1887-1890 Old Judge Question

[Rich Falvo]

Just got my copy of the book last week and am loving it so far. Knew very little about these cards and figured this was the place to start.

[sb1]

There will be a limited number of the Old Judge books available at the National at table 713.

Try this book

[oldjudge]

Ron-That is a good introductory book, the one I used when I got started around 1990. However, keep in mind that the book has quite a few errors, several on player identification, which were later corrected. Besides our book the one other reference I would recommend is the British Cartophilic Society Listing. That book lists the sub varieties for each of the individual poses, a level which we chose not to go down to.

Originally Posted by oldjudge

Ron-That is a good introductory book, the one I used when I got started around 1990. However, keep in mind that the book has quite a few errors, several on player identification, which were later corrected. Besides our book the one other reference I would recommend is the British Cartophilic Society Listing. That book lists the sub varieties for each of the individual poses, a level which we chose not to go down to.

Thank You for that information I was not aware

Question would this Old Judge be considered a script series dont mean to hijack the thread

[seff]

I would say it is the 1887 Banner series. It even has the 1887 copyright.

[oldjudge]

No, that is part of the 1887 “0” number (number starting with a zero) series. There are two variations, one with “Old Judge Cigarettes” in a curved banner at the top of the card and the “0” number in the upper corner, and one with an ad box at the UR or UL and the “0” number in the ID panel at the bottom of the card. The script series cards have the player’s name in script in the photo area. A spotted tie card is an example of a script series card. All this info is in Lew’s book as well as ours.