Possible Thurman Munson's 1977 World Series Jersey

[Ollie]

Re: Possible Thurman Munson's 1977 World Series Jersey

What an absolute beauty. Would love to own something like that one day! Congrats to the lucky, lucky owner! Makes me want to pull out my 77 WS DVD set and watch it all over again.

Quick slightly related question. The jersey thats hanging in Munson's locker in the Yankee Stadium Museum, is it game used and does anyone know from where?

[yanks12025]

Re: Possible Thurman Munson's 1977 World Series Jersey

Scott,

I'm pretty sure this is the real deal considering the owner has owned it since 1985 plus it's photo-matched.

[trsent]

Re: Possible Thurman Munson's 1977 World Series Jersey

Scott,

I'm pretty sure this is the real deal considering the owner has owned it since 1985 plus it's photo-matched.

I owned a cool Thurman Munson autographed full letter to a kid since 1981 and no 3rd party authenticator will pass it. Time doesn't make an item genuine.

I'm guessing Scott will see this jersey in person and can help determine more about it from sight and feel than anyone else.

[onefiver]

Re: Possible Thurman Munson's 1977 World Series Jersey

also wondering why theres no champagne stains. but the clean name tag is a red flag obviously. what would the point be for adding it?

[onefiver]

Re: Possible Thurman Munson's 1977 World Series Jersey

What was the final verdict?

[jshortt]

Re: Possible Thurman Munson's 1977 World Series Jersey

Why is the collar heavily sweat-stained, but the Munson nametag is not at all? They are both knit material.
I would think that should be consistent in staining.

They aren't the same material. The name tag does appear to be poly-knit, but the collar lining of those old Wilson jerseys is a weird cotton type of material. To me, the name tag appears to be the same color as the rest of the poly-knit material on the jersey.

As to why there are no champagne stains on the jersey, if it was laundered (and most likely was, because nobody cared about "use" on those things way back when), there wouldn't be any, would there?

Not saying this is or isn't the real deal (because I certainly have no idea), just trying to refute some of the incorrect reasoning.

-Josh