Mastro 1979 OPC PSA 10 Gretzky Rookie

TurbosHockey · August 2, 2005 12:02AM

I am an avid hockey collector and wish I could win power ball this week so I could attempt to bid on this card. Where do you think this card belongs in the history of greatest Rookies??? Read the Mastro description, I am interested to hear what non hockey people hve to say.

Cheers,
DarrenMastro Auction

DaBigHurt · August 2, 2005 12:23AM

Before people jump on about how the card has print dots, is badly rough cut and less than sharp corners, keep in mind you can't tell anything from a scan. Many scanners give the card the appearance of a rough cut and rounded corners. The print dots can be explained by bad lighting.

The expert graders at PSA said this is a PSA 10 and that's the end of it. For the naysayers, just watch what this bad boy brings when the hammer falls!!

srs1a · August 2, 2005 12:30AM

TurbosHockey · August 2, 2005 12:42AM

Also the rough cut is a good sign that it is actually authentic and not sheet cut.

TheCARDKid · August 2, 2005 4:22AM

The centering is a turn off to me. If I'm going to spend that kind of money on a modern rookie, it needs to be 50/50.

The rough cut looks nice.

yawie99 · August 2, 2005 7:20AM

Even if money were no object, I think I'd save myself $25,000 and hold out for a 9 with superior eye appeal. I'd be willing to be that at least 25 percent of the PSA 9's out there look better than this card, which, I believe, was graded very shortly after BGS awarded a 9.5 on an OPC Gretzky rookie. Kinda strange timing, if you ask me.

ArtRossLives · August 2, 2005 8:12AM

I'm with thebighurt - the expert graders have spoken and even now I'm auctioning off my car and getting a second mortgage to bid on this historic piece of.....

gmoneystyles · August 2, 2005 8:15AM

you think for that kind of money they would produce a half decent scan

rvc · August 2, 2005 9:33AM

yawie, i was wondering what your thoughts were. i always wondered what this 10 looked like - i thought it would be better. i love the rought cut ,though.

yawie99 · August 2, 2005 10:40AM

I do think the rough cut adds an element of legitimacy to OPC cards in this age of sheet-cut uncertainty, but I think 10's should only show a slight hint of the O-Pee-Chee cut. Plus the centering isn't that hot for a 10. (Of course, I think the 10 grade is something of a fiction anyway.) But, for me, the real kicker is my belief that PSA's awarding of this 10 was at least somewhat influenced by the fact that they were beaten to the PR punch by BGS/BVG on a gem mint Gretzky.

Throwdown · August 2, 2005 10:57AM

<< <i>you think for that kind of money they would produce a half decent scan >>

You can blow it up to about a zillion magnification and see Wayne's nosehairs. What's wrong with the scan?

rvc · August 2, 2005 11:27AM

2nd '79opc graded psa 10

i'm still trying to figure out the picture game.

67standup · August 2, 2005 12:27PM

So how many examples of this card exist? 1000, 10,000, 100,000? Oh, but a pair of eyeballs says it's a 10, therefore the pricetag. If those subjective eyes graded it a 9, how much less would this card command?

Boopotts · August 2, 2005 12:54PM

So many examples of this card exist? 1000, 10,000, 100,000? Oh, but a pair of eyeballs says it's a 10, therefore the pricetag. If those subjective eyes graded it a 9, how much less would this card command?

I 'think' a PSA 9 sells for around five grand.

VintageJeff · August 2, 2005 7:58PM

BVG 9 Gretzky

This card looks better than that 10 but i how much do you want to bet this is sheet cut? An OPC with not even a hint of a rough cut? Yeah right.

raym8 · August 2, 2005 8:05PM

I paid $6k for this about 4 years ago on ebay, though the price on 9's has fallen over the past 2 years :

An while I don't mind the rough cut, I can't see paying 5-10 times that amount just for that number '10' printed on the label :

shagrotn77 · August 2, 2005 11:34PM

Ray,

Nice to see a large scan of your Gretzky 9. It's a beauty!

Andy

TimeMachine · August 3, 2005 6:56AM

Gorgeous card ray... Gretzky's OPC RC in a PSA 9 is next on my radar...

raym8 · August 3, 2005 7:25AM

There are 2 up right now on the Superior Auction

Here's the link :

Gretzky PSA 9's

EagleEyeKid · August 3, 2005 8:04AM

Ray's 9 is the best example I've ever seen. It blows away that crappy 10, and the 2 PSA 9 from Superior.

TimeMachine · August 3, 2005 8:29AM

Thanks for the link ray, as I am aware of that particular auction and the cards offerred.

To wit, EagleEye is right... in fact, the 10 on mastro appears to have a slightly "blunted" top-right corner... I would much rather own ray's 9 than that 10 any day. Just a gorgeous example.

phreakydancin · August 3, 2005 10:02AM

I don't think the centering is as bad on that 10 as the scan would have us believe. Any time you see a card pushed up against the inner edge, as that card is on it's left edge, it makes the centering look worse than it is.

I'm surprised that Mastro would provide such a crappy scan for such an important item.

theplasticman · August 5, 2005 8:11AM

Ray, nice 9! I think it has more appeal than the 10 myself.

bedardsavard18 · August 6, 2005 1:21PM

My guess is that the Mastro wanted everyone to see the rough cut on the Gretzky so that all sheet cut dislikers would say oh it must be a non sheet card.