Heritage auction - claimed Mathewson Jersey

[ruth-gehrig]

Attached are the MEARS letters I asked Heritage for. It amazes me that many auction houses fail to post the letters that back up the claims. Read into that or what the letters say, or don't say, what you want

[bmarlowe1]

perezfan:The jersey is going to measure wider when laid flat, vs. around a human body or mannequin. The depth of a body or mannequin will cause the width (on a one dimensional surface like a photo) to appear shorter

I agree with that and essentially said so in my write-up. I would add that the auction jersey doesn't appear to be laid all that flat.

As for the LOA - it ignores the sleeve length issue.

Also - in the photo included with the LOA - I don't see any hint of where the sleeve extension buttons to the sleeve - maybe the photo is just too blurry, but it just looks like a long sleeve jersey.

[ruth-gehrig]

The letter does mention "customized sleeves" whatever that means.

[bmarlowe1]

In the LOA photo, if it depicts the same jersey that is currently being sold, you should be able to see a very distinct demarcation where the sleeve extension attaches to the short sleeve. I don't see that on the jersey depicted in the LOA. See below (red arrows) for example:

[bmarlowe1]

In comparing the lettering of the auction jersey to that seen in the Conlon Matty photo, the LOA says, "...the placement of the "Y" and the "O" are the same..." It doesn't seem to be that unique an attribute.

The same could be said for the jersey being worn by Dan McGann below (from a 1904 team photo). Especially note the placement of "Y" with respect to the buttons. It appears to be virtually the same for the auction jersey, the Matty Conlon photo, and for McGann (though his jersey is long sleeve). Actually the same could be said for many of the players in the 1904 team photo.

[MVSNYC]

Great research. i want it to be Matty's, but without pinstripes or a stitched-in name, it is very tuff to say 100%. could be any Giants' player's jersey, no?

[prewarsports]

Don't rule out the fact that it is not a "Giants" jersey at all. NYU used the same jerseys as the Giants at this same time period. I owned a cabinet photo at one time and their jerseys were exactly the same as the Giants major League uniforms. I'm not saying it is, but just because it has "New York" in the same style the Giants wore does not make it a Giants jersey either.