Where does the hobby stand on relic GU cards?

backtothe50s · 07-30-2025, 04:23 PM

When it comes to game used/relic/GU/patches cards, what do you think of them? Do you collect them? Do you think they are cool? Worthless? Etc.

boxbuster7 · 07-30-2025, 04:27 PM

there is game worn which is cool and 1% of mem cards and then the rest, which are junk

bbteamw · 07-30-2025, 04:33 PM

When done well, I like them, I love them, I want some more of them.

majestik101 · 07-30-2025, 04:55 PM

I love GU-Worn if the price is right.

For example, this authenticated GU/Worn Derek Jeter Pants/Jersey 1/1 that I scooped up dirt-cheap many moons ago. (Card says Player-Worn, but the uniform is actually game worn) Big fan

imbluestreak23 · 07-30-2025, 04:56 PM

They are fantastic cool and collectible when game worn

They are trash (to me) when not

Might as well call it "manufactured patch or relic" like they use to. Stop pretending

DioBrando · 07-30-2025, 05:08 PM

Don't care for them, dont own a single "relic" card. Can't see myself ever buying one, havent bought wax in years so don't have worry about pulling one either.

backtothe50s · 07-30-2025, 06:54 PM

What do you guys think about getting them signed? I think they would look cool but want to see what you guys think?

PuddleMonkey · 07-30-2025, 08:06 PM

Event Worn

NYRE2PECT · 07-30-2025, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by PuddleMonkey

Event Worn

Monkey Worn.

PuddleMonkey · 07-30-2025, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by NYRE2PECT

Monkey Worn.

NYRE2PECT · 07-30-2025, 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by PuddleMonkey

Love it!

JoshMN · 07-31-2025, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by PuddleMonkey

Event Worn

FYI- I’m always in the market for event worn monkey attire.

MiamiMarlinsFan · 07-30-2025, 09:00 PM

Actual game-used patch cards are cool.

mfw13 · 07-30-2025, 09:31 PM

I assume that no relic is authentic and bid accordingly.....

TheWrightStuff · 07-30-2025, 09:46 PM

I like the way Donruss did it back in the 2000s. Picture of the actual item on the back.

PuddleMonkey · 07-30-2025, 11:06 PM

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Originally Posted by TheWrightStuff

I like the way Donruss did it back in the 2000s. Picture of the actual item on the back.

Early 2000's Donruss and Fleer premium products were pretty cool.

wallawalla · 07-31-2025, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by PuddleMonkey

Early 2000's Donruss and Fleer premium products were pretty cool.

Agree - having a pic on the back makes it much more interesting. Here are two commons that I'll always appreciate b/c of the pics.

Also - now I know a bat can be cut up into 700 pieces, but a pair of pants only gets you 650 relic cards.

sandyfrank · 07-30-2025, 11:14 PM

I love game used vintage hall of famer relics, prefer a patch first then bat piece rather than jersey. I do like game used relics of modern players I admire as well. Don't really care about most modern napkin relics though.

daveyc1 · 07-31-2025, 06:35 AM

when they first came out back in the 90s I thought they were the bees knees. but, they beat that horse into the ground. now i really dont care for them. in fact, i think the little swatches of fabric take away from the appearance of the card.

BoSoxFan1999 · 07-31-2025, 06:41 AM

Relic cards didn't exist when I was first collecting in the early 90's. When I came back to the hobby a couple years ago and ripped my first few packs/blasters, I got a relic card in one of them and was like "What the heck is this??". Turned out it was a manufactured relic which is basically worthless. Lol

Only relic cards which I would actually want to collect (buy/trade for) now would have to be certified game-worn by the player. Some napkin patch where the player maybe wore the jersey for 1.5 seconds? No thanks.

Here's the 1 relic card in my collection I'll be keeping a while (currently enroute back to Beckett to get reslabbed because the slab they put it in was horribly scratched):
Attachment 566141

LCM1223 · 07-31-2025, 07:09 AM

I don't like them cuz it means you have to buy/own thicker toploaders/penny sleeves to protect them

#35ptGang

fulltritty · 07-31-2025, 07:11 AM

I'll pick up as many of them as I can for someone I PC. For the rest of the Yankees players, I just pick up the cheaper ones on COMC.

TBTC Baseball · 07-31-2025, 09:23 AM

I will nab swatches with throwback jerseys when I feel confident that is what I am getting.

volblorx8634 · 07-31-2025, 10:37 AM

I love em. Patches are my favorite type of cards. The fact that you can spend single digit dollars and have an amazing looking patch from a jersey worn in an actual game is so cool to me. Less so with jersey napkin swatches because I don’t think they’re as aesthetically pleasing, but still just as historically cool. If it’s a HOF or older player it makes it that much better for me.

Depends on the card, but I think getting your jersey out patch cards signed is an amazing idea and I would love to do it for my collection if I had the energy.

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Tallguy1991 · 07-31-2025, 01:37 PM

Game used patches are awesome. Especially when they’re either hologrammed by MLB/UD for hockey and from the early 2000s classic sets. Given the info we’ve learned about the autograph market recently, I would definitely feel better having sweet patch cards than any number of dubious cut autos out there or stickers some player’s side piece signed in her spare time

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07-30-2025, 04:23 PM	#1
backtothe50s Member Join Date: Mar 2025 Posts: 111	Where does the hobby stand on relic GU cards? When it comes to game used/relic/GU/patches cards, what do you think of them? Do you collect them? Do you think they are cool? Worthless? Etc.

07-30-2025, 04:27 PM	#2
boxbuster7 Member Join Date: Aug 2016 Posts: 12,899 boxbuster777	there is game worn which is cool and 1% of mem cards and then the rest, which are junk __________________ Psa 9 > psa 10

07-30-2025, 04:55 PM	#4
majestik101 Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Socially Distanced Posts: 45,526 majestik101	I love GU-Worn if the price is right. For example, this authenticated GU/Worn Derek Jeter Pants/Jersey 1/1 that I scooped up dirt-cheap many moons ago. (Card says Player-Worn, but the uniform is actually game worn) Big fan __________________ If you reply with...."last one on eBay sold for this"...then you should have bought it on eBay. Last edited by majestik101; 07-30-2025 at 05:00 PM.

07-30-2025, 04:56 PM	#5
imbluestreak23 Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Meandering the matrix code that the hobby/forum overlords spit out Posts: 17,903 shortslabs	They are fantastic cool and collectible when game worn They are trash (to me) when not Might as well call it "manufactured patch or relic" like they use to. Stop pretending __________________ @shortslabs I'VE WITNESSED HOW THE SAUSAGE IS MADE HERE...IT'S ROTTEN https://www.youtube.com/c/TylerShort

07-30-2025, 05:08 PM	#6
DioBrando Member Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: Cincinnati Posts: 2,623	Don't care for them, dont own a single "relic" card. Can't see myself ever buying one, havent bought wax in years so don't have worry about pulling one either. __________________ 1312 no gods, no masters On leg day we do chest

07-30-2025, 04:33 PM	#3
bbteamw Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 1,596	When done well, I like them, I love them, I want some more of them.

07-30-2025, 06:54 PM	#7
backtothe50s Member Join Date: Mar 2025 Posts: 111	What do you guys think about getting them signed? I think they would look cool but want to see what you guys think?

07-30-2025, 08:06 PM	#8
PuddleMonkey Member Join Date: Mar 2019 Location: Pacific Northwest Posts: 4,646	Event Worn

07-30-2025, 09:00 PM	#13
MiamiMarlinsFan Member Join Date: Jun 2020 Location: Florida Posts: 13,825	Actual game-used patch cards are cool.

07-30-2025, 09:31 PM	#14
mfw13 Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 17,737	I assume that no relic is authentic and bid accordingly.....

07-30-2025, 09:46 PM	#15
TheWrightStuff Member Join Date: Aug 2017 Location: Texas Posts: 6,833 Nathan104	I like the way Donruss did it back in the 2000s. Picture of the actual item on the back.

07-30-2025, 11:14 PM	#18
sandyfrank Member Join Date: Dec 2018 Posts: 1,059	I love game used vintage hall of famer relics, prefer a patch first then bat piece rather than jersey. I do like game used relics of modern players I admire as well. Don't really care about most modern napkin relics though.

07-31-2025, 06:35 AM	#19
daveyc1 Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: maine Posts: 2,183	when they first came out back in the 90s I thought they were the bees knees. but, they beat that horse into the ground. now i really dont care for them. in fact, i think the little swatches of fabric take away from the appearance of the card.

07-31-2025, 06:41 AM	#20
BoSoxFan1999 Member Join Date: Jun 2023 Location: Maryland Posts: 3,090 Bro19999	Relic cards didn't exist when I was first collecting in the early 90's. When I came back to the hobby a couple years ago and ripped my first few packs/blasters, I got a relic card in one of them and was like "What the heck is this??". Turned out it was a manufactured relic which is basically worthless. Lol Only relic cards which I would actually want to collect (buy/trade for) now would have to be certified game-worn by the player. Some napkin patch where the player maybe wore the jersey for 1.5 seconds? No thanks. Here's the 1 relic card in my collection I'll be keeping a while (currently enroute back to Beckett to get reslabbed because the slab they put it in was horribly scratched): Attachment 566141 Last edited by BoSoxFan1999; 11-20-2025 at 10:43 AM.

07-31-2025, 07:09 AM	#21
LCM1223 Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 26,618 lucards1295	I don't like them cuz it means you have to buy/own thicker toploaders/penny sleeves to protect them #35ptGang __________________ Total Topps BUNT Profits: $1669.29 KICK: $3243.82 HUDDLE: $300.22 STAR WARS CARD TRADER: $2899.57 STAR WARS FORCE COLLECTION: $1318.14 TWD: $94.09 SKATE: $697.03

07-31-2025, 07:11 AM	#22
fulltritty Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: King George, VA Posts: 78,997	I'll pick up as many of them as I can for someone I PC. For the rest of the Yankees players, I just pick up the cheaper ones on COMC.

07-31-2025, 09:23 AM	#23
TBTC Baseball Member Join Date: Jun 2020 Location: USA Posts: 1,173	I will nab swatches with throwback jerseys when I feel confident that is what I am getting. __________________ Looking for: 2011 Topps Trevor Cahill - Platinum,and Printing Plates. Cards of players in Throwback/TBTC/TATC/Negro League jerseys.

07-31-2025, 10:37 AM	#24
volblorx8634 Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: OC Posts: 4,132 kd35durant	I love em. Patches are my favorite type of cards. The fact that you can spend single digit dollars and have an amazing looking patch from a jersey worn in an actual game is so cool to me. Less so with jersey napkin swatches because I don’t think they’re as aesthetically pleasing, but still just as historically cool. If it’s a HOF or older player it makes it that much better for me. Depends on the card, but I think getting your jersey out patch cards signed is an amazing idea and I would love to do it for my collection if I had the energy. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ PC: Sacramento Kings and Cleveland Indians Looking for these cards: 1. 2018-19 National Treasure Tim Duncan Game Gear /10 (non-trim) 2. 2016 Kawhi Leonard Hoops Base Parallels (and Bird's Eye View Gold /10)

07-31-2025, 01:37 PM	#25
Tallguy1991 Member Join Date: Jul 2020 Location: Boston Posts: 635	Game used patches are awesome. Especially when they’re either hologrammed by MLB/UD for hockey and from the early 2000s classic sets. Given the info we’ve learned about the autograph market recently, I would definitely feel better having sweet patch cards than any number of dubious cut autos out there or stickers some player’s side piece signed in her spare time Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk