BV vs SV question

[debtriddin]

Hi
Hope I explain this right.

If sells for 50 what does the book value become or how do you determine book value. I know that the BV is Reflection of what card is selling for. We all know how accurate that is. For instance.

Cards sells for 50. What is the BV. I know that it may not be that simple . Hoping for best answer


Cheers Mike

[canucksfan007]

BV and SV should not be used in the same sentence

BV and SV have absolutely NOTHING to do with each other

If you want to find a BV, dont even think about looking at completed sales

If you want to find the SV, dont even think about picking up the Beckett magazine

Beckett has proven that it does not take SV into consideration when making BVs. It is more likely that they take comparable sets from the previous years, and simply rough guess a BV based on previous years comparables. For examples, Group B SOTTs to other Group B SOTTs.


To answer your question tho, I would think a rough estimate:

SV X 2 = BV
BV /2 = SV

Again, this is not always correct.

[pwaldo]

There really is no book value equation and to be honest if there was it would be kind of pointless because if BV was just SV times 5 why would you waste time multiplying all the card sales by 5 to get an equally different number.

SV is what it goes for on eBay or places that sell cards. BV is basically whatever Beckett values a card at and nobody has ever figured out how they determine that. Hell they list a book value for cards that were never actually released from a set so that should tell you something about their method of pricing.

[RGM81]

"You" don't determine the BV. Beckett does. That is why it's called BV--Beckett Value.

It used to be that you could sorta estimate/predict what a card would book at - if it was selling for $20, the BV would come out around $40.

Now, it usually seems like it's based off an algorithm. If Connor McDavid/Sidney Crosby are set at 1.0, Carey Price will be a 0.9, most stars will be .75-.80, semi-stars will be 0.5, etc.

But mixing BV and SV to get an agreeable amount for a trade is not a science; it's an art. Each negotiation will be unique between trade partners to make a deal happen if they're using different scales for valuation.