I know of quite a bit of potential 9's in 1968 opc. Problem is that most of them are bulks of certain numbers only.
There are a few #'s that perhaps are more difficult, however on the other hand, they are probably in a certain section of the country and have yet to surface.
For example, with the 1973-74 opc hockey vending, it has been interesting over the years to see the cases spread out over different parts of North America. The original owner of all these cases stacked the cards in 100 count lots. So in one part of the country you have all the numbers 1 to whatever in 100 counts lots. I have at my disposal many cards in 100 count lots that would grade 8 or 9. However, my two vending cases do not have certain numbers. Now what's happened to those other numbers is anyone's guess. It all depends what the owners have done with them. I see that aarons(ebay) is still selling some of his.
So my take on the 68's is that they are out there. I agree with the patience theory 100%. However, it's also safe to say that certain numbers will be much tougher than others. I in no way have an opinion on which ones will be tougher, although I do have access to many numbers that would grade 8 and 9 easily. It all goes back to that original buyer and how he did things.
Will - I won't comment on the final bid price. Whatever someone wants to spend on a card is his business. However, I think it's safe to say that this is a set registry driven price, and not a true reflection of the hockey card market. I just sold many 1/1 psa 8's from 1969 for 125.00 each. I thought that was a fair market price. Then again, over 100 sold out in a week, so maybe they were too cheap. I don't think so.
I've dealt with Joe and Jamie and they're both good guys. I'm guessing they've dealt with each other too, but the competition for this set is about as fierce as it gets in the hockey world.
I definitely didn't mean that high-grade cards from this set are plentiful - especially ones that have appealing center like this Johnston has - but I don't think you can overlook the fact that in addition to being a 1/1, this is only the second copy ever graded.
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Joester is out of Michigan and is putting together some very nice high end hockey sets from the late 60's
I think they get aggressive because you just dont see good raw 68's anywhere. Im not saying there not out there i just cant seem to find any
Randy
I know of quite a bit of potential 9's in 1968 opc.
Problem is that most of them are bulks of certain numbers only.
There are a few #'s that perhaps are more difficult, however
on the other hand, they are probably in a certain section of the
country and have yet to surface.
For example, with the 1973-74 opc hockey vending, it has been
interesting over the years to see the cases spread out over different
parts of North America. The original owner of all these cases stacked
the cards in 100 count lots. So in one part of the country you have
all the numbers 1 to whatever in 100 counts lots. I have at my
disposal many cards in 100 count lots that would grade 8 or 9.
However, my two vending cases do not have certain numbers.
Now what's happened to those other numbers is anyone's guess. It all depends
what the owners have done with them. I see that aarons(ebay) is still selling
some of his.
So my take on the 68's is that they are out there. I agree with the patience
theory 100%. However, it's also safe to say that certain numbers will be
much tougher than others. I in no way have an opinion on which ones will
be tougher, although I do have access to many numbers that would grade
8 and 9 easily. It all goes back to that original buyer and how he did things.
Will - I won't comment on the final bid price. Whatever someone wants to spend
on a card is his business. However, I think it's safe to say that this is a set registry
driven price, and not a true reflection of the hockey card market. I just sold many
1/1 psa 8's from 1969 for 125.00 each. I thought that was a fair market price.
Then again, over 100 sold out in a week, so maybe they were too cheap.
I don't think so.
marc
I definitely didn't mean that high-grade cards from this set are plentiful - especially ones that have appealing center like this Johnston has - but I don't think you can overlook the fact that in addition to being a 1/1, this is only the second copy ever graded.