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Originally Posted by Orioles1954
Some people will ramble on about it defacing history, etc. I'd rather have a collector have a swatch than some museum or a multi-gazallionaire have the whole piece. That's just my opinion though.
Edited to add: The biggest issue with some of these pieces is that there is no way to verify authenticity.
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I generally agree with James on this with the exception being extremely important pieces of history being destroyed. There are several Ruth bats or things like that so I guess I am somewhat okay with that but a few years back they destroyed George’s Vezina’s Goalie pads (I believe the only existing set).
Jerseys of today’s players and even those dating back a bit I have no issue with whatsoever. Also if the jersey being cut was damaged then absolutely go ahead and trim away. I see the enjoyment that people get from having the relics, I sometimes catch my son getting our modern cards out and just touching the little relics. He loves Ken Griffey Jr and can’t get over that he is touching a piece of his jersey, hat, batting glove or bat!