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The difference a millimeter makes
helionaut
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Two recent auctions for a tough card:
Hegan 8
Hegan 8oc
The first sold for $489, the second less than 10% of that. The former, I think, is nicer overall, with stronger corners and edges that the latter. The pop is 15 on the 8, one of the lower totals for the 52B set. There are only 2 8Qs, along with 1 9, 2 7s, and 4 6s (as of my 2 week old pop report). But I'm pretty impressed with the price on the straight 8, and wonder what the latter would have gone for as a straight 7 or 6. Centering depending on what looks like the thickness of the black borderline apparently makes a world of difference.
Hegan 8
Hegan 8oc
The first sold for $489, the second less than 10% of that. The former, I think, is nicer overall, with stronger corners and edges that the latter. The pop is 15 on the 8, one of the lower totals for the 52B set. There are only 2 8Qs, along with 1 9, 2 7s, and 4 6s (as of my 2 week old pop report). But I'm pretty impressed with the price on the straight 8, and wonder what the latter would have gone for as a straight 7 or 6. Centering depending on what looks like the thickness of the black borderline apparently makes a world of difference.
WANTED:
2005 Origins Old Judge Brown #/20 and Black 1/1s, 2000 Ultimate Victory Gold #/25
2004 UD Legends Bake McBride autos & parallels, and 1974 Topps #601 PSA 9
Rare Grady Sizemore parallels, printing plates, autographs
Nothing on ebay
2005 Origins Old Judge Brown #/20 and Black 1/1s, 2000 Ultimate Victory Gold #/25
2004 UD Legends Bake McBride autos & parallels, and 1974 Topps #601 PSA 9
Rare Grady Sizemore parallels, printing plates, autographs
Nothing on ebay
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"How about a little fire Scarecrow ?"
9's went for about $250.00 9 o/c's went for like $17.00
People (like myself) don't even look at an o/c card. Even though, like you said, a millimeter.
I'm sure the o/c buyer thinks he's getting a good deal, and he's probably right!
Seriously, I guess it's another case of card vs. holder. For the price difference, you could resubmit the 8oc about 40 times on the chance of receiving a straight 8. I'd bet 1 out of the 40 would cross.
On a related note: for set registry purposes, I think PSA needs to change the 2 point drop for some Q's (maybe not MC or MK or even OC in some cases?). Would it not be in their best interest? More people would submit borderline cards because they would end up selling higher. Most of the time, if you covered up the grades on the holders, collectors would choose an 8oc over a straight 6. I'll probably get some arguments against this (I know I wouldn't even agree with my own statement all of the time). Let's hear some thoughts on this.
JEB.
One easy distinction would be a deduction of 2 if the flaw was on the front of the card,
and a deduction of only 1 if the flaw was on the back,
but it's unworkable since PSA doesn't keep track of such things in their data base.
Something actually workable would be to reduce the qualifer deduction from 2 to 1-1/2,
since 2 seems like too much and 1 doesn't seem like enough.
It would probably just take a simple adjustment to the Registry's existing computer program.
"How about a little fire Scarecrow ?"
JEB.