Buy the card, not the label

[novakjr]

Originally Posted by doug.goodman

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

No, I agree, there is definitely a massive amount of idiocy that played into the purchase. Also, in my post, I noted that the Grade is a huge part of what this card is. Right or wrong, the card is no longer, just a '79 Topps Ozzie Smith. It's a Gem Mint PSA 10 1979 Topps Ozzie Smith.. of which there are currently only 4. Again, I'll admit that the grading is subjective, and doesn't mean that much to a good amount of people(myself included), and that some 9s are possibly better, and would be a far better value in terms of price. But then again, they don't have that magic number 10 on their slab..