why do sellers change asking price to sold after a sale?

[G1911]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I see graded a Ruth, Wagner, Mathewson and Young in the first category I opened on the first page without even scrolling down.

Which of these cards are difficult to price?

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by G1911

Which of these cards are difficult to price?

There probably isn't a hell of a lot of data in a particular grade for a lot of prewar cards like these where sales are few and far between. These are not for the most part commodity cards. And who says that's the issue, you've decided it was the issue but it isn't. The issue is why deprive people of information to accommodate a buyer looking to suppress data in order to try to overprice.

[G1911]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

There probably isn't a hell of a lot of data in a particular grade for a lot of prewar cards like these where sales are few and far between. These are not for the most part commodity cards. And who says that's the issue, you've decided it was the issue but it isn't.

Okay. Do you want to argue that most cards on the BST are difficult to price or big cards?

Yes, that’s the issue? There’s not been any answer. If people are upset that prices are sometimes removed after a sale, the question of how that information is actually useful seems obviously relevant. If it’s a problem, it should be extremely easy to answer how, no? There’s a handful cards certainly that I can see the use, but the vast majority of cards here have actual pricing information in actual organized databases. When looking to value an N162 Anson, do you search through the BST, or do you use an easily available database that is actually organized and designed to fulfill this purpose?

[Peter_Spaeth]

I just checked the PSA website for Anson in a 3, just as an example. There was a sale in 2010 and one in 2017. That's it. So I might well look here as well just in case there was something more recent.

A fair number of cards with not much pricing data are offered on the B/S/T/ Not suggesting it's a majority or even close.

[G1911]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I just checked the PSA website for Anson in a 3, just as an example. There was a sale in 2010 and one in 2017. That's it. So I might well look here as well just in case there was something more recent.

Which BST post have you tried to go back to to value a card you could not find relevant prices for in one of the databases designed for such purpose, and then been stymied because the seller didn’t have a price, which may or may not be what it actually sold or traded for? Did you message that member to ask afterwards?

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by G1911

Which BST post have you tried to go back to to value a card you could not find relevant prices for in one of the databases designed for such purpose, and then been stymied because the seller didn’t have a price, which may or may not be what it actually sold or traded for? Did you message that member to ask afterwards?

I'm not playing this game any more on your turf where you have reframed the question. I think people should leave the information rather than facilitate their buyer trying to overcharge someone else, and to me that answer does not put the burden of proof on me to conclusively show the utility of the information in every case. I say the burden is on you to justify the affirmative deletion of information that was made public. You disagree and that's fine.

[RCMcKenzie]

On an Anson, it's more instructive to see a non-sale sitting around at say $10k.

Even if you see that one sold on here last week for 3K, that does not mean the next one trades for 3K. It means you missed your chance to buy one. 1956 Topps Mantles trade like a commodity. The Anson trades like used euro furniture in a yard sale.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by RCMcKenzie

On an Anson, it's more instructive to see a non-sale sitting around at say $10k.

Even if you see that one sold on here last week for 3K, that does not mean the next one trades for 3K. It means you missed your chance to buy one. 1956 Topps Mantles trade like a commodity. The Anson trades like used euro furniture in a yard sale.

It would still be one more data point in a world of few data points.

[RCMcKenzie]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

It would still be one more data point in a world of few data points.

I agree, but I view sales that I'm not involved in as none of my business. I don't have a strong opinion on this topic either way. If there's a bargain to be had on here, I'm always too late. I have paid up on here for rare stuff I wanted, and can't remember looking back with regret.