Just makes you want to cry...

[Matt]

I missed where it says this is a GU Joe Jax bat? Maybe this is just a store model?

[travrosty]

Here it is

Topps relic room

look away if you cant stomach it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzDa5jgVV-8


wilt chamberlain game used jersey (Philadelphia jersey), Bill Walton game used jersey, jim brown game used jersey, mickey mantle game used jersey, bats of Williams, Mantle, Josh Gibson.

[yanksfan09]

Originally Posted by travrosty

Here it is

Topps relic room

look away if you cant stomach it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzDa5jgVV-8


wilt chamberlain game used jersey (Philadelphia jersey), jim brown game used jersey, mickey mantle game used jersey, bats of Williams, Mantle, Josh Gibson.

I'm feeling nauseous...

[yanksfan09]

There's actually hair cards now! A George Washington hair card is shown at the end. This is so far beyond ridiculous I just have nothing else to say.

[travrosty]

I expected them to run baby bunnies through a wood chipper there at the end.

[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by travrosty

I expected them to run baby bunnies through a wood chipper there at the end.

Your post made me laugh out loud. Good thing I wasn't drinking the glass of milk I just poured.

Doug

[steve B]

I don't mind stuff from current players or recent players where they can just use something for an inning and hand it to the card company rep.

But chopping old stuff bugs me, and bugs me more all the time.

Since Pannini is Italian, I expect to see cards with the bits the crazy guy hacked off the Pieta a few years ago, or maybe chunks of that tower in Pisa.
Or some Maradona jersy bits with a bit of world cup ball thrown in?

Probably not......

And I've really come to hate the lame idea that it's great because a lot of people who can't afford a jersey or bat can have a chance at a tiny bit of one. THANK YOU AGAIN 99%. (Higher theft rates have caused the state to make selling used items very difficult. Selling rebuilt used bicycles was a nice little bonus for me, some of which went towards cards. )

Steve B

[t206hound]

Originally Posted by travrosty

Here it is

Topps relic room

look away if you cant stomach it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzDa5jgVV-8


wilt chamberlain game used jersey (Philadelphia jersey), Bill Walton game used jersey, jim brown game used jersey, mickey mantle game used jersey, bats of Williams, Mantle, Josh Gibson.

At the 3:30 mark the guy actually says that they have game worn pants of "Yogi Bear"... I kid you not.

[travrosty]

He DOES say yogi bear, i didn't catch that before, I didn't know yogi (the bear that is) wore pants. He says it right after he shows us the incredible game worn Jim Brown football jersey they are going to desecrate.

Coming soon, cut up pieces of his picinic basket and cut up pieces of Boo Boo's hide with his nose commanding a premium.

The guy at the end says that he has the coolest job imaginable.

It would be so depressing. I still can't believe they do this.

[drc]

One thing is insert collectors don't like redemption cards, as it can be pain to receive the winning item. I recall modern collectors it might take over a year to get the UD autograph card they won and they sometimes received a substitute card as UD ran out the card the won. Some sometimes felt the substitute was a lesser not equivalent card.

Score used to have redemption insert cards for items like signed baseballs and bats, but that sometimes turned out to be a mess as Score had financial troubles and didn't always supply what was won.

In short, collectors tend to like the won item to be in the pack.

I know they also don't like sticker autographs-- where the player signs a clear sticker that is placed on the insert card. Instead of signing directly on the card. Collectors unflatteringly call them 'band aid autographs.'

[Cardboard Junkie]

Let's just hope they don't cut up a leather johnson!:d

[sylbry]

Originally Posted by Matt

I missed where it says this is a GU Joe Jax bat? Maybe this is just a store model?

That's what I was thinking as well. Who said it was his gamer?

Keep in mind card companies have been buying and inserting fake jerseys and bats into relic cards for some time.

Just another example of people making a buck off of the destruction of the hobby. Lump card companies in with JO Sports, Lou Lampson, Steve Jensen, Coaches Corner, that p.o.s. Justin Priddy, and the rest.

[Wymers Auction]

I really hated that video especially that excited guy chopping up these pieces of history. I really do not mind the modern memorabilia cards all that much. I believe today there is plenty of manufactured memorabilia to meet the supply. In the days of Joe Jackson and Josh Gibson that was not the case.