Post a Stupid Question - Prewar 101

[LuckyLarry]

I am lost when the terms "VCP Data" and "SMR" are used.

A quick google search reveals that SMR means Sports Market Report and appears to be a price guide published by PSA.

VCP (vintage card prices) their google search says they are "The authoritative baseball card value price guide" I think this is a subscription service.

The terms "VCP Data" and "SMR" mean nothing to me.

To establish pricing, I use the latest Standard Catalog, and past eBay sales. But these other "values" seem to be very important with some collectors.

Larry

[frankbmd]

Originally Posted by LuckyLarry

I am lost when the terms "VCP Data" and "SMR" are used.

A quick google search reveals that SMR means Sports Market Report and appears to be a price guide published by PSA.

VCP (vintage card prices) their google search says they are "The authoritative baseball card value price guide" I think this is a subscription service.

The terms "VCP Data" and "SMR" mean nothing to me.

To establish pricing, I use the latest Standard Catalog, and past eBay sales. But these other "values" seem to be very important with some collectors.

Larry

Larry,

Like Jeopardy, in order to get one of my stupid answers, your stupid question must be in the form of a question.

Sincerely,

Alex Trebec

[LuckyLarry]

Originally Posted by frankbmd

Like Jeopardy, in order to get one of my stupid answers, your stupid question must be in the form of a question.
Sincerely,
Alex Trebec

BUSTED! LOL!
Why should I care about "VCP Data" and "SMR Data"?
Larry
(I am lost when the terms "VCP Data" and "SMR" are used.
A quick google search reveals that SMR means Sports Market Report and appears to be a price guide published by PSA.
VCP (vintage card prices) their google search says they are "The authoritative baseball card value price guide" I think this is a subscription service.
The terms "VCP Data" and "SMR" mean nothing to me.
To establish pricing, I use the latest Standard Catalog, and past eBay sales. But these other "values" seem to be very important with some collectors.)

[frankbmd]

Originally Posted by LuckyLarry

BUSTED! LOL!
Why should I care about "VCP Data" and "SMR Data"?
Larry
(I am lost when the terms "VCP Data" and "SMR" are used.
A quick google search reveals that SMR means Sports Market Report and appears to be a price guide published by PSA.
VCP (vintage card prices) their google search says they are "The authoritative baseball card value price guide" I think this is a subscription service.
The terms "VCP Data" and "SMR" mean nothing to me.
To establish pricing, I use the latest Standard Catalog, and past eBay sales. But these other "values" seem to be very important with some collectors.)

Larry,

After looking at your cards, I can assure you that you can safely ignore that "data".

You are an outlier, my friend.

[dougscats]

Another reason rookie cards cost more is that they are collected by other than set-collectors. For instance, I'm a hall-of-fame collector, and at this point, having collected most of them, I especially try to get their rookie cards. There are others who only collect rookie cards. So, there's more demand and a larger market for them.

Also, to point out the obvious, it is the player's first season, and that makes the card more special.