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08-16-2007, 05:35 PM #1
"Game Used" Card Swatches
I was just wondering if anyone else has ever wondered if all of the swatches are junk!!! I'm not a fan of cutting up jerseys (or any other item except perhaps a floor/base/etc) for cards.
Perhaps some of our experts can fill me in. I've always heard that All-Star athletes get 2 batting practice/warm up jerseys. One they wear and the other is auctioned for charity. Is that correct?
Well here is one that should throw up red flags if that is the case. Which would be the actual game worn jersey. . .the one that is chopped up or the one that just closed on mlb.com. I would put my money on the mlb.com one. (Peavy wasn't in the 2004 game).
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08-16-2007, 07:55 PM #2
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that card actually says 'all star workout jersey' on the front so its not really game used.
whats incredible to me is how some of these game used cards actually sell for more than what full gu bats and jerseys sell for. i dont get the appeal at all
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08-16-2007, 08:00 PM #3
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I'm with you, I don't understand the price they go for. But I suppose if I was still into cards, I'd think they were pretty sweet.
How about the Mother Teresa card on ebay.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWA:IT&ih=013
It makes me want to take my Mother Teresa autograph, make a 1/1 card for it, and send it into Beckett.
About the Peavy, don't you think "all star work out shirt" and "batting practice jersey" are the same thing. I tend to think they are considering they both appear to be made out of the same material."We need rebirth of the American tradition of leadership ... in private life as well." "'Trust me' government asks that we concentrate our hopes and dreams on one man; that we trust him to do what's best for us. My view of government places trust not in one person or one party, but in those values that transcend persons and parties. The trust is where it belongs--in the people." - Ronald Reagan"
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08-17-2007, 06:53 AM #4
Re: "Game Used" Card Swatches
cut autographs make just as little sense to me as well- you can get a nice index card of joe dimaggio for $100. buy a cut auto and suddenly it's a thousand dollar card. and some of these cuts are other cards themselves!
id guess batting practice jersey and workout jersey are probably the same. of course, it could just as easily mean that topps had peavy put on a jersey, do a few situps, and then ran off to cut it up for the cards.
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08-17-2007, 07:02 AM #5
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Re: "Game Used" Card Swatches
I've seen some messed up stuff with the jersey cards. Most recently I saw a Jimmy Smith patch card that was clearly material from a Patriots jersey. Explain that one!
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08-17-2007, 09:17 AM #6
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I have no reason to believe that card companies intentionally put non game used stuff in cards that are supposed to be game used, but I wonder how many mistakes they make. After all, once a jersey is cut up and put in cards, it's extremely difficult to determine if it's legit. Who's to question them at that point?
In the end, I believe these cards are less about the items supposedly contained in them (the above examples of the cut signatures illustrates this) than about the card collectors mentality to pursue rarity or to get as complete a set as possible.
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01-15-2008, 10:59 PM #7
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I know what you're saying about the cards. I made enough enough money selling my g/u card collection to buy whole game-used stuff.
People will tell you (or at least they've told me) that cards are far easier to store and display. And to be honest, I love the photography, and full game-used items don't have pictures on them.
But hey, to each his/her own.