There are many issues with this jersey. Most glaring one is the numbers are made of "glacier twill" material that started appearing on Mets jerseys after the 1995 season. The numbers are also placed incorrectly and are of the wrong size. The tagging is wrong too.

I also understand that this jersey was consigned to Paragon auctions and pulled subsequently.

The photos on ebay are poor quality; almost so that you cannot tell that the numbers are wrong material. I wrote to the seller to ask for better photos of the numbers, and no photos were ever sent.

I can't believe that the bidding is up to nearly $2000 -- and with 51 PRIVATE bids.