Importance of Qualifiers

[Pilot172000]

Usually if it is (MK) and I bought it, I didn't have any plans to sell it. There are some cards I covet and a stamp mark or something that doesn't over all distract from the card won't deter me from snatching it up

[Rookiemonster]

I like cards with pinholes.not just because they are cheaper. I think it's cool to think that at one point the card was on the headboard,wall,etc of a young fan. That love for the player and card is pretty much what drives us all. That kid might have grown up and wanted to regain that card.

[rats60]

Originally Posted by Rookiemonster

I like cards with pinholes.not just because they are cheaper. I think it's cool to think that at one point the card was on the headboard,wall,etc of a young fan. That love for the player and card is pretty much what drives us all. That kid might have grown up and wanted to regain that card.

One of my favorite cards is a Magie error with pinholes. I imagine a young fan having this card in 1909 and knowing his name was misspelled, but the hobby didn't know for decades.

[pokerplyr80]

I stay away fron qualifiers for the most part. But using the generally accepted two grade deduction I would value a card at much less than just 10% off the non qualified price. In some cases it could be a 80-90% drop with the medium to higher grade vintage cards.

[Pilot172000]

Originally Posted by pokerplyr80

I stay away fron qualifiers for the most part. But using the generally accepted two grade deduction I would value a card at much less than just 10% off the non qualified price. In some cases it could be a 80-90% drop with the medium to higher grade vintage cards.

I have never owned anything above a PSA 3.5 and probably never will. I can certainly see the crowd that is actively hunting 6 or 7s and above as having an aversion to qualifiers.

[pokerplyr80]

Originally Posted by Pilot172000

I have never owned anything above a PSA 3.5 and probably never will. I can certainly see the crowd that is actively hunting 6 or 7s and above as having an aversion to qualifiers.

In that grade range I would be even more inclined to stay away from an OC and MC qualifier. Centered cards look so much better in my opinion, and the premium you'll pay will be much smaller. An MK could be fine depending on the card.

I see great looking centered cards on the pick up thread all of the time in the 1-3 range. If you're only looking at 10-20% more than an OC I'd say that's money well spent.

[Pilot172000]

I have passed on a lot of sharp OC and MC cards for the reasons you just stated. I usually look for MK cards because I find them to be a good deal. If I can stand the mark then I will usually bid or buy.

[Rookiemonster]

Originally Posted by rats60

One of my favorite cards is a Magie error with pinholes. I imagine a young fan having this card in 1909 and knowing his name was misspelled, but the hobby didn't know for decades.

Wow that's a epic card! I feel like this is part of the birth of collecting. It shows that they were well loved and kept. And maybe when that kid grew up the want for that card turned him in to one of the first collectors.

A few of my first vintage card looked as if they were in spokes or were flipped on concrete.

[xplainer]

Originally Posted by Rookiemonster

I like cards with pinholes.not just because they are cheaper. I think it's cool to think that at one point the card was on the headboard,wall,etc of a young fan. That love for the player and card is pretty much what drives us all. That kid might have grown up and wanted to regain that card.

I don't like Q's and don't buy them, but I like this post. You are so right. There is a story behind every card.

[Snapolit1]

Yep. Funny, I have no prob with slightly OC but would have no interest in a card with writing in it. To each his own.

[Pilot172000]

Not all qualifiers are created equal. There are plenty that I back away from immediately because they are too distracting and then there are ones that I must have when I see the price in relation to the card and grade.

[pokerplyr80]

Looks like it makes a pretty big difference on the high grade high end stuff. A 9 OC 52 Topps Mays just sold on ebay for less than 2% of what a straight 9 went for. 480k vs just over 9k.

[irv]

Originally Posted by pokerplyr80

Looks like it makes a pretty big difference on the high grade high end stuff. A 9 OC 52 Topps Mays just sold on ebay for less than 2% of what a straight 9 went for. 480k vs just over 9k.

I posted that thinking the OC copy didn't mean much but I had no idea a straight copy sold for $480K!!