Babe Ruth jersey set an auction record, now what?

[Topnotchsy]

Originally Posted by fkm_bky

It was probably purchased by some shiny card manufacturer so it can be cut up in to hundreds of "patches" to be sold to the minions of those who have no regard for history or preservation of relics. Lord, I really hope I'm wrong, but nothing would surprise me these days.

Bill

No chance. To the best of my knowledge, none of the card companies have cut up a real significant jersey in over a decade. They've taken to cutting up pants and bats, likely mostly because the price of the items has become so expensive, but also possibly because they recognize the damage in the destruction of these items.

(For players like Ruth, Koufax, Mantle etc, you can see many of the items are now labeled as not being from their MLB playing days as this has been the direction things have moved. This won't put the cut up pieces back together, but I believe that that era has passed.)

[Bryzz02016]

Originally Posted by Topnotchsy

No chance. To the best of my knowledge, none of the card companies have cut up a real significant jersey in over a decade. They've taken to cutting up pants and bats, likely mostly because the price of the items has become so expensive, but also possibly because they recognize the damage in the destruction of these items.

(For players like Ruth, Koufax, Mantle etc, you can see many of the items are now labeled as not being from their MLB playing days as this has been the direction things have moved. This won't put the cut up pieces back together, but I believe that that era has passed.)

You are right ! Especially in football. Where they use cheap "event worn" or "player used" pieces. One of the main reasons I moved over here to vintage.