Old Judge Umpire question
 

Posted By: <b>Andy Cook</b><p>In my local card store this afternoon they had an Old Judge of an Umpire - Fessender. First ump I've ever seen. Can someone provide more info on OJ umpire cards?<br /><br />thanks,<br />Andy

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Posted By: <b>Jay Miller</b><p>There are three umpires in the set:Kelly, McQuaid and Fessenden. Fessenden has four different poses, Kelly has two where he is listed as an umpire and McQuaid appears in two different poses although, if memory serves me right, he is only identified on one.

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Posted By: <b>Judge Dred</b><p>Andy, <br /><br />Did you say a card shop has an OJ? Holy smokes, most card store owners don't carry anything before 1950 and even that's a stretch. It sounds like a nice card shop. Too bad there aren't more shops like that one in my area. By the way, what condition was the OJ and how much did he want for it? Is the image clear?

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Posted By: <b>Pete Z.</b><p>I live two blocks from the card shop in question. The Old Judge ad is trimmed off the bottom of the card. The card shop owner won't acknowledge what this does to the value of the card, and won't take a penny less than $750 for it! For that price he'll be taking it to the grave with him.

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Posted By: <b>Judge Dred</b><p>Thanks Pete. I believe you're correct, in today's market he'll take it with him at $750.

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Posted By: <b>Andy Cook</b><p>The image is nice, but as mentioned it's way overpriced for the condition. The owner will occassionally deal, but there's a fairly large amount of inventory that's still sitting on the shelves untouched from the first time I went in that store 10 years ago.<br /><br />Andy

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Posted By: <b>Judge Dred</b><p>Has he increased his price on the material as time passes? I know someone like that with real estate. He'd never sell at the going market rate, he'd always be a bit above it, hence he was never able to sell it. It's greed disquised as genius (in some cases).