Historic Auctions Emmitt Smith

[Eric]

Question for Cowboys fans-

The new Historic Auctions offering has a listing for a 2002 "Emmitt Smith Game Used Jersey"

The jersey features one blue stripe on each sleeve.

The #22 on seems to be a skinnier style to my eye positioned lower on the jersey

And, there's a white section below the nfl shield i am not familiar with

The auction describes it as "This size 50 road jersey was used by all time rushing leader Emmitt Smith in the 2002 season. The jersey shows good to moderate use including heavy rubbing under the arms and around the neckline. This jersey is completely original with no alterations of any kind."

I'm used to seeing white Cowboys jerseys looking like this game photo from 2002-

http://cache.gettyimages.com/xc/1686927.jpg?v=1&c=NewsMaker&k=2&d=17A4AD9FDB9CF1939057D9939C83F10650CD958C8A9F225B E30A760B0D811297
Can anyone point me to game photos of Cowboys jerseys that look like the one being auctioned?

I would post a link to the auction listing, but Historic Auctions has banned any link from this forum.
Thanks
Eric

[Eric]

The Historic Emmitt Smith with Lampson letter is back. Has anyone seen this style jersey on a Cowboys jersey before? I have been trying to find a photo.

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It's interesting to see the kind of insight the hobby's leading expert puts into his LOA's. WOW. I mean, I'm in awe to be reading that kind of detail.

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http://cgi.ebay.com/EMMITT-SMITH-GAME-USED-2002-COWBOYS-JERSEY-LAMPSON_W0QQitemZ220227449514QQihZ012QQcategoryZ86 829QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[jayt1234]

I have one from the 2002 season:

http://i6.ebayimg.com/04/i/000/e3/9e/b41e_12.JPG
http://i22.ebayimg.com/08/i/000/e3/9e/b529_12.JPG

A few of the Cowboys lineman do wear jersey's with this type sleeve coming out of the body, and with only one stripe, but I have never seen a running back with this type of jersey. The tie down eyelet under the NFL shield is also something almost all Cowboys jersey's have and the use it to tied the shirts to the shoulder pads.

The thing with this jersey is that a ton of these game issued blank lineman jersey's were sold directly by the Cowboys. I heard some one bought over one hundred of them, and they still surface on Ebay from time to time. I am no expert on NFL jersey's by any means, but I am a life long Cowboys fan and they do have some unique features on some of there equipment. I would be suprised to see a photo surface of Emmitt wearing this style of jersey, but I suppose it is possible

Jay

[jayt1234]

Here is one from December of 02 with Emmitt and a lineman with the one strip on the sleeve.
http://cache1.asset-cache.net/xc/1804253.jpg?v=1&c=NewsMaker&k=2&d=17A4AD9FDB9CF1939057D9939C83F1061C308FA0A48A3694 E30A760B0D811297
Emmitt from the same game.
http://cache2.asset-cache.net/xc/1804248.jpg?v=1&c=NewsMaker&k=2&d=17A4AD9FDB9CF1939057D9939C83F10681EB4BA6D2701117 E30A760B0D811297
More 02 Lineman (one with the front tied down).
http://cache3.asset-cache.net/xc/1686930.jpg?v=1&c=NewsMaker&k=2&d=17A4AD9FDB9CF1939057D9939C83F106504B037BD16C5525 E30A760B0D811297
http://cache1.asset-cache.net/xc/1686932.jpg?v=1&c=NewsMaker&k=2&d=17A4AD9FDB9CF1939057D9939C83F10690878AD26C71D28D E30A760B0D811297
Emmitt from October 02
http://cache2.asset-cache.net/xc/1551245.jpg?v=1&c=NewsMaker&k=2&d=17A4AD9FDB9CF1939057D9939C83F106412E2A888F9D0ECD E30A760B0D811297

Could not find one photo of Emmitt in that style of jersey.

Jay

[Eric]

Are the #2's too skinny on the jersey being sold?

[jayt1234]

And I am sure it is just the angle of the photo, but the right front #2 seems different than the other. Unless someone quickly viewed a photo with one of his sleeves bunced up (which I saw a few of, but quickly saw the other srtipe present) I would not think this is even close in my opinion.

Jay

[jayt1234]

http://www.gameuseduniverse.com/vb_forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=13219&d=1208957699

If you look at the size of the unfinished square the upper portion of the two #2's make the right one seems much smaller. Again could be just the angle or how it is sitting.

Jay

[nyjetsfan14]

Awesome info, thanks and great work Jay! Somebody had an idea when they bought the blank lineman jerseys I guess.

[Eric]

But seriously, what about the (lack of) detail in the LOA?

[grandpahoo]

But seriously, what about the (lack of) detail in the LOA?

"Heavy rubbing"? I'm not sure I want any more details.

[lund6771]

"Heavy rubbing"? I'm not sure I want any more details.

Maybe Emmit's armpits really were itching that day? :eek:

What a joke

[NFLJerseyCollector]

Damn, when will this ever stop,
i mean seeing not actual game-worn jersey being auction off as game-worn or even getting a blank jersey like the one here and putting a player name like Emmitt Smith on it, wrong style jersey-cut, wrong style number and letter font, and sometime even wrong size, even the placement of the #22 is off from the real game-jersey, and what gets me mad even more is that auction houses like Historic auction are letting them go on auction instead of rejecting them and sending it back to the consignors.

[aeneas01]

could it be that lou got it right....

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y238/aeneas1/sub/es1.jpg

no such luck - the second stripe is actually hidden by smith's shoulder pad in this shot.

[worldchamps]

You would not believe the amount of game tagged blank jerseys the Cowboys had at the last equipment sale. Hundreds!!! I see these sell on ebay from $40-80 each....now I am seeing the same seller have "game-issued" going for $200-300.