When do relics jump the proverbial shark?
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I genuinely laughed out loud.
A GENUINE PIECE OF AN AUTOGRAPHED FOOTBALL
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When Panini stopped making them from a real jersey worn by the player. I am collecting Justin Fields this year which is a departure from what I usually buy. Was shocked to see that most of the Panini relics for Fields this year have pieces from names and numbers that do not even spell fields or are not part of the number 1. Seems they are from Trubisky jerseys based on the letters and numbers on the premium cards.
On the above at least Brady touched the football to sign it. A Trubisky jersey from the local sporting goods store has nothing to do with Justin Fields.
There is a picture of Mark Ingram wearing 15+ Jeremy Shockey jerseys in order to qualify them for "player worn". That is the exact moment GU jumped the shark. Like exactly that moment.
One tiny piece of something that MIGHT be touched by a player. It's like the homeopathy of collectibles.
I don’t really collect relics. I have a couple inexpensive ones just because I liked the cards. I had no idea they did stuff like that. That’s incredibly misleading. Since they apparently don’t think “player worn” has to refer to the player on the card then why should it need to refer to a player in the same sport or even a professional player. They could just have some kid who plays table tennis wear the Mark Ingram jersey and call it “player worn”. I’m surprised their lawyers let them do this.
Here are some examples. Wonder if the 8 is from a Cade McNown jersey.
Panini is using the following disclaimer "The enclosed officially licensed material is not associated with any specific player, game or event". So they can literally be using jerseys purchased in Dick's Sporting Goods, cut them up and insert them in a card. What kind of value added is that?
Exactly. Wanted to get everything from this year’s Donruss for Fields. Because of the Origins cards I learned about the random jersey swatch - and elected to go for everything without a patch. No interest in collecting a card with a random jersey swatch.
Soon as Player Worn became more common the Game Used. Who the heck wants something he slipped on for two seconds at a photo shoot? ``````````Double-whammy (sticker auto & player worn relic) = garbage.
The answer to the OP question lies within this item listing:
https://ebay.com/itm/114962211442?hash=item1ac4482272:g:DIIAAOSwBO5hLVp-
Shark relic:
Hold on, that card is super cool. Unless it is actually Mark Ingrams tooth, or a cast tooth worn by a dogfish, that is a good implementation of relic IMO.
Found another option that meets the requirement of the OP:
https://ebay.com/itm/234005644094?hash=item367bd2c33e:g:4soAAOSwg8lh4591
Mark "The Shark" Spitz relic:
If you don't catch an STD from it, it's not authentic!
https://www.sportscollectorsdaily.com/editors-blog-trouble-relic-cards/
this is really nothing new, date on this article is 2014 just for reference
The ultimate would be a Happy Days card with a relic from the prop shark that was jumped.
When they are sold to the public for actual money.
I have always treated them like an ordinary insert. If they are low print run or signed as well, the value shifts more to the serial number or the signature and the jersey/patch/bat/hat/shoe/etc means very little to me.
For me, a low serial number card has some added value (but 1/1s being dime a dozen now ruined a lot of that too). Autographs are still where I park most of my money now. Unless it is shown that these are generally not signed by said player, they will always have a value and that tends to increase some to a lot after the player passes on.