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zenmastermatt · 05-11-2022, 05:58 PM

I stopped collecting trading cards sometime around 2005-2006. In 2008 or '09 me and my friend bought and split an assorted lot of sports cards at the local card shop, and that was the last time I bought or thought about sports cards, until last month.

My peak collecting years were 1999-2003, when I was 11-15 years old.
I mostly just traded with friends and worked on my personal collection. But in 2005-06 I used the internet and sold some of my collection, for poker money. I can't remember the site I posted on, but it was always cash in the mail + SASE.

Back then I remember everyone trusting in Beckett. I loved the magazines of course, but by 05-06 they had a good online database built, and I knew the Beckett Value of all my cards.

Now my question, are the Beckett prices still relevant and meaningful?

Ive been looking through this forum for a couple weeks now, and I never see the BV mentioned, and a lot of cards I see for sale on here, have asking prices that dont sync up at all with the BV.
I understand sales history and recent COMPS are the most common way to determine value, but I am just wondering how Becketts pricing is regarded in todays market.

05-11-2022, 05:58 PM	#1
zenmastermatt Member Join Date: Apr 2022 Posts: 25	Beckett I stopped collecting trading cards sometime around 2005-2006. In 2008 or '09 me and my friend bought and split an assorted lot of sports cards at the local card shop, and that was the last time I bought or thought about sports cards, until last month. My peak collecting years were 1999-2003, when I was 11-15 years old. I mostly just traded with friends and worked on my personal collection. But in 2005-06 I used the internet and sold some of my collection, for poker money. I can't remember the site I posted on, but it was always cash in the mail + SASE. Back then I remember everyone trusting in Beckett. I loved the magazines of course, but by 05-06 they had a good online database built, and I knew the Beckett Value of all my cards. Now my question, are the Beckett prices still relevant and meaningful? Ive been looking through this forum for a couple weeks now, and I never see the BV mentioned, and a lot of cards I see for sale on here, have asking prices that dont sync up at all with the BV. I understand sales history and recent COMPS are the most common way to determine value, but I am just wondering how Becketts pricing is regarded in todays market.