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Trae R.I knew this was going to come up. I am going to justify my bid below, I can't explain how I ended up getting in a bidding war with someone over the card though... it isn't that amazing or anything.
This particular card was my first vintage experience, my first tobacco
experience, and my first grading experience all wrapped into one. I
submitted it to SGC right when I received it because it looked like
grading was the cool thing to do. Previous to this I only collected
modern stuff in my youth (take that lightly.. I'm only 25) so this was
all new territory for me 3 years ago.
This card started it all for me. I'm not usually the
sentimental type, but I could only watch it come up on eBay so many
times. After the battle with that fella I obviously wish I had grabbed
it prior to this, but it's a small price to pay for a card that won't
leave my collection again unless I sell it all.
Again, I have no clue why the other bidder was so interested in the card. It was very odd to me that he hit my (already outrageous) max bid right on the nose and then didn't bid anymore!? The seller ended this early to avoid anymore crazy bidding when I brought the activity to his attention.
It could've been worse I suppose. I'm confused and relieved all at the same time.