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Posted By: Jay

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.