PSA SMR question

[YazFenway08]

good afternoon

I am just starting to contemplate buying and selling graded cards as a deviation from my raw roots...

I am not, yet, a PSA Collectors Club "member"...but was wondering about the SMR price guide that is available to the public on their website VS the SMR price guide that I assume is available monthly to members (?). Is the "public" one updated far less frequently, not as "real time"?

PSA seems to do a very good job of tracking and updating auction sales data, but it doesn't seem to efficiently translate into the SMR data.

I am just looking for a good, quick ballpark/benchmark for the INITIAL review on cards. I know that the monthly Beckett isn't a good "guide" like in the old days and it seems that market prices for a PSA 7 are running somewhere in the range of 1.5-2.5X the "NM" price in a beckett...and the SMRs I can see seem to mirror Beckett which doesn't seem to be "market".

I know not an exact science...just curious if I am missing a good research tool...

thanks..sorry for the ramble

[AGuinness]

It's been a long while since I looked at their SMR, but I found it inconsistent and didn't really reflect the market.
Free alternatives are past eBay sales and cardtarget.com.

[buymycards]

Card Target is free, but it is a PITA to use and loads slowly. I would pay for a subscription to VCP.

[rats60]

Just look at completed sales on PSA's website.

[Throttlesteer]

^This. SMR is usually very low and way behind.

[Rhotchkiss]

SMR is completely useless in my opinion. Put it this way, I will buy your whole collection based on SMR prices.

Just another way PSA ensures that we “never get cheated”

[Pat R]

Originally Posted by buymycards

Card Target is free, but it is a PITA to use and loads slowly. I would pay for a subscription to VCP.

Rick Card Target works best with google chrome if you have it.

[Kidnapped18]

SMR Price Guide is a useless tool
1914 CJ #82 Cravath PSA 3 is listed at $200 but ALL 9 cards have sold since 2015 and ranged from $478 to $2,304
The best way to get accurate numbers are the actual auction prices realized on PSA Website
Cardtarget is useful to locate past sales of PSA, SGC, BVG and BCG cards
Looking through past auctions (REA, HA, LOTG, Goldin etc...) on the individual sites will also be a good guide to give you a better idea of price ranges

[YazFenway08]

Thanks to everyone who has taken time to respond...

for some reason I was thinking SMR was more tied to current transactions but It seems clear that is has fallen into "hard copy monthly Beckett" territory.

I will check out all the mentioned resources, but probably stick closer to the "realized auction" prices on PSA site and each of the databases of the individual auction houses

thanks again

Mike

[buymycards]

Originally Posted by Pat R

Rick Card Target works best with google chrome if you have it.

Hi Pat, I use Chrome for everything. I appreciate the thought.

Thanks, Rick

[Pat R]

Originally Posted by buymycards

Hi Pat, I use Chrome for everything. I appreciate the thought.

Thanks, Rick

No problem Rick I thought that might be the issue, it used to take a long time
to load for me but since I switched to chrome everything loads in seconds.