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Posted By: Julie Vognar

I was looking through a 1985 Beckett the other day, which said on the cover "almost every card in existance" is in here. There was nothing from the 19th century,. No WONDER I didn't start collecting old stuff till the '90s. It was amusing, because many 19th century ollectors and dealers were advertising in it, so you'd see these pictures of Old Judges interspersed with Fleers and Donrusses. The publisher himself included a few black and white photos of 19th century stuff--but not a checklist or a set price, nor an individual price. It was as if he were saying "these couldn't possibly interest you, except in passing."


I can't BELIEVE how cheap everything was...so recently.
Nobody had discovered Dummy Hoy, or the Black Sox except marginally for Jackson--I mean, his cards were more expensive than other "commons," but only about the same as minor HOFers.

This reminds me: why is the 2002 SCD Guide still listing the near mint/mint Wagner for 600,000+? Last year, I figured he had all the type set before the auction, but that's no longer an excuse. Is it because it's graded? Aha. That may be it.