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09-07-2009, 11:15 AM #31
This is such a huge debate, and I agree with the notion that when you get into really low numbered serial cards, it can be impossible to gauge a fair market or trade price. A lot of this is simply based on what an individual who deems the card valuable is willing to trade for it.
I would like to see a better guage to go by (SCF OPG sounds great!!) than just going off Beckett or ebay. Problem on ebay is you can have something that's "worth" 100 get sold for like 5 bucks due to it slipping through the cracks and someone picking it up on the cheap, or compare many sales and see the same thing- identical cards (not unique patches et al) going for way different prices.
It's a bear sometimes to try to figure out what a fair trade is when it comes to these low serialed cards.
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09-07-2009, 11:22 AM #32
I just noticed lindros' comment on this- and he's somewhat right, granted it would be impossible to accuratly portray every single card ever made. Not only that, but as values fluctuate over time, of course there is no easy way to go back over the years and adjust everything. I'm sometimes amazed at the low BV they give to certain older RCs, granted alot of those early 90's UD RCs were pretty common (I have multiples of several..never really bought a lot of the product either!).
On the flip side of this, the reason most pay $10 an issue is to get a somewhat unbiased opinion of what something is worth. This only works as well as the research that is put into pricing cards (reported sales, etc). I think they could do much better, but also IMHO I think with how many different sets, inserts, parallels, etc UD produces it is impossible to accurately gauge everything, and is even more difficult with alot of these to be a collector/hobbyist based on rarity and not being entirely sure how to best get an idea of a fair value as for as trading.
Just my 2 cents
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Originally Posted by blindros88 
