I wonder this same thing from time to time. I don't know if it's due to Ebay fees that they're charging substantially higher than the average auction value of the card or what.
I decided to shop for a 1988 Topps Tiffany Traded Robert Alomar PSA 10 last night. It's an average of $227 per VCP. It has sold below $200 in multiple auctions recently but did sell over $500 once in 2017. IMO it's still a $250 at best card.
One seller has it for $350 OBO and another for $385 buy it now. That's flirting with double the value of the card! I see this kind of thing quite often on Ebay and scratch my head. I guess they assume someone will come along with $$$ and no knowledge of average auction values and just buy it up. Heck, I've done the same thing in the past before I knew VCP or advanced Ebay search existed, I was using Beckett as a guide to buy cards at first! LOL. Saying I "over paid" on numerous cards is an understatement.
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