Results 1 to 9 of 9
-
09-05-2010, 07:29 AM #1
Commemorative Patches. Why?
Before I begin this rant of sorts, I would like to point out that I know this is an issue effecting baseball more then basketball. I personally like to place this in the basketball column because of two reasons. When it comes to basketball, I am most comfortable in discussion. Second, there will be a day where more of this will happen in the basketball world.
Call me old fashioned because I can't spot the new trends as they unveil, or even spoiled because I've had the oppurtunity owning some of my favorite players' autographs and slices of patch from their sweaty jerseys, either way I'm just not seeing what the big craze is with a, commemorative patch?
Why are collectors dishing out so much money for these? Autographs and game used jerseys, balls, bats and such completely make sense to me as it brings you closer to the players that you love to watch and collect. But commemorative patches are simply a base card featuring a Hall of Fame player along with a swatch of that players' reprinted team logo.
The catch with these being, the swatch isn't authentic. In fact, it's just as authentic as a 1986-87 Fleer Michael Jordan RC card, reprint. The patch can be created in 2010, with a vintage appearance, and placed on a Julius Erving base card and eventually sell for a large fraction of an actual authentic game used patch Dr. J card. But in all reality the card is a fraud.
I'd dislike to come off as a complete hater. The idea of the card is neat, for being an insert. I suppose the thing that bothers me most about these is the hefty price-tag attatched. If they weren't treated as if they were somehow authentic, and just as unique and irreplaceable as a game used item, I'd be content. But let's be realistic here and realize that these can be mass produced without running out of supply, in the most literal sense, unlike any game used material.
Just my thoughts of the day.
Christopher J.
-
-
09-05-2010, 09:35 AM #2
I dislike them as well, they look so tacky to me and they're manufactured, it's not even the real deal.
-
09-05-2010, 06:50 PM #3Baseball Advisor
Take it for what it is,a novelty item,and some of them have decent book values so if you don't like them sell or trade them for something you like.
-
-
09-05-2010, 10:13 PM #4
The only ones that I think are really cool, are the patches that are autographed. It gives a cool look and feel to the card, while also providing the players auto ON CARD, with no stickers. I think alot of the patches also go for alot because they are usually low serial #'d. Its like when you used to pull a great insert from the mid-late 90's. Those cards had nothing special except a cool design with a player on them, and they used to and still do go for hi values.
-
09-06-2010, 02:04 AM #5
i agree, the idea of the manufactured patches is pretty stupid, especially when they count those as hits in the product. I think the lettermans are created, but again they should not count as a hit unless it is auto'd
-
-
09-06-2010, 05:36 AM #6
Lost their appeal 10 years ago when MJ retired and they started pumping out regular swatch cards and floor cards per packet rate.
-
09-06-2010, 04:43 PM #7
I agree with Dolphins916 that when they come with an auto they are pretty cool, but alone, I don't get the appeal either.
-
-
09-06-2010, 08:21 PM #8
What I don't like is that Beckett lists them as memorabilia cards. Memorabilia to me means GU or at the very least event worn. Don't get me wrong, I own a few of these manufactured patch cards because they're auto'd by my PC players. I won't pay more for one of these than other autos of the same player in the same product line, though. In the end, it's just another autograph somewhere between on-card and stickers.
-
09-07-2010, 02:17 AM #9
This problem was affecting basketball for a short while namely 07-08, and 08-09 with Upper Deck making a bunch of these manufactured patches; the most worse were from SPA and Premier. UD Black and Chronology also had them but they were auto'ed (SPA had some autoed as well I think).
Anyway, they are nothing more than a glorified #'ed card. I think some of them are kind of neat as numbered cards though, especially for me as a team collector, it adds some variety to my collection of cards like this one:
-
