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Originally Posted by MooseDog
Back then uniforms were used and reused sometimes for many years. It is certainly possible that that particular jersey at one could have been worn by Clemente, but as with autographs, why would you want it in your collection? It's like having an autographed baseball of Babe Ruth where you can barely make out the signature because it's so faded.
To me a piece like this, even if real, is looking for the greatest fool. Whomever buys it is only hoping to sell it for a profit until the last fool gets stuck with it.
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I disagree. Finding an iron clad Clemente flannel with provenance would be preferable but as jerseys from this era were typically passed down for continued use in the minors after MLB use, locating a flannel with evidence of being originally worn by any player that you may collect is difficult to say the least. A star player such as Clemente would certainly command big $ and as such, more scrutiny for a buyer to feel comfortable with its history however.
The O/P raises a great question about the fabric numbering that hasn't been addressed. I would want to inspect the jersey in hand before dropping $10K on it, but possible restoration doesn't rule out this having once being on Roberto's back.