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Tom Boblittlots of the OJ's sell for widely varying price ranges and grading or not grading may not be the deciding factor on what they sell for. There are at least 2-3 with maybe more people collecting them BY POSE. With over 2400-2500 cards, that is a daunting task and, as such, I think that some of those people will pay a significant premium on what might be considered a 'common' pose or player.
More often than not an SGC60 or SGC80 will sell for 150-200% of what an EX to EXMT described card will sell for. SGC20,30 and 40 cards seem to command a nice premium to similarly described, ungraded cards.
Unfortunately, this is not an absolute, so the proverbial crapshoot is what is more likely to happen. The benefit with ebay versus the Sloate, Lipset or other auction is you set your minimum and you set your reserve. You have SOME control on if the item will sell in your range.
Looking at and studying the SGC/PSA selling prices for OJ's will sometimes give you a good feel for pricing and trends though and for now, it's as good as, if not better, barometer of what they're 'worth' than the SCD or Beckett guides. At least SCD has tried to include some of the pose/team/player combinations that might be considered 'Scarce'--info which, to date, has been in a limited number of hands--for obvious reasons.