THIS is how you know a card is iconic

[BBCgalaxee]

When this grade sells for nearly $4k and isn't a rc or amazingly rare

 

[RStadlerASU22]

Looks like a 7 to me...

It's just one of those cards that will always be cherished.

Ryan

 

[predatorkj]

I'd love to own one some day. But I'd never pay close to 4 grand for a copy that bad.

 

[rsmath]

$4K - a fool and his money are separated!

For under a buck, you can have a NRMT-MT copy of the card. Works for me for the PC to have a reprint since I don't care enough to drop big bucks on a real 52T mantle plus Topps has beaten the 52T mantle to death with all their reprints of it that I don't consider it as cool anymore as I did when I was a younger collector.

 

[AnthonyCorona]

$4K - a fool and his money are separated!

For under a buck, you can have a NRMT-MT copy of the card. Works for me for the PC to have a reprint since I don't care enough to drop big bucks on a real 52T mantle plus Topps has beaten the 52T mantle to death with all their reprints of it that I don't consider it as cool anymore as I did when I was a younger collector.

I agree. Its lost a lot of the the bad a$$ness when they reprinted it like crazy

 

[Big Mac McGwire]

$4K - a fool and his money are separated!

For under a buck, you can have a NRMT-MT copy of the card. Works for me for the PC to have a reprint since I don't care enough to drop big bucks on a real 52T mantle plus Topps has beaten the 52T mantle to death with all their reprints of it that I don't consider it as cool anymore as I did when I was a younger collector.

I Was turned off my reprints back in the day. There is NOTHING like the real thing. Im 32, that card had mystique when I started collecting in 1989. And it still does. If I had the money id buy one. not as beat up as the one in the thread, if anything that card IMO keeps getting cooler.

 

[jbhofmann]

Just my opinion but the 51 Bowman looks so much better.

 

[D-Lite]

That is actually quite nicely centered.

 

[Todd44]

When a card is that badly mangled, how easy is it to spot if it's counterfeit? Seems like a lot of the telltale signs could be masked by the damage.

 

[jay1065]

There is NOTHING like the real thing. Im 32, that card had mystique when I started collecting in 1989. And it still does. If I had the money id buy one..

Same here. That was THE card growing up (started collecting in 1987.)

 

[dano7]

You're probably wanting something more like this
DANNY

 

[bigunitcards]

If this thread made anyone curious about population, let me save you some clicks:

PSA AU - 70
PSA 01 - 229
PSA 02 - 172
PSA 03 - 169
PSA 04 - 181
PSA 05 - 169
PSA 06 - 108
PSA 07 - 81
PSA 08 - 41
PSA 09 - 8
PSA 10 - 3
= 1,231 PSA graded

BGS: 135 graded (highest is 8)

SGC: 365 graded (highest is 96)

= ~1,700 graded/authenticated copies of the card