I'm going to politely disagree with everything Cy has said so far. Neither of those PSA 8 OJs in Goodwin are rare, scarce, or tough. Every single serious OJ collector already has a nice Del Darling card, IMO one of the most common cards out there. If a seriously advanced collector picked this up it wouldn't be because they needed it, it would probably be because it went cheap and would be more of a novelty... I've been told that there are a few guys out there that only care about technical condition, but it's just a few.
The reason, in my opinion, the condition "rarity" phenomenon doesn't exist in the OJ market is because the set it self already rare, most of the cards are scarce. If you are going to go for PSA 8s, you will have a very small collection. It has nothing to do with "snobs snubbing". The last time I recall anything similar to what CY is suggesting, is when that "highest graded" Harry Wright came to market. It was PSA 8 with almost no photo left, and yes, some did speak against the "best in the hobby" claims made by the grade itself.
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