PSA 5 or PSA 8 (OC)

[puckpaul]

I chose to buy this Orr rookie in 8(OC). To me the centering is hard to read on this card and in my judgment it doesn’t put my eye off when I look at it. Not even sure why the designation. It also seems arbitrary to me when a card is downgraded on centering versus labeled OC. I don’t get it.so I would make the decision on your own eye appeal.

[Kutcher55]

Totally agree. Some cards don’t look as bad OC as others. Your Orr is a perfect example. It’s spectacular and I’m sure it has more relative value (to other Orr RCs with no quals). In general not all OCs are created equal. A card that is OC both vertically and horizontally usually has significantly worse eye appeal than a card just OC vertically. And in a case like the Orr card where there is no clearly defined bordering it’s not nearly as conspicuous as cards with bordering. My guess is you could easily get the same money as a 7 with NQ if you chose to sell that card perhaps even more since there tends to be a huge gap between 7 and 8s in condition sensitive issues (other examples being ‘62 and ‘71 topps baseball).

[ullmandds]

PSA has been inconsistent in all aspects of their "opinions"...esp with their OC designation. Buy the card...who cares what PSA's opinion was anyway. It's all such a crock!

[irv]

Originally Posted by puckpaul

I chose to buy this Orr rookie in 8(OC). To me the centering is hard to read on this card and in my judgment it doesn’t put my eye off when I look at it. Not even sure why the designation. It also seems arbitrary to me when a card is downgraded on centering versus labeled OC. I don’t get it.so I would make the decision on your own eye appeal.

Definitely a beautiful card, and, imo, it doesn't matter much on that card as the OC designation is because of top to bottom, which is hard to tell on your card.

When an OC designation is applied, the tolerance, depending on the condition of the card, becomes less and less the greater the cards condition is in.

That card would likely grade a 6, I assume, if you chose not to have the qualifier, but with yours, I would choose the 8-OC designation all day everyday.

[UKCardGuy]

I'm probably in the minority on this one, but I prefer the 8-OC. Even though the 5 isn't bad, the eye appeal of the sharp corners and colours on the 8 wins IMO.

For me, it really depends on the set. Because the '63T doesn't have a white border on the bottom edge, a little OC at the top doesn't cause a major issue for me. On another set like 64T, it would be more problematic.

[brob28]

I'll almost always take the centered card, centering is one of my personal qualifiers.