Question for you Old Judge collectors

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Posted By: Trevor Hocking

I would have to agree with Jay. Rebacked N172's are FAR less desirable than original. I think John is a very nice dealer and always has quality material. He has stated that they have been rebacked, so I see no problem. By saying they don't have anything on the backs could seem a little misleading, but hay at least your rebacked cards have clean new cardboard. I can't believe the price people are paying for rebacked cards and N712's in general. I will have to say there are quite a few uneducated Old Judge collectors out there who think some cards are super rare when they are common, but hey when it comes to 19th century cards who knows what the reasons people are collecting for. I have about four players on my want list which are consider common players by most people, which I would gladly pay $1,000 each in any condition. Just look at the prices that the lot of cards from Jeff's Junk went for. Some really rare cards went really cheap and some very common cards went for a ton, especially when you consider that most of the cards had back stamps and hidden (not intentional) problems. I try to bid accordingly on most N172's I need but I would have to say it's getting harder and harder to win these days. I have just sent in over 125 in for grading at SGC to start a set registry that I should have up in a couple of weeks. I will post a link when it's done. I do have to say, that there is a very big learning curve when it comes to the N172 set specially when collectors are very leery on giving up any information due to the fact it might cost them a large amount of money when the card of their dreams comes up for auction. I do love this set. I hope my great, great, great, great, great, great, grandson or daughter will be happy when they complete it! Also I do have to comment on the lot of SCD graded cards that sold recently on ebay. Most of the cards looked trimmed and a little off grade. I don't know prewarsports very well but seems like a stand-up guy and I'm sure will stand by his product. It's just frustrating to see nice people paying for cards with unstated problems. I had submitted a T205 Matty to GAI for their pre-grade and received a 7!!! When I actually sent the card in for grading it came back as trimmed. So my point is, what is the reason for pre-grading except for the graders to make money. Just my opinion (which isn't worth much) Good luck!!
Trevor Hocking