I have learned so much. I am happy to share. One point made by some is that by sharing, one only helps those trying to cheat. I have one of the largest collections of dead ball and pre-war jerseys. I have hired a professional non-baseball curator to conserve and give me her opinion on fake/real/doctored. Honestly, aside from the Halper issue, most of the issues i have had are with uniforms being "improved" with new numbers or piping and then have that not disclosed. I run into people selling "unaltered" often only to find that jersey has modern flannel number. I have seen fakes. I have rejected a few jerseys, or skipped buying when i could not prove to my satisfaction that they are real. At some point, i hope to bring out a book about the collection to share wins and losses with the larger community.
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