Amazin' Memorabilia, the official source for New York Mets game used memorabilia, currently has the following players 2005 game used jerseys available:
Pedro Martinez - $3,000
Mike Piazza - $2,750
Tom Glavine - $2,500
Carlos Beltran - $2,500
David Wright - $2,000
Jose Reyes - $2,000
Kaz Matsui - $1,500
Cliff Floyd - $1,500
Doug Mientkiewicz - $1,000
Mike Cameron - $1,500
Kris Benson - $1,000
Braden Looper - $1,000
Kaz Ishii - $750
Miguel Cairo - $750
Willie Randolph - $2,000
We currently have the Mets' home pinstripe, home white alternate, and road grey jerseys available for most of the player above.
For more information, please contact us at gameused@nymets.com or call 718-559-3144.
Based on the email address ( gameused@nymets.com ) I am assuming that "Amazing Memorabilia" is an In-house arm of the Mets and not an outside dealer. Is that correct?
I have always said the Mets would like to be more like the Yankees. Even asking the same kind of prices for the jerseys... thank you for posting this...
Thanks for posting this information. It's nice to have a major league baseball team posting on this site. Can you give us any insight as to the process by which the jerseys get from the players to you? Are there different categories of items given to you- game issued versus game used etc.
Any information would be appreciated
Regards,
Eric
moderator
As we have expressed to you in the past Eric, thank you for the opportunity to post on gameusedforum.com.
For those interested we currently have several items up for auction on MLB.com including game-used Pedro Martinez and David Wright Jerseys.
We get all of our game used memorabilia shortly after the game ends from the Mets Clubhouse. At that time everything from that game that we are collecting gets authenticated by the official authenticator of MLB, Deloitte & Touche. Deloitte is only authorized to authenticate an item on the day that it was used. Most of our jerseys have set and alteration tags. Every jersey that we sell is game used.
We are trying to give fans access to items that they have always dreamed of owning and the peace of mind that the memorabilia they are collecting is 100% authentic.
If anyone has any further questions please contact us at gameused@nymets.com or 718-559-3144.
AmazinMemorabilia responds to this thread and informs us that most jerseys have set and alteration tags. In the biggest market in baseball,if collectors of means purchase a Wright jersey every other week,what possibly will the set tag read?-set7,15,38,etc? I would rather,since they have the ability(Deloitte and Touche),to sell the jersey and offer a letter of Authenticity(Ala Colorado Rockies). In the letter display that.."this jersey was worn by David Wright on August 15,17 and 20. During this time he hit 2hrs,1 double,and made an outstanding barehanded catch. Included with this COA is three DVDs of those games.Thank you and enjoy your jersey,The New York Mets" Now your talking!! If you have the ability to get the jersey from the clubhouse(peace of mind we all look for)why not go this extra step.
Does the game used Pedro Jersey have mesh material under the armpits. I was told Pedro wears custom tailored jerseys on days he pitches. There are images on gettyimages.com which confirms this mesh material on road and home jerseys (grey, white,pinstripe ,etc). I cannot tell from the one photo on MLB auction if this jersey has been custom tailored.
Once again I'm glad I got into a part of this hobby early on because I could not afford to collect them now. I've learned from member"Chris" that there are no set tags on these jerseys.He visited the field-level shop recently. I'm afraid they're using the good "store bought"jerseys they sell and having the players wear them-say for one game. Yes they're real but they're...Clones. I don't know if there were any markings on them to distinguish them(like a stamp that would read'purchased from the NY Mets") Anyway do we want to collect a one day item? I have a TBTC from Tampa Bay (that was nationally televised)and I still don't feel like displaying it.Would you pay thousands for a one day jersey from a common player?
I understand what you're saying. However, I've found it really depends on the uniform. Normally, I'm 100% with you as I like my uniforms to show significant wear, marks of the game, signs of use/wear that reflect the history of the game, etc. But occasionally, you will find a uniform from a single game (perhaps a Turn Back the Clock jersey) that is so rare or special (or is a great pick-up because it came straight from the game and shows the marks, dirt, pine tar, etc., of the game in which it was played) that you have to have it. I'll contrast two jerseys:
(A) I picked up a TBTC Rickey Henderson Oakland Oaks jersey with an A's Team Letter a few years back. It didn't show any wear and looked brand new. The price was right for a rare Rickey gamer ($1750, I believe), provenance and documentation were fine, but I just couldn't see myself enjoying a jersey that didn't show any wear. It was, otherwise, a beautiful and rare Rickey Henderson gamer. I ended up returning the shirt to the seller (the seller had told me to return the jersey if I wasn't 100% satisfied with it).
(B) I won Rickey's TBTC Negro League Boston Royal Giants uniform (hat, jersey, and pants) a few Mastro auctions back (for a very good price). The uniform was worn one day, the game was televised (the uniform came with a DVD of the game), and the uniform came directly from Rickey, so it showed the dirt, pine tar, and other marks of a uniform that had been played hard in for a day. Yes, it was worn only for a day but it is one of the finest Rickey Henderson game worn uniforms I've ever seen.
As for game worn jerseys without game tagging, I personally would hesitate. The price would have to be low (because you know it will be hard to re-sell if/when you choose to do so) and I would probably have to see the jersey in question come straight off of the player's back (and how often do you get to see that?).
The idea of distinquishing these jerseys in some way is a great one. MeiGray and the Texas Rangers have had a couple of different systems (MeiGray tag was first used, then a Rangers serial number tag) and I think both systems have worked well (though most collectors I've talked to seem to prefer the current system of the tagging being done by the team). A team stamp or tag would probably help collectors to feel more comfortable with these jerseys.
I realize this is a little off-point, but this thread reminded me of an old uniwatch story about the fabrication (which seems to be the word of the week) of Mets jerseys. I found the link:
Reid,you may have solved(with this article)a problem I've had with a jersey. In a previous thread I had about a Ventura Met jersey -I wondered if Ventura had tailored the bottom of a 2000 away grey. I guess Russ Gompers would be the ultimate guy to settle this. Thanks. And thanks to "Chris" who also helped w/photo ID.
Your Henderson jersey sounds great. The TBTC I have is a Cory Lidle Devil Rays vs White Sox. The Rays,since they had no prior history, wore a Florida Saints College uniform(The only Florida Champions prior to MLB). The TBTC game was televised but I didn't tape it.
I'm glad to have helped. I think it would actually be neat to stop by Mr. Gompers shop, though I don't know if that would be allowed. Could be a very interesting and fun visit.
they wear a new jersey every day so you fools can pay 1,000 apiece. isnt that smart business, they only cost 100 a set. Jeff
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THIS IS WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS INDUSTRY, which has happened in the last 5 years, I think I am echoing what Mr. Jim Yackel has said. Getting game jerseys should be a challenge and not as accessible.
Also $750 for Miguel cairo? Miguel Cairo? I jsut wnat make sure you were saying Miguel cairo right. Former D- Ray Miguel cairo? Wow. $750 for him?!?! If you threw that "gem" on ebay you might be lucky to get $275 and that JUST because it is an 05 gamer (fresh inventory).
Cairo at $750 is amusing...but $1,000 for Brandon Looper? I'm a pretty decent athlete
I love when people enter a Forum to announce something and then refuses to answer any of the Board member questions.
If we're not there yet, we will get there---everyone at a baseball game will actually be wearing "Authentic Game Used Jerseys" from the Stadium Store because the players will change their jersey every inning!
I'm a pretty decent athlete and play in a couple Summer leagues. If I wore this Looper jersey, I am guaranteed to give up some runs and my skills will quickly diminish.
Jake--Your right it should be a challenge and not that easy to get a game used jersey. That's why you'll soon hear real collectors of game used jerseys say," I don't collect anything after 2002". The same way real card collectors dont collect anything after 1983.
On one hand, it should be a challenge to acquire a gamer. The thrill of the chase is tremendous; tracking down something that may or may not be in the hobby, may or may not be with a player, may or may not have been recycled, etc....it's terrific and heart-wrenching all at the same time. I own one of two jerseys (same player) in which even Barry Meisel (yes, this was with a MeiGray NHL team) couldn't even say for sure where the jersey was or if it had been recycled by the team. Knowing the history wrapped up in those two jerseys, it nearly made me physically ill to know that a historic jersey such as that may have been stripped down to a blank and then remade for a no-name scrub from central Saskatchewan.
One of my favorite jerseys is a 1998 white Tennessee Vols jersey of defensive tackle Ron Green. Title year jerseys are tough (particularly in college teams) no matter what, and to know that that particular jersey had been seen by literally thousands of people since the end of that season without anyone buying it (until earlier this year) is mind-boggling. I'm sure not complaining; it's a favorite of mine and a terrific acquisition.
But on the other hand, for the casual collector who simply wants a piece from their favorite player or team from days gone by, they don't necessarily want to embark on a 5- or 10-year chase to acquire "the one". With my first jersey ever, it was as easy as simply going to a dealer's website, picking it out, and paying. I don't think either focus is more valid than another, and I sure can't claim to speak for a majority of collectors because for the most part, I'm just a small-timer.
I love jerseys that have great wear from a full season of abuse, and with my main focus on Tennessee Vols football I really love ones that still have the nameplate attached. But it's not always possible, and in order to provide the most for the most something like MeiGray has stepped in. A lot of people find it fashionable to act like Barry Meisel is the death of the hobby, I think that's a bunch of crap. Barry made it much more accessible for casual collectors to get that first entry into the hobby, and today's new collectors are tomorrow's heavyweights. It's a relief to know that there's some amount of regulation with that deal as opposed to the rampant flood of one-game wonders from certain teams from certain years (just how many 94-95 Buffalo Sabres jerseys of Dale Hawerchuk, Alex Mogilny, and Pat Lafontaine are there?)
I would say that the majority of comments about the proliferation of modern jerseys have alot less to do with dealers such as Meigray, but rather with the Steiners and now the Mets who merchandise these jerseys in such a way that in some cases actually allow you to pre-orded game-worn merchandise.
In the old days, you went to a game and you hoped for a Foul Ball. It meant something. It was a personal souvenier from that day and you knew that the chances were slim.
Today, if you are going to be at Yankee stadium on October 1st (made up day), you can reserve a baseball that was used in that game.
Are you XXXXing XXXXing me?
It's not just Baseballs. Scorecards. Bases. Posada's Equipment.
Is this the future of the Game Used Memorabilia business? Where is the challenge?
I own 35 jerseys. I'm mostly a Baseball Card guy with a pretty decent Autograph collection. I always wanted a New York Yankee jersey and at the 1991 National, I saw a dealer with a Home Joe Niekro. I haggled with the seller but he was unreasonable. He wanted $1,200. I passed.
I have no interest what-so-ever anymore in obtaining a Yankee jersey anymore. Where is the challenge?
Boooooo! I'm glad they suck this year. When's Tim Redding starting again?
Are we complaining about their being too many jersies worn during a season or that it's easier to get ahold of a jersey.
athletes/teams/fans didn't vaule these items as much back when. Kinda like 3000 hits wasnt a big number. Now that these athletes/teams/fans see these items as a piece of history or of value it comes as no surprise that these items are more abundent.
