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Posted By: DJ

Jordan, you need to relax on this issue. This is a site focused on "collecting". Basically you are asking for an estimate on something priceless and no Old Judge sets exist that anyone knows and especially in high grade. It's like asking what the Holy Grail would be worth if uncovered.

Just to have fun with this debate of sorts, according to the T206.net, a T206 grade of a Honus Wagner in perfect "10" by PSA would be valued according to the site at $93 million ($1.4 Billion if an Uzit back ever surfaces) and a "9" would be over $8 million. So what would be a perfect T206 set be worth? $250 million? What if the set was in a "9" grade? Okay, back to reality.

The closest n172 THAT I KNOW is around 430 cards, graded by SGC and the average grade on that is VG-EX. The truth of the matter is that I don't know anyone trying to complete that beast. What would constitude a complete set? Would you have to complete every variation? That would mean the set would be closer to 2,300 than 520 and that you would have to get the "beasts" in the set: the Anson in uniform, those damn minor leaguers, Harry Wright etc. Didn't one minor leaguer (Donahue?) sell on eBay for six figures in Fair condition? To estimate what an Old Judge set would sell for is probably in the range of the above opinion ($20 mil+) if not more, but that's like asking what the Holy Grail would sell for in a Near-mint grade.

Of course anything in PSA10 form would sell for stupid prices. How much would an e107 set sell for in high grade if only 15-20 examples in shabby (P-EX) condition of every example? Heck, if I do my math right, a 1981 Topps baseball card set would probably sell for $20,000 in PSA10 form.

The highest paid set was the CJ set for $800K. That should be your answer to this point until that number is trumped by something grander. Until then, you are simply chasing your tail for the "correct" answer, an answer no one can give you.

DJ

Edited: Wow! I thought I was the first to answer this thread. Leon, it's time for an intervention. Could this be Moraine's off spring?