1974 OPC Mike Schmidt PSA 7
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Did anyone catch the recent auction of this card that went for over $400 US? 1974 OPC high grade stars doing great! Thoughts?
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hey Mikeygiggs,
are you talking about this one...
Yes! Thank you for posting the link! I had this card on my watch list since the beginning of the auction and was pleasantly surprised by the result! I will keep an eye out for any High grade 74 OPC Winfield and Parker rookies when they do show up for auction as they do not come up for sale often.
Card is sharp aside from that very noticeable OC tilt.
Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
With that tilt I wouldn’t pay $4 for it. Not that it matters, since I don’t bid on Prober’s auctions.
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That Schmidt card is impossible to find in any condition, let alone top grade.
The top Schmidt registry guys were probably bidding against each other for it, and if so, skews that final bid amount.
Rare, but yucky IMHO.
That card is butt ugly
That's a generous 7.
Oh, I'd definitely pay $4 for it. Free shipping?
That Schmidt is one tough card to find centered. Almost as difficult as the 1974 OPC Fisk. Here are the only 2 of the Schmidt I've ever sent in for grading
Just make sure what you're bidding on is actually an OPC, and not a Topps in disguise:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/394594793009?hash=item5bdfaeb631:g:CE0AAOSwa0pkTAFW&amdata=enc:AQAIAAAA0Abs7Zh68nh5nOd/GUlBBAExrT9/Au6Phei5yX6DN4ph3sElBP51bjoi94jKzz9BRQt3j5SQqiQtHD44uO48J5fpJsO7bAWJJsYC7s0wUYNgtSrb0wg3ZX7EbjwShYeU1x4AX2Cs/85ciXDbQGXOk7/0AURRjHZC7qN3vsZOycP0Z4ygG+/254w6gmbe9AcikH/JL8QQyCf8wCpcmjz3iKxY8g7dKxp2TwgeVKD8R48ciVy1TcQd+RugxP65ruJXvdNKW8iAtTqa6Qe2J9uAzHo=|tkp:Bk9SR-bMr_yUYg&nma=true&si=RlAVcl7oupR3ZbehVqUSuZ0OITg%3D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
Steve
Yes! OPC are Yellow backs! How does PSA make a mistake like that?
My guess the submitter entered it wrong and Research & ID did not catch it, or submitter submitted BOTH a topps and OPC of the same card and they got mixed up at the R&D stage where the stickers got swiched... Had this happen with a hockey card.... The OPC came back min size in a topps flip card saver, and the topps came graded with a OPC flip. Sold that thing no problem for OPC money on PWCC!! As they say, buy the flip, not the card !!!
1974 OPC is extremely tough. It is generally assumed that OPC (1965-1979) was produced at a rate of 5-10% of Topps production. I believe 1974 is on the low end of that number. I have been told that there was some sort of strike that year in Canada affecting OPC printing. Can anyone confirm that ??
I honestly believe the print run to be 1-2% of Topps. Here is my reasoning. If it was 10%. 1 out of every 10 1970 Hank Aaron's would be OPC. 1971, 73.74.75 etc. I see dozens of these cards every year in Topps; but sometimes I do not see a single OPC version and I am looking for them always. If it was 5% it would be 1 out of 20. No possible way it's even close to that high.
for what reason?
quite possibly. i have always thought it to be around 6 - 8 %. So for every 100,000 topps there would be around 6000 - 8000 opc. But finding unopened wax of 1981 opc and older is like hitting the lottery. So you could be right. especially from 1976 and older.
I see softness in 4 corners. If I was in the market for a PSA 7 Winfield rookie, I would pass on that one.
he was talking about the OPC Schmidt PSA 7, not the misholdered Topps Winfield. I would pass on the winfield too
Definitely a very over graded Winfield.
Not all that hard to tell a topps vs OPC in 1974.
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