would you bid on this card?

duner

i"m just curious what the masses think. this is one of the marquis cards in the set and doesnt surface in this condition often but the centering seems questionable for a card that"s gonna sell for a premium what does everyone else think????


THORPE

qualitycards

The card is oc, but in many instances it may have better color or corners then another 8 w/ better centering. So you have to see if its worth the tradeoff...jay

Glynparson

Im with Jay the card is OC but the Color and Picture seem to be outstanding it would be fine with me due to the tremendous color, it is probably a very striking card in person. there will always be some that would complain of the centering, but there will also be some that rave about the color and eye appeal. so it is definetly what you prefer a tremendous color and photo or an image that is better centered.

minibeers

If I was down to that card being one of the last cards to complete a set, I would pull the trigger. I have mixed feeling about centering. Perfect centering is ideal but was never a concern during manufacturing so great color, surface, and corners always wins over centering for me (unless the centering is so bad it is distracting).
cheers,
minibeers

GoSoxBoSox

I'd buy it as a filler until I could afford the 8. But only at the price of a 4 or 5.

Mantlefan

That's a nice card and the centering doesn't detract too much from the "eye appeal". I'd buy it.

34GoudeyCollector

I would think that PSA would have slapped an OC on this one??

Ken

CW

The Thorpe card is one of the hardest to find nicely centered in the
All-American set, if not THE hardest. When a card it so tough to find
centered, collectors will often accept that fact and settle for an off
center example. Still, I would bet that the final bid price on this one
will be fairly low due to the centering. Maybe $800 ($25 over SMR,
which is actually a bit weak for a PSA 8 A.A.).

And, man, that Jeannie Dee sure is cute! Yeah, yeah, I know she's
married, but she must be putting her pic in the auctions for a reason...



edited to add: no, I wouldn't bid on that card.

wolfbear

I think if the design of the card were just a picture and a border, it would look too off-centered to me,
but with the two logos, different sized blue borders, and two pictures, there's just so much going on,

that the overall centering doesn't seem as important on this particular card as it would on others.

CW

I was wrong about the closing price.
It ended at $1,081.89.

duner

yeah, i'm pretty floored by that price too...oh well i'll stick with the psa 5's and 6's.