Buy the card, not the label

[uyu906]

Absolutely shocking -

[bbcard1]

No doubt it is a lot, but a centered Ozzie rookie does not come along very often. it is truly a hard card.

[bn2cardz]

I am going to have to start putting this little phrase in all of my auctions:

" it would be wise to bid aggressively for this treasure"

[Ronnie73]

This is the perfect example of why I don't buy PSA 10's for pre 1980 cards. I've seen alot of PSA 9's that look just as good as a 10. For 20 grand, you can probably build 2 complete sets of 1979 topps in PSA 9 condition or 100+ complete ungraded sets. Out of the million+ cards I own, I only have 3 pre 1980 PSA 10's. One of them is a 1973 OPC #271 Tom Hutton PSA 10. PSA POP Reports show it as 1 of 1 and only 2 at PSA 9 level. He's not at the same level of a player as Ozzie is but more rare of a card and older too. Any takers at 10 Grand?

[CMIZ5290]

EXACTLY WHY I DON'T BUY THEM ANYMORE EITHER. ANYONE WANT SOME GEM MINT 1987 BELLINGHAM GRIFFEY ROOKIES?

[kcohen]

Truly mind-boggling. Just goes to show you've been barking up the wrong tree all these years, Danny.

Your new motto should be: BUY THE HOLDER, NOT THE CARD.

[CMIZ5290]

What is absolutely amazing is that this card in a psa 9 is a $350-400 card! How in the world could a psa 10 be worth $20k?? Alot of psa 9's look like 10's anyway.

[novakjr]

It happens, but I'm sure whoever won the card is happy to have it(and money clearly wasn't an issue), much like I'm happy with my off-centered one with a few edge dings, and that's all that really matters..

As illogical as this seems. There's no way the buyer bought this as an investment. He bought it for the love of the card, and as much as it hurts to say, the slab is currently a huge part of this card.. It is a beautiful card.

Anyone know what the other 3 psa 10's look like? This could be the best of the bunch.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by novakjr

It happens, but I'm sure whoever won the card is happy to have it(and money clearly wasn't an issue), much like I'm happy with my off-centered one with a few edge dings, and that's all that really matters..

As illogical as this seems. There's no way the buyer bought this as an investment. He bought it for the love of the card, and as much as it hurts to say, the slab is currently a huge part of this card.. It is a beautiful card.

Anyone know what the other 3 psa 10's look like? This could be the best of the bunch.

That buyer might have bought it for the love of the card although a 9 would be a 10 on any given day, imo. That being said, I don't care if folks pay a million dollars for their PSA 11s, but I think it's more about being a half a point higher on the registry than it is about the card itself. As I say, I don't care if they want to play the registry game, I am sure it's fun, but I just don't think someone could get 19k more pleasure out of a 10 over a 9 on that card. The buyer probably swatted a friend from the top registry spot with it, and to him, that makes it all worth it....which in reality, is all that counts. Who cares if they collect for a different reason, more power to them!! (maybe I am wrong too, who knows?)

[kcohen]

Originally Posted by novakjr

It happens, but I'm sure whoever won the card is happy to have it(and money clearly wasn't an issue), much like I'm happy with my off-centered one with a few edge dings, and that's all that really matters..

As illogical as this seems. There's no way the buyer bought this as an investment. He bought it for the love of the card, and as much as it hurts to say, the slab is currently a huge part of this card.. It is a beautiful card.

Anyone know what the other 3 psa 10's look like? This could be the best of the bunch.

Yep

[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by novakjr

He bought it for the love of the card

No he did not, he bought it for his "love" of the grade.

If he "loved" the card, he would have bought a thousand raw cards, or a few hundred slabbed cards (the slab protects cards from the elements) and covered a wall in his house with them.

I'm happy that the buyer is happy, but he's still an idiot. In my less than humble opinion.

Doug