[cyseymour]

A few advanced collectors have gone on a crusade against high-grade OJ's, and basically say as many derogatory things about them as possible, which has scared away the average collector. As a result, high-grade OJ's can be had very cheaply considering the scarcity and age of the card, in contrast to high grade cards from T and E sets.

I believe high-grade OJ's to be some of the nicest cards out there. But most OJ collectors willingly pay a high premium for cards with back damage, creases and tobacco stains as a form of reverse snobbery to show that they don't care about condition. As for the advanced collectors, they don't want people putting money into high-grade OJ's since they don't own them themselves.

So these beautiful high-grade OJ's just sit dead on the market, an SGC 84 with a great image can be had for under a thousand bucks. Meanwhile, total trash like an SGC 40 Brown Hindu will reach a higher price. All to avoid the shame of being a high-grade OJ collector. It doesn't make any sense to me, but that's just how our hobby is - a lot of the best stuff can be found inexpensively.