Beckett complete set values: an analysis

[JollyElm]

That's a great breakdown and analysis. Well done.

I gotta be honest. Never for the life of me did I ever understand where Beckett got their 'values' from. It seems they pull a base number out of a hat for commons and then up it for the stars, up it further for superstars and then establish a multiplier for the high series and what not.

You pointed out the discrepancies in the 1972 set. I put together two of them, and by far the hardest part of completing those suckers was finding high numbers in nice shape. But I never, NEVER, paid $12 for one of the common highs, yet that was always the Beckett value. Where in heck did they get that number from?? So I used their guide for basic logic purposes instead. For instance, if a low numbered common was listed in Beckett at $1, then I would assume that there were basically 12 of those around for every high number card out there. Not perfect science or anything, but a good rule of thumb.