I remember back before Fleer went bankrupt they purchased the oldest authenticated Babe Ruth jersey and used it for cards. They said at the time that by making cards out of it more people would be able to see it than if it was in a private collection. It had to be the dumbest thing I had ever read at the time and thought they should have donated it to the Hall of Fame or even displayed it somewhere like Yankee Stadium.
I currently have cards that claim to have pieces of Honus Wagner's pants and Sam Crawford's bat. There is no way to prove it one way or the other but if it is true it is a shame that the card companies did that with any of the prewar materials.
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