Auction oddities: Using the PSA Auction Results site

[swarmee]

If you know which card it is, you can report it to them as a sale of multiple cards and they will remove it.

[Marchillo]

Originally Posted by swarmee

If you know which card it is, you can report it to them as a sale of multiple cards and they will remove it.

I'll do that. Cards are set to arrive today. Once I receive and confirm everything I'll contact them.

Thanks Steve

[Jenx34]

Thanks for the thread. I've done a little looking around and have seen some differences when comparing recent results between the PSA and VCP databases. One example is 1966 Topps Mantle. PSA's auction prices show two recent sales of $130 & $145 on PSA 4's. VCP doesn't show either of those sales. Both were on Ebay in the month of December. On the flip side, PSA missed a $112 sale also in December.

So I ask, how good can VCP be if it is missing sales, regardless of whether they are high or low? I also know that while VCP indicates in their FAQ that their database is updated almost immediately, I have seen sometimes a few weeks before a card I sold appears.

If these are software programs tied to ebay, how can their be such variances?

Lastly, I also noted a much higher price on another card (I don't remember which one it was) on PSA's new page and noticed it was a 7 rather than a 4 or 5. So if you see something that looks out of the norm, be sure to click and actually view the original ebay listing with pictures.

[swarmee]

Here's an interesting downgrade.
1933 Goudey #3 Hugh Critz. Cert #01103184

Sold in 2005 as a PSA 7 at Memory Lane
https://memorylaneinc.com/site/bids/bidplace?itemid=535

Currently shows up in database as PSA 4.5

[swarmee]

DATE	PRICE	GRADE	LOT #	AUCTION HOUSE	AUCTION / SELLER	TYPE	CERT

8/8/2008	$11,027.38	8	82	Goodwin and Co. Auctions	1952 Topps Set	Auction	11115921

11/10/2010	$853.00	8	169	SCP Auctions	SCP Auctions November 2010 Internet Auction	Auction	11115921

Ouch.

Same flipper also probably lost $2500 on this one:

8/8/2008	$6,113.53	8	103	Goodwin and Co. Auctions	1952 Topps Set	Auction	04097724

11/10/2010	$3,586.00	8	187	SCP Auctions	SCP Auctions November 2010 Internet Auction	Auction	04097724

Bloodbath:

8/8/2008	$19,199.50	8	104	Goodwin and Co. Auctions	1952 Topps Set	Auction	05098553

11/10/2010	$1,517.00	8	188	SCP Auctions	SCP Auctions November 2010 Internet Auction	Auction	05098553

[pclpads]

Results are 7+ years old for the SCP items(s). From your post, looks like SCP sold the same Zernial card 3x in the same auction on the same day / date?

[swarmee]

Oh, yeah, I get that. If you look, those three cards (and actually a BUNCH more) were bought in the same Goodwin auction and then consigned two years later to SCP where they all fell drastically. There were more I spotted but didn't feel like linking. Maybe it would be a good case study disproving the people that don't think high-grade vintage ever loses ground. Just because 8 is the Top Pop today doesn't mean it will be next month...

Yes, there are some data issues. I report them when I see them so PSA can take them out. I probably reported 20 errors today while browsing 50 different card pages. I went back and checked to see if the ones I reported last couple of weeks have been removed/fixed and a few already were. I wish there was a record of which cards you've reported errors for and whether or not PSA changed them yet.