YES! Amped. Brett reg size 9!

[MattyC]

Little ways back, a Brett reg size 9 popped on eBay. Novella had it up. Loved it. Missed it. After that the card finally took an overdue bump in price. After all with the Schmidt, two biggest cards of the decade probably. Anyways I LUCKED OUT and saw it listed on a BIN-- couldn't hit it fast enough.

Enjoying a drink in back of uber car en route to Hollywood for a night out-- raising glass to finally snagging reg size Brett RC! Pics when it is in hand for sure.

I definitely was not looking forward to slugging it out in an auction, as I have too many buddies who all want one-- or more than one. Sometimes gotta love BINS!

I think some cards do well with bins but others may perform best in auction format, actually.

[Bestdj777]

Curious as to what that is? Never heard of the card before. Pics? Congrats on the find!

[almostdone]

Originally Posted by Bestdj777

Curious as to what that is? Never heard of the card before. Pics? Congrats on the find!

I think he is referring to a 1975 Topps George Brett rookie card in regular size as opposed to the mini's. Maybe a bit excited at the time of the post to fully explain it. I had to interpret it myself.
I looked it up on ebay and it is a beautiful card. Congrats on finding one with a BIN your happy with instead of having to duke it out on an auction.
Drew

[Bestdj777]

Thanks Drew. All that popped up on my google searches was something about Brett Hull, which did not make sense.

[savedfrommyspokes]

Looking at some of the other PSA 9 75 Bretts, I noticed this one....are the edges of this case frosted, is it just a bad image, or am I seeing things?


http://www.ebay.com/itm/1975-TOPPS-G...item2a328444ca

[MattyC]

Thanks, yes, was just amped and posting from iPhone at the time. Mean regular size as opposed to mini. I once had both in 10, but sold them to chase a Ruth RC, and was eager to find two strong 9s. The mini came up first, and the reg size version had eluded me. So many people doing that set and on the registry you have Brett guys, set guys, and HOF rc guys, that the auction action can take a good one over 2k on a good (or would it be bad? Depends if buyer or seller!) day. Hence was pumped to see a BIN. Was my second lucky BIN after the CJ Cobb that lasted on ebay all of like ten seconds, lol.

VCP shows how strong the action is Brett 9s have been getting, even for examples with less than stellar centering for the grade.

That case on the other one mentioned is fine; top/bottom not the best example for the grade but looks strong in all other respects.

Many cases come with cloudy patches right off the press. Tampering/frosting is more about an entire continuous edge of the case having that look. Hope that helps.

Actually, looking harder at that one listed and linked above, I'm surprised it did not get an OC qualifier? I know the angled can can distort the look of centering, but there is precious little green real estate above the ROYALS. If I subbed that I'd definitely get an OC with my luck.