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

[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.