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carewfan4lifecarewfan4life Posts: 27
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EXPLAIN THIS ONE. AS I COLLECT CAREW CARDS, THE LAST THREE 1971 PSA 9'S THAT CAME UP FOR AUCTION ON EBAY SOLD FOR $565,
$760, AND $1100 RESPECTIVELY, YET HIS CARD HAS NOT GONE UP IN VALUE THAT I AM AWARE OF IN ABOUT A YEAR OR SO. THERE IS NO CONSISTENCY TO PSA. THE MARKET IS BASED ON--WHAT ARE WILLING TO PAY FOR IT IN THAT GRADE. AND THEN YOU BID ACCORDINGLY. SO THE $350 IN SMR IS REALLY A FARCE WHEN YOU KNOW GOING INTO THE AUCTION WHAT YOU_WILL_HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS CARD.

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  • VirtualizardVirtualizard Posts: 1,936 ✭✭
    Amen, brother!

    For anyone that knows a set well (like us on the Carew set), SMR is useless. The only time I use SMR is to get a general idea of the value of a card that I'm not familiar with. Even while researching this, I often combine a search of the POP report and compare SMR and POP to other cards in the same set. This is the only way that you can actually get any idea of what a card is worth using PSA's tools (searching recent ebay auctions can round out any analysis).

    Marc, email me. I think I might have a few Carews that you need.

    JEB.
  • MantlefanMantlefan Posts: 1,079 ✭✭
    Accurate pricing in the age of EBAY is very difficult. Prices fluctuate greatly. Joe Orlando has always welcomed our input on the SMR. Why not send him those auction numbers and prices and see if the listings go up.
    Frank

    Always looking for 1957 Topps BB in PSA 9!
  • carewfan4lifecarewfan4life Posts: 27
    BEEN THERE, DONE THAT. I HAVE CALLED, E-MAILED, MAILED FINAL REALIZED PRICES TILL I FINALLY GAVE UP. I ALSO HATE THE FACT THAT PSA (IN MY OPINION) FLATLY REFUSES TO RECOGNIZE HOW RARE OPC CARDS ARE. FOR EVERY 100 OF A TOPPS CARD INDIVIDUAL THERE ARE LESS THAN 10 IN EXISTENCE IN OPC FORM. I HAVE TALKED THIS ISSUE INTO THE GROUND WITH OLD AND NEW PEOPLE AT PSA. I HAVE SEEN NO CHANGE IN THEIR OPINION OF OPC IN THE LAST 3 YEARS. IF YOU WANT THE TRUE PRICES FOR CAREW CARDS YOU CAN CONTACT JEB OR MYSELF...DAM,WE BOUGHT ENOUGH OF THEM!!! TAKE A LOOK AT OUR REGISTRY MASTER CAREW SETS.
    MARC
  • theplasticmantheplasticman Posts: 333
    I agree on the OPC issues. I love em and think they are pretty undervalued but at the same time they just arent as popular as the Topps issues.

    Id love to see the SMR do a bit more tracking on graded prices myself as well.
    Eddie Murray, Will Clark and Darin Erstad collector, check my wantlists for what I need.
    http://www.clark22murray33.com
  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    i too agree that OPC is way undervalued in relation to Topps issues, I can only say that the demand just isnt there. for the collector though it is a blessing.
    Good for you.
  • theplasticmantheplasticman Posts: 333


    << <i>i too agree that OPC is way undervalued in relation to Topps issues, I can only say that the demand just isnt there. for the collector though it is a blessing. >>



    Are you collecting sets or specific players in the OPC?
    Eddie Murray, Will Clark and Darin Erstad collector, check my wantlists for what I need.
    http://www.clark22murray33.com
  • VirtualizardVirtualizard Posts: 1,936 ✭✭
    I think I'd agree to some point with most of these comments. OPC, for the most part, is not widely collected - especially in graded form. For the most part, any OPC star card that comes up on ebay is won by a player collector, not an OPC set collector. Even though there might be 30 PSA 9s of any random star from a Topps set and only a couple of PSA 9s of the same card from the parallel OPC set, the Topps version will ultimately sell for more because of the demand. I believe that in the future, some OPC issues will prove to be much harder to find in high grade (1975 comes to mind).

    That said, I do agree that the weighting of OPC cards in player sets should be looked at across the board. In just about every player set, OPCs are weighted lower than the Topps version. If someone can give me a good reason that this should occur for any year, please let me know. I haven't been able to figure it out yet.

    JEB.
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