1979 Ozzie Smith on ebay....what happened here?

[KingFisk]

What am I missing that this card sold for $225? I was watching this one and then it spiraled out of control towards the end....card has nice centering but a little black splotch right over the team name...interesting.


http://www.ebay.com/itm/151278409277...84.m1423.l2649

[Rich Klein]

the rookie Ozzie is notorious for terrible centering,. An 8 with decent centering is going to bring decent coin. Nothing more, nothing less

[MattyC]

Someone bought the card and not the holder/numerical grade. I applaud that. I'd pay more for a centered 8 than a tilted OC 9 all day.

[KingFisk]

I guess this is where my relative lack of experience since I got back in to card collecting is apparent. There were a handful of BIN PSA 8s going for around 120 concurrently, including this one that I ended up buying...to my eye, the centering is almost as good as the one that went for $226....maybe a little less nice on the top edge and the left....but pretty good overall.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/201063543190...84.m1439.l2649

And honestly, I am just trying to understand and re-educate myself here, definitely not trying to allege any shilling or anything of the sort. Truly just trying to understand the marketplace a little bit more. I guess in this hobby, the eye of the beholder and what his wallet is willing to give up drive price as much as anything. Thanks guys!

[ALR-bishop]

Enjoy the hobby Carl and welcome to the board

[autograf]

I'm with you on the one you got. 1/2 the price and almost the same centering. The bidding wars bring funny number sometimes though. Tough card to find centered, so you did well..........

[PM770]

Originally Posted by Rich Klein

the rookie Ozzie is notorious for terrible centering,. An 8 with decent centering is going to bring decent coin. Nothing more, nothing less

+1. Those two examples are about as good a centering on that card that I've ever seen (I know mine is at least 90-10) I'm not a stickler for centering by any means, but I can see how some are.

Enjoy your card!

[KCRfan1]

Originally Posted by KingFisk

I guess this is where my relative lack of experience since I got back in to card collecting is apparent. There were a handful of BIN PSA 8s going for around 120 concurrently, including this one that I ended up buying...to my eye, the centering is almost as good as the one that went for $226....maybe a little less nice on the top edge and the left....but pretty good overall.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/201063543190...84.m1439.l2649

And honestly, I am just trying to understand and re-educate myself here, definitely not trying to allege any shilling or anything of the sort. Truly just trying to understand the marketplace a little bit more. I guess in this hobby, the eye of the beholder and what his wallet is willing to give up drive price as much as anything. Thanks guys!

I would have done the same thing you did. It's a 1979 Topps Ozzie Smith! No way do I drop $220 + on that card. I can live with a slight tilt, or reasonable off centering. You got a card and an extra $100 bucks to spend. Nothing wrong with that.

[KingFisk]

Thanks, Al! And thanks all for the feedback, everyone. I am excited about the Ozzie rookie and am looking forward to its arrival. I haven't gotten over the thrill of getting great cards of players I loved when I was a kid...specifically non-junk wax cards, that is.