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[suave1477]

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As we said 1990 Darryl Strawberry set 1

4 of them have been noted to be floating around we can be safe to assume 3 of them are Scoreboard!!!

[TNTtoys]

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cbb5 - the middle tag you displayed is identical to my Jefferies 'Scoreboard' jersey

suave1477 - I was clarifying that I am happy that I have a scoreboard jersey and not a fake. By fake, I wasn't meaning 'not game worn' but simply 'not pirated.' I'm happy to know that it was made by Rawlings to the exact spec of the team (textured lettering, etc...unlike the Mitchell and Ness "authentics" which really aren't all that authentic when you get down to the basic materials used) and not a pirated knockoff much like the M&N look-alikes that are cropping up everywhere (and yes, I do mean look-alike in a loosest sense!!). Considering that I paid only $80, I would have paid more than double for a retail authentic and probably would have received lesser quality (for example look at the Majestic retail authentic '86 style Mets thtowbacks that are selling for $189 each)...
No, I didn't get a game issued for dirt cheap, but did get a nice buy on a real Rawlings retail authentic, which isn't half bad.

[suave1477]

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TnT I can agree with you there.

But I do disagree with you about Mitchell and Ness Jerseys as far as the ones I seen in hand compared to what the actual game worns are they are pretty close. Escpecially in comparison to the 1986 Majestic Throwback - The actual style they used is from I beleive 88 and up.

Mitchell and Ness 1986 Mets throwback has the Pinstripes stitched down the Jersey as the Origianl Game Worns did.

Majestic 1986 Mets throwbacks has the Pinstripes printed down as they did in 88 and later.

[TNTtoys]

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Suave - I have about 20 M&Ns in my collection. The jersey material is sometimes different than the original. For example, the Mets 88 BP jersey (usually comes either #16 or #18) is much thinner, as is the racing stripes. Also the Mets 88 Road (usually #4 Dykstra) has different texture tackle twill material letters. The Rawlings retail authentics of the time got it right and were much more accurate than the M&N reproductions.
I agree that M&N makes a quality jersey, but sometimes has the wrong material. That hasn't stopped me from buying them -- I particularly LOVE the 79 Phillies (Tour of Japan) Schmidt, the 81 (cream) Astros Nolan Ryan and the 83 (royal blue alternate) Tom Seaver to name a few...

[suave1477]

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Tnt I have about 10 M&N'S in my collection, I do understand what your saying I beleive I myself have notice 1 mateirial off on a Jersey or 2, but I still think they come the closet with best quality matierials that you can use for those items. When you look at them sitting on a hanger you can see the difference in quality between your average retail Majestic Jersey in a store and a Mitchell & Ness.

[kingjammy24]

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the strawberry jersey that lengthwise originally posted has now shown up in vintage authentics. too bad he didn't post the ebay link. at any rate, the signature and pinstripes confirm it's the same jersey.

http://vintageauthentics.at.truition.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/ProductDisplay?prrfnbr=77250322&prmenbr=57735959&aunbr=77597032

rudy.

[TNTtoys]

Mitchell & Ness (cont.)

Wow... this thread is a blast from the past. I have a couple of new Mitchell and Ness tidbits to share with the forum...

They put out a handful of new jerseys this year. One of which I believe is heads and tails above the rest -- the 1977 Rod Carew Twins blue road jersey. Photos cannot do this one justice -- you need to see it in person to understand what I mean by this jersey is about the best work they have done in a long time. And the beauty is due to the couple of wholesalers that have direct contracts with M&N, you can probably pick up one of these for about 1/3 the price on the website. I literally bought mine for $100 from one of the wholesalers, and was able to get my size with no problem (46). In the past, smaller sizes were very hard to come by if you went the wholesale route -- they were always able to get good money for the 46s, 48s, etc. that they only looked to 'bargain bin' the 52s & higher.

M&N also are starting to make prices a little more reasonable if you buy from their website. Jerseys that were once priced at $300-375 are now in the ballpark of $250. Although they are moving in the right direction, this too is a bit much for the average joe, so they have made another move to reduce prices. They have started the "All Access" club and are offering this to current customers. This enables M&N patrons 50% discounts on select jerseys. For example, an "All Access" member can now buy a 1970s style San Diego Padres jersey on the M&N website for $150.00. This kind of discount applies to a few jerseys at a time (probably ones they have overstocked), and they did tell me that they plan to rotate the jerseys that they are offering the special price with... so the one you might be interested in could go on sale for $150 sometime in the future.
Of course, if you don't want to wait (because it may not happen at all for the one you are interested in), there are other merchants with selling contracts with M&N that offer the same jerseys at anywhere from 20 and 35% savings from the listed price on the website. This might be a good alternative too.