JoSports did you misspeak???? How many Sanchez jerseys are there???

[sox83cubs84]

Re: JoSports did you misspeak???? How many Sanchez jerseys are there???

War and Peace was shorter than this thread.

I don't like to point fingers, but at this point I believe this is all Obama's fault and I'm willling to move on.

Obama just said he blames Bush.

Dave M.
Chicago area

[both-teams-played-hard]

Re: JoSports did you misspeak???? How many Sanchez jerseys are there???

Obama just said he blames Bush.

Dave M.
Chicago area

The constant back-handed political comments are destroying this forum. For the love of Ronald Reagan, can we please keep this whole fuckin' forum on topic? GAME USED SPORTS MEMORABILIA...PLEASE?

[suicide_squeeze]

Re: JoSports did you misspeak???? How many Sanchez jerseys are there???

Hi eveybody,

I double-checked with my lead authenticator, Stu Oxenhorn, who spearheads our photo-matching and authentication services and works closely with Getty Images.

He told me why we don't post the photo-matches: We are prohibited from doing so. Our contract with Getty permits us to offer a Getty Image as a photographic LOA only as part of an authentication process. In fact, if we were asked to make a copy of the photo without the LOA-type information, just as a glossy 8 X 10, we could not. And we could not send the digital photo in downloaded form to anybody, we can only use it for our research/authentication purposes.

We do appreciate the suggestion of improving our descriptions for photo-matched (and in some cases, non photo-matched) jerseys. We'll work on that. Thanks for the feedback.

And a suggestion: Let's please keep the debate constructive, not vitriolic. Constructive criticism, no matter to whom it is pointed, is better for the hobby.

Barry

What? And take away our FUN????

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Re: JoSports did you misspeak???? How many Sanchez jerseys are there???

I can't ever remember reading any post here where it elicited a song in my head like this one.....

For the past half an hour, AC/DC's "Big BALLS" just keeps ringing through my brain.....

[chakes89]

Re: JoSports did you misspeak???? How many Sanchez jerseys are there???

The constant back-handed political comments are destroying this forum

No they aren't,

Stupid people with too much free time on their hands are destroying the board

[Lokee]

Re: JoSports did you misspeak???? How many Sanchez jerseys are there???

No they aren't,

Stupid people with too much free time on their hands are destroying the board

AMEN

[kingjammy24]

Re: JoSports did you misspeak???? How many Sanchez jerseys are there???

All you would have to do in the auction listing is say the item is photomatched by getty photo #11110002222.

Quite simple really....

nate, agreed. good idea. question though..do you think that'd be enough? that is, some photomatches are a little "subtle"/tricky. its not always apparent what exactly is being referred to or matched. lets say you've got a photo of lebron driving to the basket. the match may be 2 thread hanging off the letter "C" on his jersey. many might not immediately realize what exactly was being matched upon seeing the photo. in lieu of being able to post a photo, i think what might be ideal is to reference the exact image and source but also include a short description of the match itself. eg: "2, quarter-sized blood stains to the left of the nameplate".

sort of like in this meigray description: http://www.meigray.com/edealinv/serv...063&scId=11063

rudy.

[Dewey2007]

Re: JoSports did you misspeak???? How many Sanchez jerseys are there???

Here goes a Meigray listing of a Joe Montana jersey that utilizes a pic well to show you the photomatch and they did it within an 8 picture limit that GUU is working with due to their software limitations.

http://www.meigray.com/edealinv/servlet/ExecMacro?nurl=control/StoreItem.vm&ctl_nbr=2381&siId=2142223&catLevel=1&scLevel=1&thisCatLevel=&oldParentID=4210&catParentID=4453&scId=4453

[kingjammy24]

Re: JoSports did you misspeak???? How many Sanchez jerseys are there???

Here goes a Meigray listing of a Joe Montana jersey that utilizes a pic well to show you the photomatch and they did it within an 8 picture limit that GUU is working with due to their software limitations.

http://www.meigray.com/edealinv/serv...4453&scId=4453

nicely done. 8 pics is more than enough. they even managed to show the 49ers letter AND the montana autograph. front, back, and tagging was shown. and of course, the photomatch. to be honest, i think this will become more of an issue in the near future as photomatching becomes more of an expectation than a bonus. i know some collectors have said they would not buy a jersey unless it were photomatched. you look at what collectors are doing these days with screenshots from mlb.tv and taking their high-res photos at ballgames and i think photomatching is only going to increase and become more of a requirement for many. how auction houses deal with this is important. saying a piece is photomatched and not showing a pic, giving any details as to the specific match, or mentioning the exact photo and location isn't going to cut it.

obviously, there are other sources than getty and it may be entirely legal to post those. if an auction house, for example, finds a stunning photomatch from mlb.tv, could they take a screenshot and post it? what if they found one in an old program or yearbook? should be interesting to see how it all unfolds.

rudy.