Showing posts with label Vintage Sports Cards. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vintage Sports Cards. Show all posts

Sunday, March 18, 2012

Vintage Sports Cards...are these real?

Is this really Jason Kidd's jersey?
I saw another blogger who wrote about this and I found it interesting myself to give my own take on them, Have any of you ever made a purchase for one of these at a retail store? There were 3 sports of them, MLB, NFL and NBA (I don't know if they made an NHL one. never have seen one) and usually were on hangers for around $5. Some of them came with packs and sold for around $20. They feature top players from their respected sports on the outside, but usually the inside gives you a different take.

They come as a frame overall piece that has an embedded card and jersey piece and guarantee that the jersey is authentic. Now they are unique pieces that you can use them like a picture frame and use the backing to stand them up next to your night stand where you and your significant other can appreciate it, but I question whether the jersey is authentic. Yes, they make is seem real with different colored pieces and sometimes a stripe or patch thrown in, but how do we as collectors truly know? Its just a little strange to see a jersey just glued into a picture frame and randomly put there. But, I guess that doesn't mean they are not authentic. Just makes you question it.

And yes, I own a few myself and call them collectibles. They are a different form of jersey card and a different kind of card to own which is why I bought them in the first place, but once I opened up a couple I began to realize that maybe these are not what they are cracked up to be. So, I gave them up. 2 for me is enough.

If any of you have ever purchased one of these, what did you think of them? Do you believe the jersey is authentic?