The Mother of All Koufax RCs

[peterose4hof]

https://twitter.com/JoeOrlandoPSA/st...30955087384576

[vthobby]

What I find amazing is that this card was waiting in the wings for someone to eventually get graded......or I guess it could have been a PSA or SGC 9 re-submit.

A thing of beauty, just like Sandy's arm.

Thanks for sharing,

Peace, Mike

PS I actually have a 1955 Topps wax pack graded a 4.5 for some rips and holes but it is labeled as the Koufax series so hopefully someday that pack yields a card in the middle just like this! I know.......dream on!

[curtis-cards]

What a beauty!

[bcbgcbrcb]

I am in the market for a Koufax RC, I guess that one will do........

[SMPEP]

I am really out of tune with my hobby! I see a card like this and my first thought is ... OMG, what an abomination! I don't see a desirable card. I see a horrifically, undesirable one.

Why? No, it's not price (although those are carzy in my opinion). No it's because I think ... what would it have taken to get a card like this all these years later? Answer: A freak of a kid who did not play with or enjoy cards, or someone who has destroyed card history by cutting apart an uncut sheet. In either case, the back story on the card is such that I would never want it in my collection.

Sheldon Cooper can keep his cards. I'll go after the ones that Indiana Jones collected.

[gnpaden]

An absolute beauty, but would love to hear the story behind it!

[1963Topps Set]

Originally Posted by SMPEP

I am really out of tune with my hobby! I see a card like this and my first thought is ... OMG, what an abomination! I don't see a desirable card. I see a horrifically, undesirable one.

Why? No, it's not price (although those are carzy in my opinion). No it's because I think ... what would it have taken to get a card like this all these years later? Answer: A freak of a kid who did not play with or enjoy cards, or someone who has destroyed card history by cutting apart an uncut sheet. In either case, the back story on the card is such that I would never want it in my collection.

Sheldon Cooper can keep his cards. I'll go after the ones that Indiana Jones collected.

Or a 1955 Topps pack that remained unopened all of these years until some profiteer opened it up and sent in the Koufax card only to entomb it once again, it is now in a clear holder to be seen by it's admirers.

[SMPEP]

See Tom, that just makes it freakier to me. What kid doesn't open a package of baseball cards???? How big of a weirdo must that person have been???

Cheers,
Patrick

[1963Topps Set]

Originally Posted by SMPEP

See Tom, that just makes it freakier to me. What kid doesn't open a package of baseball cards???? How big of a weirdo must that person have been???

Cheers,
Patrick

I still have an unopened pack from 1976.....

[the 'stache]

Go Go, PSA. A card that would sell for a few hundred bucks, hand it to a guy who stares at it under a loupe for 30 seconds, deems a "10", and boom, you have a $50,000 card!

Really nice card, but a ten?

[1963Topps Set]

Can anyone tell me the difference of a 9 and 10?

[gregr2]

GEM-MT 10: Gem Mint
A PSA Gem Mint 10 card is a virtually perfect card. Attributes include four perfectly sharp corners, sharp focus and full original gloss. A PSA Gem Mint 10 card must be free of staining of any kind, but an allowance may be made for a slight printing imperfection, if it doesn't impair the overall appeal of the card. The image must be centered on the card within a tolerance not to exceed approximately 55/45 to 60/40 percent on the front, and 75/25 percent on the reverse.
MINT 9: Mint
A PSA Mint 9 is a superb condition card that exhibits only one of the following minor flaws: a very slight wax stain on reverse, a minor printing imperfection or slightly off-white borders. Centering must be approximately 60/40 to 65/35 or better on the front and 90/10 or better on the reverse.

[rats60]

Originally Posted by SMPEP

See Tom, that just makes it freakier to me. What kid doesn't open a package of baseball cards???? How big of a weirdo must that person have been???

Cheers,
Patrick

I guess that I'm a weirdo because I have lots of unopened packs from the 50's and 60's. Maybe the pack before contained the last card he needed for his set, so he didn't want to open a pack that would have all duplicates.

[4815162342]

Originally Posted by 1963Topps Set

Can anyone tell me the difference of a 9 and 10?

[1963Topps Set]

Well put! No one I have ever met was able to tell the difference by just looking. I also think the grading companies are more willing to give a 10 the more money you spend with the company.

[sycks22]

I think this card was a CSA 8 and PSA crossed it over

[4815162342]

Originally Posted by sycks22

I think this card was a CSA 8 and PSA crossed it over

Seriously?

[hangman62]

Card was once owned by a Freak !

[freakhappy]

Originally Posted by hangman62

Card was once owned by a Freak !

Not this "freak" tho

[almostdone]

Originally Posted by hangman62

Card was once owned by a Freak !

Didn't know Lincecum collected. Learn something new everyday