Cam Newton "Event Worn" jersey card

Today, Topps posted this card on the Facebook page. Upon closer inspection, they actually note that this is an "event worn jersey." Cam obviously hasn't played a game yet, so I appreciate Topps' honesty here. However, with more and more jersey cards being made available, are these types of relic cards muddying the water and making jersey cards less special? I've literally only pulled one jersey card in my life, and all of the others I buy or trade for are special to me. However, they are starting to feel less and less rare as the market becomes saturated with them.

Photo credit: Topps Facebook page

I don't know, part of me wishes jersey/bat/relic cards remained "game used" and provided as much info as possible...what game, season, etc. On the other hand, collectors love to gobble these cards up, so I understand business-wise why the card companies are doing this. What do you guys think?

Purchase Review: Elston Howard Game Used Jersey

Right now I don't have any real collecting goals. There are a few insert sets I'm trying to collect, as well as keeping up with my TTMs and my project. Since my want list is minimal, I'll always ask for Yankee cards in a trade. Love getting them. Lately while surfing eBay, I've been gravitating toward Yankee relics and vintage Yankee cards. My newest acquisition is a bit of both.

Four a couple bucks, I picked up this 2005 Donruss Greats Elston Howard Clippings jersey card. I love getting older Yankee relics. This jersey was worn in the '50s or '60s! Cool, right? It's road gray, and it's a pretty dark gray. The picture isn't great - it's darker than it looks. I'll have to compare it to the current road jerseys, but I think it's quite a bit darker. It's not quite as cool as the cream-colored home jerseys, like the Mize I have, but it's a great swatch of a Yankee great.

Purchase Review: A slew of game used

A few weeks ago, I pulled a Robinson Cano 2011 Topps 60 Jersey relic. It really wet my appetite for more Yankees game used cards. I like the Topps 60 relics, so I started my search there and found a few others along the way.

The first card I nabbed was this Phil Hughes 2011 Topps 60 Relic. I want to try and collect all the Yanks in this set, so I bought this Hughes as a starting point, and I have Joba on the way. Part of me wishes I could have found a Hughes home jersey with a pinstripe, but pretty much every Topps 60 I found of his was an away jersey. Anyways, I got it for $1.79 (plus $2 shipping).

Next up, a sweet relic of Mike Mussina from 2008 Topps. This card is still in the shrink wrap, so I assume it came in a box of some sort. The Pinstripe looks awesome...usually they are vertical on jersey cards but this one is horizontal. I think most of the game used Yankees that I go after should have a Pinstripe. I paid $1.99 for this (plus $1.50 shipping). It could have gotten out of hand from there, as I had won a Giambi and Joba relic as well, so I've put myself in a time out and suspended my purchasing power on eBay for the time being. I could have dropped a lot more money.

Last but not least, I picked up this Tino 1999 Pacific Paramount Holo-Gold (which is written in silver...weird). I didn't love this card when I saw it, but it was #'d/199, so I figured the buck was worth it.

I have a few more relics on the way in the mail. I'm quickly becoming a game used addict and it's starting to worry me. This could get out of hand. One card I bought was part of a lot which included a few other teams, so I may very well have some good trade bait in the near future.