If you are interested in bidding on or flat out buying an authentic jersey (of any brand) there are few easy guidelines to follow to make sure you will be satisfied with the item you win.

When bidding on a Mitchell and Ness jersey follow some of these simple rules:

1) Make sure that Mitchell and Ness makes the jersey of the player that is being sold.

Michael Jordan, Emmett Smith, Troy Aikman, Lebron James are some of the players that ARE NOT carried by M+N, seeing those players listed as a M+N indicates a definite fake.

2) Make sure the details of the jersey are correct.

Example #1: Check the #12's on the NY Jets Joe Namath Mitchell Ness throwback. You will notice that the #2 on each of the two jerseys is a different style, the 1968 home green has one style 2, the 1968 road white has a completely different style 2!! If you see a Namath with the wrong number style, you are looking at a fake.

Example #2: Make sure the jersey you are interested in has either sewn tackle twill numbers and letters, or screened on numbers and letters. Many fraudulent sellers seek credibility for their item by indicating that everything is sewn on, but the fact of the matter is that many jersey have screened on numbers that, in fact, match the exact style of the jersey during the year indicated on the jersey tag. The 1992 home Randall Cunningham jersey, for instance, has heavy screened numbers and eagles logos on each sleeve, if a seller represents that jersey as having sewn numbers and logos, it is a fake!

Example #3: Make sure that the "jock tag" is legitimate. Most older Mitchell Ness jerseys have 4 tags.

This Kenny Anderson jersey above is a good example, the tags show the year, the line, Mitchell Ness tag, and small size tag. The jock tag may also look like this:

for a Mitchell Ness baseball jersey the tags should look like this:

fake jerseys will have a different font or script style that does not look as sharp or as crisp as those shown here.

#3) Make sure the manufacturers hang tags are legit with holograms, if the item is new. Mitchell Ness does not use plain white hang tags or hang tags with the NFL logo.  The hang tags should like this: in this picture you see the hologram, cooperstown collection tag, and the Mitchell and Ness coded tag, any other style tags you see means you are probably looking at a fake.

#4) Check the feedback of the seller, and check the feedback of those who have left feedback. In other words, a fraudulent seller can build illegitimate feedback, most of which will come from either feedback shills or naive bidders who are new and did not have the benefit of this review to guide them. When a person with a large volume of feedback leaves positive feedback it indicates that the seller is probably legit. Also look and see what other items sellers have sold, if they have sold jerseys that are fakes, that most likely means their current crop is phony as well.

#5) Ask for dimensions of the jersey and compare, make sure that the size 56 or 3XL that you bid on is a true and accurate size, as the manufacturer  intended. Most fakes run small and if sellers are evasive about details, that is a real red flag.

#6) Look at the sellers pictures. Does the seller show the jersey in two parts, one showing the jocktags, one showing the rest of the body of the jersey? Does the seller have a blurry, hard to see photograph of the item to obscure the details? If you dont like the look of the actual auction, because it looks awful, that should be a heads up!

#7) Use common sense, any throwback that is being sold for $24.99, you have to really question if that item is authentic. Always double check with the M+N website to verify any questionable details of a particular jersey. To see some jerseys that are definitely AUTHENTIC, click these links:steve young tampa bay buc mitchell ness jersey, derrick thomas KC Chiefs mitchell ness throwback jersey, steve young mitchell ness 1995 NFC pro bowl jersey, sterling sharpe packers 1993 mitchell ness throwback jersey Thanks for reading and good luck~!