earlier, it is my choice whether to wear it or not, but I would not wear a potential Museum item.

Like my Yankees KM Pro hat that was very well discussed and debated in another thread - while I am sure it is not a Mantle Gamer, it is a Vintage Yankees KM Pro and I would not wear it due to the fact it is still a VINTAGE piece.

If I sell an item (on eBay or here or wherever), I am very honest about where it came from, LOAs / Letters of Provenance and whether or not I have worn it at all or not.

I personally have no problem buying a GU item that another collector or previous owner has worn as long as it has been documented and LOAs / COAs / etc are provided.

That said, I'll ask a different question here - because I have been on both ends of this 'conundrum'... would you buy a GU piece that has a SCANNED copy of the LOA as Provenance?

Before you answer - here is why I ask. I do own a 2003 Brian Banks GU Black Marlins Jersey (the LOA was a Color Copy - supposedly because the 'no namers' were sold in a bulk lot)... I have since verified the Jersey as Authentic (I only have $35 into it) but it is being transformed into a Josh Beckett 2003 WS jersey (for display ONLY) as I already have a #2 signed by Beckett, so I wasn't too concerned about that LOA.

BUT, I have (and have had) a LOT of GU Rockies jerseys over the years and I got into the habit of SCANNING all of my LOAs / COAs for insurance purposes in case of a fire/flood, etc... welllllll, a couple of years ago I was working on some stuff in the basement and left a file box on the floor while we went to dinner. Came home and a pipe had burst - not real deep water or real bad flooding - and had soaked the file box and some of my COAs / LOAs (I now put them all in Top Loaders and Plastic bags)... like most teams, the Rockies are 'unable to verify subsequent sales to 3rd parties' and therefore, can not and will not replace the destroyed COAs / LOAs.

I have scans for the items thats COAs were destroyed (the one that hurt the most was the Original for my walker jersey).

I would have to guess that like most things in this hobby you would have to make you own decision based on eBay feedback/ratings, other baords, etc.

I would be interested to hear opinions on this....

Also, what about Jerseys taht do not come with COAs/LOAs??? Example is my Garrett Atkins jersey. On the last day of the 2004 Season, the Sky Sox sold all the 'Stars and Stripes' jerseys in the team dugout store but they only took the names of the buyers in a spiral notebook... thoughts?

- Chris

[jetersbatboy]

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Man, you guys that wear out you GU jersey are sick!!!!! Leave them in the display where they belong!!! I am out here, going to take my Ichiro GU bat down to the batting cages and hit balls!!! Yea Right, No way in hell I would do that.

I Really think if you bought it, its yours to do as you please...But wearing it wouldn't be my cup of tea.... FLAUNT IT IF YOU GOT IT!!!!

[dcgreg25]

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Personally, I never wear any of my game used jerseys from my collection....just never really had the urge to. I guess I could see wearing something that you pick up at a fanfest on a rack of common jerseys with NNOB, etc.

At the end of the day, its your jersey, its your call. However, I do cringe when I think of someone slipping on a high-end game used jersey of my favorite player and wearing it to the game or the mall. I think it has something to do with how much I enjoy my collection and the level of care I put into my jerseys. Not saying what anybody else should or shouldn't do, just my opinion and how I handle my jerseys.

[Mr.3000]

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You guys should list your email and Ebay user name so that I will never buy jerseys from you guys.

THANK YOU.

I'm glad to see who does and who doesn't do this. I'll be sure to never buy a game used item from those who believe it's ok to wear their game used stuff.