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Posted By: Mark Macrae

Barry...I agree that it doesn't make sense with the Cal League Old Judges. I would almost expect that they were marketed here, but none of the longtime local (Northern California) collectors ever turned them up in a local collection.I've only been active at this for around 35 years, but the more senior veterans that preceded me (Dobbins, Chericoni, Weiss, Hazelwood, Spalding, McWilliams) have had the same results as I have. Additionally, the longtime institutions (Bancroft Library & Haggin Museum) both have extensive collections of Northern California baseball memorabilia, but no 172's. SF Hess cards of California League players have turned up in many original collections out here ....321 color and 338 (Cal League only). I've never seen or heard or the Major League 338's or the Newsboys turning up here (from a native collection)....just much further east (New York / New England).