Always ask questions.

First, make sure it has the rectangular Majestic tag on the lower front part of the jersey.

Also, to be really sure that a jersey is legit, you have to look at the washing tag on the inner part of the jersey. There should be a 4-digit code on it in blue ink, which should have "6200". That is the code used for authentic legit jerseys.

Each bat is $75. Priority mail shipping w/delivery confirmation is INCLUDED. Each bat comes with a LOA from Steiner Sports. Additional pictures are available per request



Maroon Easton (black handle). HEAVY pounded use - Broken - Lots of pine tar - "15" written in gold on the knob and end of the barrel - Ball marks everywhere - A couple cleat marks





Black Louisville Slugger M9 - MLB Authenticated - Cracked on 6/8/07 - Good amount of pine tar - Leather was literally hit off the ball - Comes with video of Furcal cracking the bat - DEEP seam impressions - Rack marks





Blonde Easton - Uncracked - Custom tape job applied by Furcal - "15" written on both the knob and end of the barrel - Light pine tar - Rack marks






Blonde Louisville Slugger - Uncracked - Custom tape job applied by Furcal - "15" written on both theknob and end of the barrel - Light pine tar - Wood coming off the back part of the barrel - Good use on the front part of the barrel

For those who would like to send offers, I have placed the pants on eBay with the Best Offer option:


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=250300240526

I have available a PHOTOMATCHED pair of unwashed pants, worn by Brandon Inge on July 26th, 2008 when the Detroit Tigers and Chicago White Sox wore Negro League uniforms. It has been photomatched to video screenshots from the game. The dirt came from when he was tagged out at second off a grounder from Curtis Granderson. Inge played the whole game behind the plate and also went 1-for-4. These pants were purchased directly from the Tigers and come with an LOA from Ball Park Heroes. My asking price is $85 which includes Priority Mail with delivery confirmation. The buyer will also recieve a few 4x6 photomatched pictures which will be sent along with the pants. PLMK if you're interested































VIDEO MATCH OF INGE SLIDING INTO 2nd WHICH GOT THE DIRT ON THE PANTS (click to view):



























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I've been through the same situation before........over the summer I was leaving for NYC for the All Star Game festivities, and I stopped at the Braves Clubhouse Store to pick up some game worn jerseys that I had already purchased a week earlier directly from the Braves via their e-mail game used list. When I got there, they had JUST laid out a TON of game worn BP jerseys for $25 each. They also had game worn HOME bat boy jerseys. I only had about $250 on me, and that was for my 3-week vacation to New York...so I couldn't just waste every bit of it then not have money for NYC. So I did the smart thing.....I only bought 1 jersey....an Octavio Dotel BP jersey...then resold it for $75 a day later....making a nice profit and even more money for NYC

I have for sale MANY high-quality glossy photos of Atlanta Braves and opponents from the 2008 season. 90% of them are Braves though. I have almost every single player available except for a few pitchers. Each picture is $5 plus shipping. Shipping is $3 for 1-10 photos, $4 for 11-20 photos, $6 for 21-50 photos, and $10 for 50+. Just let me know what player you're looking for and I'll send samples of every picture I have available.















These pictures look AMAZING when signed. I've had 2 of these pictures signed in the past few weeks and here are examples:

I have tons of unsigned photos for sale. ALL are from the 2008 season.

Prices:

8x10: $6 shipped
5x7: $3 shipped
4x6: $2.50 shipped


PLMK if you would like to see a scan of any image!! I have multiple images for each player available!




Atlanta Braves:

Brayan Pena
Chipper Jones
Corky Miller
Gregor Blanco
Jeff Francoeur
Mark Kotsay
Mark Teixeira
Martin Prado
Matt Diaz
Ruben Gotay
Kelly Johnson
Rafael Soriano
Yunel Escobar


Other Teams:
Felipe Lopez (Nationals)
Ryan Zimmerman (Nationals)
Rafael Furcal (Dodgers)
Andruw Jones (Dodgers)
Juan Pierre (Dodgers)
Andre Ethier (Dodgers)
Joey Votto (Reds)
Brandon Phillips (Reds)
Ryan Freel (Reds)
David Wright (Mets)
Jose Reyes (Mets)



More to be added soon!

Price dropped to $25 shipped

I think it's ridiculous that Black Betsy was relisted atleast 5 times already, and on the 6th/7th (whatever time they're at now), they actually RAISE the price up $200,000.

I've felt like that tons of times, and all my friends try to push me towards selling my collection, asking why I want jerseys worn by old sweaty men when I can have thousands of dollars ....I don't care though, I just ignore them and enjoy my collection and the hobby I love.

I have for sale some memorabilia from Cinergy Field (Reds,Bengals). The first piece is a 6x6 piece of turf, and the second piece is a 12x12 piece of net. Comes with a COA from the wrecking company that tore down Cinergy. Price is $35 shipped

Jaderock---I just spent the past 2 hours making a new page on my site for all the MLB fakes from Lampson...it's a much bigger list:

http://gameused.webs.com/stayawayfromlampson.htm

Well I actually would've NEVER known that jersey was fake since the only type of jerseys I consder myself as well-knowledged about is Atlanta Braves jerseys. I had heard that info about the Pujols jersey from a Cardinals expert who noticed everything that was wrong with that jersey. There's many ways you can tell if an MLB jersey is real or fake, but it all depends with the team and player. Each MLB team has certain tagging and certain players have certain customizations to their equipment. Everybody who wants to collect game used memorabilia HAS to learn these things if they want to know what is real and what is fake. I first started collecting game used 2 years ago, and I'm actually still learning more today about how to tell what is real from what is fake. But I personally like to be safe with everything I purchase, and 99% of my collection came from either the team directly or the players' marketing companies so I can buy direct from the players.

lol well there's PLENTY more where that came from. Lampson is best known for working with Historic Auctions and American Memorabilia (and a few others). Very rarely will these two companies respond to messages or pull auctions that are eventually found to be fake.
Last month, I bought a pair of Sammy Sosa homerun batting gloves from Historic Auctions, and it was going to come with Lampson's LOA. I made a post on GUF asking how I should destroy it (burn it or blow it up). Historic Auctions must've seen the post because when I got the gloves in the mail, it was missing the Lampson LOA

I can show a TON of proof....here is just a few of the many posts about Lampson on Game Used Universe:


Fake Gregg Jeffries jersey authenticated by Lampson:

http://www.gameuseduniverse.com/vb_forum/s...?t=13116&page=2


Fake Wade Boggs jersey with numbers on front of jersey (not supposed to be there) authenticated by Lampson:

http://www.gameuseduniverse.com/vb_forum/s...ead.php?t=12489


More info on the fakes authenticated by Lampson:

http://www.gameuseduniverse.com/vb_forum/s...ad.php?t=12517n


Peyton Manning jersey w/o short sleeves authenticated by Lampson:

http://www.gameuseduniverse.com/vb_forum/s...ead.php?t=12409


Fake Scott Rolen & Mike Piazza jerseys with the "0062" wash code sewn on top of seam instead of inside of seam:

http://www.gameuseduniverse.com/vb_forum/s...ead.php?t=11939

...and here's a random quote from a forum member about Lampson and the 0062 washing tags:

"The 0062 is the pro code for game used jerseys, but keep in mind Lou Lampson will issue a cert for ANY jersey that has this code, no matter if its sewn on top of the seam or any other specifics of the shirt. Personally if Lou authenticated it, I dont want it."


Fake Dan Marino jersey authenticated by Lampson:

http://www.gameuseduniverse.com/vb_forum/s...ead.php?t=11549


Manny Ramirez game worn ROAD jersey signed and dated on a day that the Red Sox were at HOME. Plus the date tag is a YEAR OFF (a 2006 jersey, which was authenticated as being worn in 2007):

http://www.gameuseduniverse.com/vb_forum/s...ead.php?t=12013


Here is a game worn helmet, authenticated by Lampson as being used by Buddy Groom, who was LEFT-HANDED, when the helmet is for a RIGHT-HANDED batter!

http://www.gameuseduniverse.com/vb_forum/s...ead.php?t=11678


..and here is a post I made myself, where Lampson authenticated a pair of Andruw Jones 2000 All Star Game cleats, which were really just worn during the regular season:

http://www.gameuseduniverse.com/vb_forum/s...ead.php?t=12143


and possibly one of the biggest of all of Lampson's frauds: A UNC shooting shirt which was altered to become a Michael Jordan shooting shirt. Originally with "SMITH" on the back, someone altered it to have "JORDAN" and Lampson didn't even check to see if it was altered:

http://www.gameuseduniverse.com/vb_forum/s...ead.php?t=10128


A dumb mistake by Lampson, not knowing the difference between a 1999 and 2000 MLB jersey, which is really obvious since 2000 MLB jerseys have the MLB logo and 1999 jerseys do not:

http://www.gameuseduniverse.com/vb_forum/s...ead.php?t=11534


The same mistake with the MLB logos by Lampson:

http://www.gameuseduniverse.com/vb_forum/s...ead.php?t=11377


Fake Bo Jackson Score Board jersey w/Lampson authentication:

http://www.gameuseduniverse.com/vb_forum/s...ead.php?t=10367


Fake Griffey Jr. jersey with the nameplate completely wrong. Griffey never wore a jersey with "GRIFFEY JR" yet this one does have that nameplate and Lampson deemed it as authentic:

http://www.gameuseduniverse.com/vb_forum/s...ead.php?t=10005



Fake tagging on a Vlad jersey, authenticated by Lampson:

http://www.gameuseduniverse.com/vb_forum/s...ead.php?t=10019


Fake Mike Schmidt jacket authenticated by Lampson:

http://www.gameuseduniverse.com/vb_forum/s...read.php?t=7318



This list goes on and on and on and on. There are so many more posts on GUF about Lampson and all his fakes that he is authenticating.

http://www.allauthentic.com/index.php?act=...ils&item_id=630



Here's a link to video of a Pujols jersey being cut up, then offered for sale in a huge matted piece for $200. Only problem is, is that the jersey they cut up is fake. Here's the problems:

All 2006 Pujols jerseys have a straight hem

All 2006 Cardinals jersey have a year tag sewn to the majestic tag

The alignment of the "5" with the nameplate is off


All of these mistakes were noted by Cardinals jersey expert, Jeff Scott (www.birdbats.com)

Just a warning to collector's to watch out for this one

What I DON'T like about my hobby: AUTHENTICATORS


Whether it's for autographs, or game used memorabilia, I do not trust authenticator's one bit. There is only 1 authentication team that I trust, which is MEARS. There are many frauds out there....I mean authenticators, making so many mistakes. The biggest fraud in this hobby is LOU LAMPSON. I NEVER buy anything with his LOA. He is known to have authenticated HUNDREDS of fakes and nobody trusts him besides newbies that don't know about him yet. He makes the most dumbest mistakes I have ever seen and he will purposly authenticate an item JUST to keep the authentication fee.

For my hobby of game used memorabilia, what I enjoy most about it is the fact that you can simply get that piece of the game in your hands, PLUS fakes are harder to come by now. Wayyyy back then, there were Score Board jerseys which were made to have Set tags just like major league jerseys, and nobody knew if the jersey they had was game used or a replica scoreboard. Now, we have all these marketing companies so we can get game used direct from the players, plus there's MLB authentication, Steiner, MeiGray, etc.

Also, I LOVE photomatches. I'm known on another website as the "photomatch king" (as they say) since I've been able to find photomatches for my memorabilia from the most smallest things like loose stitches and tiny itty bitty marks. I'm very specific with my photomatches. ###### I love this hobby

If I were to choose, I'd prefer GAME used, ofcoarse, if I were to still collect cards. For example: Last year I purchased a George Lombard "game" worn jersey from the Braves. The tagging was from 2002, but Lombard was on the bench all that year, not 1 game played until he went to the Tigers, so I sold it right away. Since it wasn't actually worn IN a game, then it made it seem pretty boring.

I'm not sure if they're people in stations like you said, but I did take apart a few jersey and bat cards before, and they're usually like 3-4 layers and the memorabilia piece is on a little sticker so no glue is involved......it looks as if they just stick it right on there and piece the card together.

It's most likely from his All-Star Work-Out jersey from 2005. Card companies don't cut up the All-Star Game jerseys....either the player keeps them or they're out there in the collector world, but all the card companies get is the jersey from the players' work-out day, which is like 2 days I believe before the All-Star Game, and they'll wear them during the Homerun Derby. A lot of these companies are stupid though because they try to make them seem like they really do come from the All Star Game jerseys, and also they sometimes buy the issued jerseys that the players' are given extra, and they'll call them "game used" and slice them up when they weren't even worn at all.

Ball has sold

Miguel Tejada signed OML baseball (sweet spot) for sale - $25 shipped. Signature and ball in great condition. PSA/DNA sticker on ball and COA included. Need to sell this by Saturday via paypal; PLMK if you're interested.

Ever since 2005, I've been going to Braves games 5 hours early to meet players in the player-parking-lot so I've met plenty of players:


The nicest:

Blaine Boyer: Always signed and conversated with everybody. He signed so much, that one morning, he came over to sign, and nobody needed his autograph cuz everybody already had it!

Jeff Francoeur: He's very friendly and will sign for as many as possible. He's also very nice when it comes to pictures.

Bobby Cox: He signs literally every single morning when he arrives at Turner Field, and he'll sign for every single person there. He also conversates with fans about the team and things like that.

Tim Hudson: He'll sign a lot more than what you may think. He may not conversate with fans, but he'll still make sure everyone has an autograph.

Frank Thomas (the original one): He was a really nice guy when I met him about 3 years ago. He signed my picture, inscribed it to me with "Best Wishes", and I talked to him for a few minutes and he told me a story about how when he, Hank Aaron, Eddie Matthews, and Joe Adcock hit back-to-back-to-back-to-back homeruns in 1961.

Glenn Hubbard: He signs every single game and for every single person

John Smoltz: Twice a year, Smoltz will hold a canned food drive, where you donate 20 cans, and you get one autograph. Other than that though, he doesn't sign at all. But that's the main reason why thousands always come for the food drive.


Not so nice:

Andruw Jones: He won't sign for nothing! I've been waiting 2 years to have him sign my 2005 Braves team-signed banner, and I'm still missing his signature to this day. He was scheduled to appear at the 2007 Braves Fanfest, which I arrived 2 hours early to come meet him, and he ended up not showing up, just so he could make it early to the Super Bowl. What a jerk

Mike Hampton: I have never even once seen this guy sign an autograph while in a Braves uniform.

Don't have any fatheads yet, but I still have my Chipper Jones and Derek Jeter Steiner Standees from years ago