Posted By:
Al C.risafulliTed:
I don't know you at all, but I don't think you bought the card for resale. However, if I'm not mistaken, haven't you completed and sold multiple T206 sets? If I'm mistaking you for someone else on the board, I apologize, but if I'm not, well, I figure anyone who's managed to build a T206 set, sell it off, and build another one, won't have any qualms about selling off a Sovereign 460 Evers. So I figure eventually you'll sell it.
As far as what you paid for the card, it frankly doesn't matter. You've been searching for it for two years. You own it now. Obviously you're not thrilled with the price, but it wasn't enough to keep you from buying it so it couldn't have been THAT ridiculous. Therefore, I think you got it for a great price. Congratulations. Enjoy the card. It might not be a 5, but it's still really nice-looking to me.
As for why someone would buy a PSA 1 Lajoie in a holder, well, I'd imagine there are lots of reasons. But if I were building a graded set of T206s in low grades, I'd consider buying one already in the holder to avoid having to pay grading fees on a raw one.
I'm building a low-grade T205 set in SGC holders. I've bought SGC 10 cards on purpose.
Actually the other day I bought a T206 McGraw in a low-grade Beckett holder. I'm slowly doing T206 HOFers, and I like different backs, and this one had a Sovereign, so I bought it. It graded a 1.5. I was buying the card, though, it just happens to be encased in plastic. Eventually I'll crack it out and put it in an SGC holder with the rest of my HOFers.
-Al