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Thoughts on Beckett Print Guide?

Hi all. Just getting back into cards, am fairly un-knowledgeable, and am mainly buying "older" single cards off Ebay. I'm not terribly interested in breaking boxes or chasing hot rookies, and I was thinking about getting a Beckett print guide for prices.

The main reason I am asking about this is because I got into a mini bidding war (for lack of a better term) for a couple of cards I just thought were cool, and didn't really understand why I was getting bid up. I did a little research on the sets and it gave me a bit of insight, the sets were relatively expensive buys! But the Ebay sell listings were pretty bare for what I was bidding on. I ended up getting one card, and skipping the other. At the end of the day, I'm happy, but I don't know if I way overpaid on my buy, and missed out on a deal on my skip.

So my question is, I was wondering what the thoughts are about the Beckett Print Guide for cards that are not in particularly hot demand? I understand that the Beckett price is a VERY rough guide, but surely it's better than nothing? Specifically on cards I can't see moving the needle very much.

For example, the cards I was talking about in my example were an Iginla 05-06 Upper Trilogy Ice Scripts Auto for $20 CDN (which I bought), and skipped out on a Dino Ciccerelli 06-07 Upper Deck Ultimate Signatures Auto once it went past $12 CDN. I can't see these cards fluctuating in price very much, which is why a Beckett Print Guide intrigues me.

Anyways, interested in all opinions, thanks!

Posted Sep 8, 2020, 5:19 AM UTC

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dr_van_nostren•

Beckett is a nice thing to have for interests sake. Maybe it gives you some guidelines for a purchase or sale. But if Beckett were accurate I’d have a way more valuable collection than it actually is. They’ll value a card at like $12 that won’t go for more than 2-3 online.

Best way to do it, is decide a price you’re cool with a bid to there, maybe a little bit more for sniping room, but otherwise let them walk.

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eBay completed sales all the way for value. Beckett is nowhere near accurate when it comes to the real market. Plus, they leave a lot of sets out. I recently got back into the hobby too, and decided to pick one up just for reference and to read the articles. I was very disappointed. There were three articles with sub par writing, missing sets, and values completely off. I wasted my money on Beckett when I could have snagged a few packs of s.1 for that price.

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sonician•

The other thing I'll add is 130point.com, as they include what best offers were accepted as well on items. It goes back 90 days of eBay sales.

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Mhallowe•

I enjoy getting one every few months. It’s also fun to have a reference for some cards you own but may not be selling. I find some of the “hot cards” and recently sold interesting. If I have cards I’m not eager to get rid of I’ll list closer to Beckett value.

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