Which price guide do you guys feel is most accurate

[sterlingfox]

I used to do completed eBay sales, then moved on to ListingHistory (2+ years of eBay sales history), and now do VCP exclusively - mostly for ease of use, the addition of auction house data, and the added ability to keep track of my collection.

I feel that eBay is too limited with only 90 days of sales history. ListingHistory is much better with over 2 years' worth of data, but it's much more difficult and time consuming to navigate and research compared to VCP.

I also tried cardtarget, but didn't like it.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Originally Posted by sterlingfox

I used to do completed eBay sales, then moved on to ListingHistory (2+ years of eBay sales history), and now do VCP exclusively - mostly for ease of use, the addition of auction house data, and the added ability to keep track of my collection.

I feel that eBay is too limited with only 90 days of sales history. ListingHistory is much better with over 2 years' worth of data, but it's much more difficult and time consuming to navigate and research compared to VCP.

I also tried cardtarget, but didn't like it.

Just a difference of opinion here but on most items I don't really care what they sold for 2 years ago. 90 days is fine for me in terms of relevance. I also use Price Realized for truly special items. They're great for non-card items too.

Price Guides, just data to be manipulated

[mooch]

I use ebay and pwcc auction history. Lower value cards are probably pretty good measures of value, though I get worried when I see the exact same card re-sold within a month. PWCC seems to indicate sales that fell through with a zero sold price.

[sterlingfox]

Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

Just a difference of opinion here but on most items I don't really care what they sold for 2 years ago. 90 days is fine for me in terms of relevance. I also use Price Realized for truly special items. They're great for non-card items too.

While I agree that stuff that sold 2 years ago isn't entirely relevant, I believe that anything within the past calendar year is relevant, which makes 90 days not enough. In many cases, there won't even be a single sale within the last 90 days, which makes it difficult to ascertain market value. For truly special/rare items that only come up for sale every few years, that's when sales from even 10 years ago could help with determining market value.

In short, if I were collecting post-war stuff that has dozens of recent sales, then 90 days would probably be fine. However, I collect mainly pre-war, and 90 days of data doesn't always cut it for me.

Never heard of PriceRealized until just now - going to check it out.