As I mentioned yesterday, two nights ago a notable game-worn jersey dealer gave me a ring out of the blue. He was just checking to see how everything was going, but also wanted to touch on some very important issues in the hobby.

The topic of pro-cut jerseys made its way into the conversation, and pretty much consumed the rest of our one-hour chat. It turns out that my dealer friend sold a batch of pro-cut baseball jerseys, which he suspects were later sold as “game-worn” jerseys. We both agreed that this has been going on for years and that it is a major problem in the hobby.

Then our conversation changed to the question of whether an honest person should ever sell a pro-cut jersey. I am not going to call anyone dishonest for stating a jersey for sale is a pro-cut shirt and not game-worn, but I am willing to bet that the majority of jerseys sold as pro-cut will be sold as game-worn at some point.

So, what am I getting at? Well, I am not exactly sure. Maybe if you ever sell a pro-cut jersey it would be a good idea to mark it in some fashion to make sure you know that it was never game-used. Invisible ink is a procedure that comes to mind.

I don’t know how many times I have seen a pro-cut signed jersey, which sold in an  sale and it ended up on eBay or somewhere else with dirt and other artificial wear.

Someone please correct me if I am wrong, but how many pro-cut jerseys you have seen sold on eBay are later sold again as pro-cuts? Probably very few. I am sure some end up in collections, but my gut tells me that a bunch of them are sold fraudulently as game-used.
Many people are being fooled and it really is a shame.