PSA 8 Old Judge cards in Goodwin auction now?

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Originally Posted by cyseymour

To each his own, maybe some people want to collect high grade cards with faded images, not I. But I believe that the high grade cards with outstanding images have been taken down as well as a result of the grading snafu. I say this because a T206 PSA 8 "1of1" will go for over 7.5k, but an N172 PSA 8 with a strong image is still in the 2.5k range, that is only 1/3 the value.

Originally Posted by cyseymour

Also, I think that (not faded) high-grade 19th Century cards are major condition rarities, just because they are so old. A high-grade OJ is far more rare than a high-grade T206, for instance.

If you are going to compare OJs to T206s, you simply cannot expect comparable prices. Despite the fact that it makes more sense to you that high grade OJs (with good images) should cost about the same as high grade, "low pop" T206s, it just is not the case -- we're talking apples to oranges.

While both are popular sets, nothing in the prewar realm compares to the popularity of T206. Thrown in the set registry competition, as oldjudge mentioned, and the demand increases, despite the abundant supply of T206s compared to OJs. Rarity should play a role, but I think popularity and demand will often trump rarity.