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Scott Fandangonot knowing the past sale figures of a card you are about to buy is not too wise....
you have to have a basis to start from, you cant say "yeah i like the card so i will spend $500"...
what if the card has only sold for $300 the past three sales, but you didnt know that because they were 4 months ago....now you payed $200 more than you should have....
VCP is invaluable as a frequent buyer of cards...it also gives you the date so you can gauge how often they come up...
As people have pointed out, not all sales are legit, and not all sales show up on VCP...however that does not negate the sales that are shown...
its usually good to throw out the high sale and the low sale anyway when trying to judge the value of a card....
I incorporate the Standard Catalog, VCP and SMR and i feel they are all important tools when purchasing graded cards...
to not use all the tools at your disposable certainly will cost you more in the long haul than $160....