Hey, why didn't anybody ever tell me that old judges come in different sizes?

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Posted By: Jay Miller

First, Mark is right. Old Judge come in various sizes. 1887 cards can be small or jumbo. 1888 cards tend to be small and 1889 cards tend to be normal or jumbo. Notice I use the word TEND. There ain't no absolutes. The best advice I could give you is to forget PSA (or SGC,etc.). They do not know pre-1900 cards and their grading reflects it. I have a scan of a PSA graded 1887 card from ebay where the whole bottom was trimmed off the card and I believe it got a 6 or a 7. Don't let the dealers hype you into the graded card mania. Get cards with nice photos and forget whether they are 3s or 9s. Terry Knouse knows his cards so if he sold it to you as good it probably is. If you have any doubts send it to Mark and let him take a look. If you want me to look at a scan send it to me at curl777@aol.com.