What are stock images and why are they used?

When multiple similar items are available to be offered at auction, we often will use stock images to represent the item being offered. We only use stock images when the item being offered is nearly identical.

For example, when an athlete conducts a private signing there are often hundreds of jerseys signed during that single session. The jerseys are signed in the same place, with the same color and with very little variation between each signature. Images of a single jersey from that session would well represent any one of the jerseys that were signed.

When stock images are used in an auction listing, we guarantee that the winning bidder will receive an item of equal quality to the one pictured.