Western Association Old Judges

[kkkkandp]

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1888 Kansas City Blues

[felada]

That gunson is great

[kkkkandp]

Originally Posted by felada

That gunson is great

Thanks, David, but PSA says it's only "Good!"

[ramram]

Originally Posted by kkkkandp

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1888 Kansas City Blues

Whoa, Kevin, lot's of KC beauties. If they ever wanna come home to Kansas City, keep me in mind!

Rob M

[oldjudge]

All beauties, but I especially like the Gunson and Reynolds cards, both with gloves on both hands. Please keep posting images!

[kkkkandp]

A couple more from storage:

1888 Saint Louis Whites

[oldjudge]

Great Whites' cards. Speaking of the Whites, did anyone else notice the Hines Whites N173 in REA? If I'm not mistaken that is the first Whites Old Judge cabinet I have ever seen. Unless I missed one, there are also none in the Cartophilic Society listing. It makes sense that they should be rare, as the team folded after less than two months.

[BobC]

Sorry for coming late to the party, just didn't see this earlier. Unlike a lot of you others, I don't always have the nicest N172s but, I have a few. I believe these include all the Western Association players I have. Sorry if I duplicated any earlier ones already posted.

By the way, on the second to the last OJ posted, Sowders with KC, you'll notice what appears to maybe be some paper loss on the front at the bottom where the first part of the words "Cigarette" and "Goodwin" are missing. That is not the case though as there is no paper missing and somehow those letters never got included as part of the picture. I don't remember seeing that before on any other OJs. Is that something normal that has occurded with other OJs or maybe it is just a known issue with this particular card? Curious if anyone has any thoughts or input on that. Thanks.

[Joe_G.]

Nice cards everyone.

Hello Bob,

Your Sowders card is neat, could be explained by something/anything that would have blocked sunlight through the glass plate negative while developing the print. Could have been a drop of ink on the negative, a corner of overlapping paper, etc. I have a Stump Wiedman OJ with the left side (well beyond the border) omitted in a fashion similar to the bottom corner of your Sowders.

[BobC]

Originally Posted by Joe_G.

Nice cards everyone.

Hello Bob,

Your Sowders card is neat, could be explained by something/anything that would have blocked sunlight through the glass plate negative while developing the print. Could have been a drop of ink on the negative, a corner of overlapping paper, etc. I have a Stump Wiedman OJ with the left side (well beyond the border) omitted in a fashion similar to the bottom corner of your Sowders.

Thanks Joe,

Interesting and good to know. I think I have couple more WA OJs buried at home still. If I can find them I'll scan and post tomorrow. Thanks for the info. Just out of curiosity, does the missing print add or even detract from the value, or it really a neutral effect?

[kkkkandp]

Originally Posted by BobC

Just out of curiosity, does the missing print add or even detract from the value, or it really a neutral effect?

I suppose if you have OCD [or you are a professional third party grader ],the missing letters would bother you. Speaking only for myself, as long as the picture is nice, that "defect" wouldn't bother me.