)O-Pee-Chee V standard Topps prices

andsh4568

I noticed the price gap between the two is very large in many cases

Where Topps is much higher then the O-Pee-Chees. Why the difference ?

jayhawke

Collectors prefer the Topps version. Its almost a variation card and not much premium unless its a OPC star. They get no love from collectors.

Jayman1982

Unless you're talking hockey, then it's the opposite

CardGeek

It's interesting. O-Pee_Chee is much more rare over all. Much harder to find in high grade due to poor quality control. In an era when Topps was very heavily printed. Sometimes nearly literally a dime a dozen. They use better cardstock all through the 70s and 80s too. I like Tiffany too. Sometimes the gloss on the Tiffany cards is on there so thick that it looks bad though. Tiffany and OPC backs are similar. If it weren't for the high rate of OC, I would think O-Pee-Chee would be considered a premium.

Comics are similar. European Marvel gets little love. They're mostly black and white inside though. But, in a slab you can't see the inside. Extremely rare.

1951WheatiesPremium

I, for one, think OPC star cards are awesome. They hit a lot of high notes for me in that they’re hard to find, often feature subtle variations to Topps counterparts and are a sneaky foreign issue of a global sport with plenty of star cards, so they might have a bright future: modern collectors really seem to like those attributes and most people who enjoy collecting eventually explore vintage one way or the other: there’s just something really cool about holding 50+ year old cardboard in your hands.

Now, I think we’d all agree good threads are made better by some good cards. First up is a PSA pop 143 of a guy I collect heavily…

…and card number two was cut and graded by Canucks so I don’t really know if that grade crosses. That said, between the nice rough cut edges, the pretty darn good for OPC centering and the clean edges, it’s a pretty solid card. And I like the different Canadian back a lot; very 70s.

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craig44

I am also an OPC baseball fan. I love the colors and rarity. I have always thought they will at some point be viewed similarly to topps tiffany. those have blown up in price. I think that at some point OPC baseball will as well. of course I will probably be 90 years old and wont care at that point...

82FootballWaxMemorys

In the 1990's I heard OPC woudl be the next "big thing" - it was not. If in recent times it still has not progressed towards that it never will.

P.S. of course there will always be an exception or two in auctions here and there, the point made is for OPC in general.

coolstanley

just depends on the card.