How Do You Tell If A Jersey Is Authentic?
As with any collectible, sports jerseys also have separate markets: one for the authentic jerseys and one for the replicas. However, these markets aren’t distinctly marked any longer. They are now fused together, making it more and more difficult to determine whether or not a jersey is authentic. Furthermore, since there are several different types of jerseys and not every type is duplicated the same way, there are separate rules for each one. Learning how to tell if a jersey is authentic really isn’t difficult, but it takes quite a bit of time before you know exactly which questions to ask or which places to check even prior to your seeing of the actual product. For all jerseys, take a look at the numbers and the patches. The numbers, if the jersey is authentic, should be sewn on. This applies to the entire number, not just the border. Also, some jerseys (example: 49ers) will have certain shadowing on the authentic ones. These numbers will have shadows to the right and under the numbe
