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RedWhy is it that the SMR gets slammed for inaccurate prices when the Beckett and SCD yearly guides which have been around for 2-3 times longer are actually much worse.
In another thread Mr. Gallo asked what people thought an M101 type Buck Weaver was worth. Somebody posted the prices from the SCD as NM $225, Ex $110, VG $65. How accurate are those prices?
Printed guides and on-line guides aren't selling cards and can't force anybody to buy and sell at the listed prices. If pricing was an exact science then all the prices in the VCP for the same card in the same grade would be the same. The prices are all over the place so that just goes to show there are many factors that go into the price of each example of the card. VCP can only tell you what different exampes of the card have sold for in the past. It can't tell you what the next one will sell for, which is what it seems some people are looking for in a guide. It's just not possible.