Is this as good as it gets???

[mingus_md]

Not sure about the price, but it is definitely a really cool card.

[waf]

If i only had another 150 bucks............

[30ranfordfan]

+1


Be VERY careful in guessing how valuable something this old should be. While we may live in an era of mass produced stuff - for the most part we know what we're getting. I seriously doubt this card is an actual printing plate from Bobby Orr's RC. I've seen modern printing plate cards, that were used for only 99 copies, have much more wear and tear on them that this thing does.

It's not a printing plate whatsoever. It's just a proof card printed to test one color of ink. There's 4 colors for each and the Topps Vault likely has several of these sets still stashed away as they have complete inventories of these sort of things that they auction off periodically. This is not worth anywhere near the asking price and is realistically less valuable than a nice Orr RC.

Darren

[marekschwarz33]

I think I'd rather have a high grade Orr rookie rather than the plate. It's cool, but the price is pretty steep.

[RGM81]

To answer the title question, no. To answer the in-thread question, yes.

[duffenuff1]

Maybe it is a plate from the retro set done a few years back?

[durangatang]

It doesn't really look like a printing plate to me. Looks like a card with one color printed on it. Doesn't look like metal, looks like cardboard.