Old Judge Tom Poor Man prices

[ctownboy]

Does anyone know of sales prices for the Old Judge Tom Poor Man Milwaukee version card?

Thanks,

David

[oldjudge]

Shouldn't trade at much of a premium to the regular card. I would value a copy with a decent image at about $600-$700.

[ctownboy]

Thanks Jay.

Old Judge cards look to have increased in value more than I had thought.

The card I am looking at has a decent image but has back damage and the layers at one corner are starting to split.

David

[ctownboy]

This Poor Man card was in an auction that ended this afternoon. There were 12 cards in the lot; 10 were Sweet Caporal actress cards, one was a Joe Goss Mayo Cut Plug card and the Poor Man card. The lot sold for $150 (plus premium, shipping and handling).

I didn't go hard after the card because it looks to me like the photo is separating from the backing at the bottom of the card. Was I wise to stay away or did I let a decent deal go by?

David

[rhettyeakley]

It was a no brainer at that price point with the Mayo boxer imo.

You should have bought it.

That is common wear for thin albumen photo stock on a thick cardboard mount (which is what OJ’s essentially are) and I doubt there is any significant peeling beyond that spot from what I can see

[jbsports33]

This was in Maine correct? very small auction - we had a left bid so will see

have not heard we lost or won yet - we like boxing too, so it was worth the look

Jimmy

[ctownboy]

Thanks for everyone's advice and information.

It looks like I screwed up twice with this matter:

First, I shouldn't have asked about the value of the card while the auction was still active. I tried to see if there were any recent sales and couldn't find any. I also looked at the Old Judge book to see what info I could find there.

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Second, I shouldn't have been so timid and conservative and bid more for the card even though I thought the condition would have hurt the value more than what it looks like it did.

David