by MEARS | Oct 6, 2006 | archived news
October 2, 2006 Recently MEARS was offered a jersey purported to be the following: 1964-65 Philadelphia 76ers Wilt Chamberlain game worn home jersey After examining the tagging and jersey font, MEARS could not attribute that as being team issued/worn by Wilt...
by MEARS | Oct 6, 2006 | archived news
Unfortunately, one of our more popular columns is our newly created “unable to authenticate” section. While I think it is important to document and record for posterity any questionable items, it is sad that we seem to have a never-ending supply of material for this...
by MEARS | Sep 21, 2006 | archived news
Finding something really exciting in the realm of game-used equipment isn’t necessarily limited to bargain-priced high-dollar items, or estate sale discoveries. Sometimes, even in the realm of the organized hobby, the unexpected treasure is waiting to be...
by MEARS | Sep 21, 2006 | archived news
When asked to determine what a shirt may actually be, especially one that has neither a player identification or year, it can be very challenging indeed. This was the case recently when we received a pinstripe jersey that consisted of alternating red and blue...
by MEARS | Sep 21, 2006 | archived news
Part of what MEARS does at times is to evaluate work on an item that other authenticators have done. For this article, I will try to explain the process we used to determine whether a jersey was represented as it was sold to the submitter in regards to how the...
