Browning Old Judge on Ebay

[pete zouras]

They will not be listing anymore OJs. These were all they were able to win at an estate auction (about half). Glad I was able to pick up one.

[judsonhamlin]

Nuts.

[oldjudge]

Maybe the other half will come to market via a different seller.

[pete zouras]

https://witherells.com/lot/1887-n172...od-2-5-3951831

[oldjudge]

Originally Posted by pete zouras

https://witherells.com/lot/1887-n172...od-2-5-3951831

He certainly did. If the auction house had done a little leg work they could have found this site and posted about the Old Judge group. Pity for the consignor.

[packs]

I thought it went cheap. I figured it would end around 6K.

[oldjudge]

It’s been so long since a copy has come to market that I had no idea what to expect. As I told a friend, I would not have been surprised if it went for $2,500, and I would not have been surprised if it went for $10,000.

[trdcrdkid]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

He certainly did. If the auction house had done a little leg work they could have found this site and posted about the Old Judge group. Pity for the consignor.

All of those OJs went incredibly cheap, below even the lowball estimates made by the auction house. The miscut Annis went for $60 (estimate $100-$250), the Gypsy Queen Carroll went for $387 (estimate $100-$250), Buck Ewing and Dan Brouthers for $714 and $208 respectively (estimates $250-$500, the same as commons), the Barkley portrait for $107 (estimate $250-$500). Somebody at that auction house had no clue what they were doing and no clue what they had.

https://witherells.com/auction/mantu...search=display

[oldjudge]

It is not a sin that a general auction house might not know about a particular card issue. What is horrible is if they don’t educate themselves before auctioning the items. Contrast this with the great job that Phillip Weiss did for his consignor with the Long Island Old Judge cabinet find.

[Steve D]

Originally Posted by pete zouras

https://witherells.com/lot/1887-n172...od-2-5-3951831

Is that correct; that the Browning went for only $238 on June 5th?


Steve

[oldjudge]

Sure appears that way