If I knew I could get it for what John paid and not get into a bidding war, I would've bought it. I think it's a fair price for a card not seen very often and rarely available. I'm saying what everyone else has already said but the only reason I didn't get into the bidding was that I know there are a few diehard collectors going after these cards. If it was just me and a dealer working out a price for this card, I can tell you I would probably have paid this. It is a clean example, nice looking card with a miscut back.
There are other examples but if you have a solid VG-EX grade collection, this card fits in there better than some others I've seen with creases and other distractions.
The other thing to consider when looking at auction prices is that if you wanted the card, you would have had to pay higher than the auction price for it. Obviously, someone was willing to go to the level that it landed at, so if you put yourself back in time (TIME MACHINE?) on the card and want it, you WOULD NOT have gotten it at that price and would have had to go AT LEAST one increment higher.
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