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Collecting Tips
Please contact us with any comments on these tips or to recommend a future tip! Value Of A Team
Letter 1. Helps verify that the
jersey was obtain via a legitimate source.
2. Teams like the Detroit
Redwings issue a number that matches the jersey and
the letter. These numbers can be verified through
the team and confirm the player and season of the
jersey. Take advantage of this since you would hate
to learn that the Yzerman jersey you just bought
has a certificate that was issued to a $350
jersey.
3. Most letters will indicate
whether the jersey was worn during regular season,
playoffs, or preseason and from what year.
Especially important since most people do not value
preseason jerseys the same as regular or playoff
jerseys. People even value jerseys from different
seasons from the same player differently.
4. If a jersey is missing a
letter that should have had one issued you have to
ask yourself where is the letter now and why is it
missing. If you collect jerseys for the investment
potential you have to ask yourself how easy is it
going to be for me to resell or trade this jersey
without the letter. I always recommend staying away
from jerseys that are missing their appropriate
documentation.
5. However, letters can only
provide so much reassurance. It is always possible
that a real letter accompanies a fake jersey. Also
all to often teams issue letters without
researching their own jerseys and produce letters
for game issued (not worn) jerseys. You always need
to carefully review the jersey to ensure that it is
authenticate or even have another dealer review the
jersey.
1. Dealer letters without any
other form of documentation are the least valuable.
You are depending entirely on the dealer's
reputation that they have done their homework on
the jersey. If you have to depend on a dealers
letter alone look for it to reference how the
jersey was obtained.
2. Dealers like the MeiGray
Group which combine their certificate with the
team's letter truly enhance the value of the team
letter. As I mentioned in the above section teams
all to often issue letters without researching
their jerseys. Having a dealer who knows the hobby
work with the team to authenticate their jerseys is
the best assurance you are getting the real
thing.
3. Remember when you are
considering buying or trading for a jersey that has
a dealer letter from someone other than the
original dealer to contact the dealer who issued
the letter and ask them about the jersey or even
have the jersey sent to them for review.
1. Recently we have seen the
rise of large collections being sold and being made
available to the public. It is nice to see copies
of the agreement or receipt being made available
with individual jerseys. It is not as reassuring as
having an individual letter issued but it does
provide information as to how the jersey was
obtained. This combined with a dealer letter can be
a good assurance of the authenticity but remember
all of the above warnings when considering
obtaining a jersey like this from someone other
that the original dealer.
1. Nothing beats a photo match of the player wearing your jersey but it can
still be difficult to determine what year and
whether it was during the regular season, playoffs,
or preseason.
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