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Originally Posted by Topnotchsy
In the 2000's, the card companies cut up some incredible jerseys from Ruth, Jackie Robinson, Gehrig etc. I collect the 'game used cards' that they made, but still, that is hard for me to stomach. I don't believe any card company has cut up a significant jersey in 15+ years (though I may have overlooked one).
I feel far less strongly about pants and almost feel like they are the perfect compromise. They don't have much presentation value whole (which is why they sell for a tiny fraction of what the jerseys sell for) and in a card, they look the same.
I do think it is amazing that one can own a card with a small piece of Babe Ruth or Lou Gehrig or Jackie Robinson's jersey for a few hundred dollars.
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I could never own a Jackie Robinson uniform, but I can own a piece of it, and that's amazing to me.
If it were kept intact I'd be unlikely to see it anyway -- it would probably be in a private collection, or at some obscure museum somewhere.
It makes me sad to think they're being cut up but makes me happy that I can own pieces of these things, and as long as there are SOME preserved I don't see the need to preserve ALL of them. (What's the difference between these Gehrig pants and the ones that are inevitably at the HOF?)