Book value vs sell value

[bucknellbison]

Hey I thought I would post up a video regarding this debate. Please give me your feedback if agree or disagree. I tried to keep it calm and just say what was in my mind. LMK how you like the video.

[NyFanCam01]

book value means NOTHING.

i sold a $12 bv chris paul card for $55 on ebay............

YEA.... good book value beckett..

bv = a joke.

sell value is the ONLY true way to go.

[bucknellbison]

Dang, $12 BV sold for $55, if that doesn't show beckett prices are off I don't know what does.

[theonedru]

I go by whatever the seller and i mutually agree on and use the bv as a referance starting point, enough said, where is the pic of the guy flogging a dead horse when you need one

[JesRey]

I don't like book value because most of the time they are overpriced. I'm not going to pay a lot more when i know i can get it cheaper somehwere else.

[themanishere]

I find it funny how it is almost universally expected, or assumed, for people to buy at a percentage of BV. How is it, then, that BV is accurate, or even a legitimate basis, for the value of a card? If BVs were accurate, people would be buying at, or close to, BV price, and not a significantly lower percentage of it.

How do people who use BV reconcile the fact that most cards sell for less than 30% or so of BV, yet in trades they still use full BV as a negotiating point? How do people not see that there will be discrepancies? What reason is there to use an arbitrarily determined value as something valid?

[DaClyde]

On the other side of that, lots of more rare oddballs sell for a significant percentage OVER "book value" because the books get such a small sampling of data for them, they're wildly inaccurate. Ditto for all those '70s & '80s minor league sets that book for $50+ and have no stars in them whatsoever. Sure they may be rare, but low supply doesn't automatically warrant a higher price if no one is demanding them.

[ShaunIL]

I have been back and forth on the issue for the longest time. I used to trade by BV, but it got to the point where I don't care. I traded $1,500 BV of gu and auto for five boxes of 90s basketball base and inserts. Needless to say, BV is not an issue.

I feel that if both sides are happy with the deal and the cards they're getting, who cares?

[Glebe]

Wait why did you trade for that.

[Redman08]

I think a card is worth what someone is will to pay or trade for it...ive got a crosby auto 06-07,,, that says its worth 100-200 in BV... but i wouldnt give someone 20$ for,it, now ovechkin maybe...it all depends who likes the player