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Posted By: <b>Jay</b><p>I've noticed the trend that some are referring to as a softening of Old Judge prices. I think that what has happened is as more people got into collecting these cards more people gained an appreciation for what was scarce and what was common. The days of all Old Judges of a particular condition trading at the same price are gone. Common cards, the California Browns of the world, will trade for less than average. The scarcer cards will trade for premiums. What we saw on some of the lots in Mastro and REA were common cards getting below average prices. Does that indicate a softening of the market-no. What it indicates is an increasing sophistication of the marketplace, which I think is a good thing.

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Posted By: <b>Julie Vognar</b><p>...common, they weren't.

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Posted By: <b>Brian H (misunderestimated)</b><p>I eecked out victories for the T205 Bender (PSA 7) and T202 "Birmingham" with Walter Johnson (SGC 86) both nice cards for my sets....<br />I don't think the SGC T202 I got was Julie's.<br />As I (seemingly) always do after these auctions I am asking (pleading with?) the winner of the 36 WW gum cards to sell/trade me the Joe McCarthy card.

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Posted By: <b>Bob</b><p>Jay- You could very well be correct. I only dabble in OJs and as such generally have no clue (other than a fading memory) which OJs seem to come up more than others which I rarely see.<br />Bob

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Posted By: <b>jason</b><p>I picked up the 1861 Civil War Eagle BBC Sword (discussed here on net 54 last year) and the 1870 Lincoln BBC Cabinet & CDV lot.