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Hi, I just noticed a nearly $1k jump in the value of my collection. Is there a way to check which cards they were? I bought a few packs of cards that day but they were not worth that much. Maybe someone went ahead and put values to A LOT of cards on the site?

Yes, could also be someone added one huge bogus price to a card.   You never know.   All it takes is a misplaced decimal to skew prices.    Or someone could have removed a lot of low prices, since the price is a median price.

I don't know if there's an easy way to find the most recent added or adjusted prices for cards in your collection, but I did take a quick look at your collection "stats" and checked the card with the highest value and saw that there's been a few prices added for it in the past month that would probably raise the median price on it a couple hundred bucks.  Someone may have just been adding prices from recent auctions on Mantle's that bumped a few of your others up as well.

THAt was my conclusion as well. I checked the top ones and I think they went up. I didn’t write down the previous amount

The Mantle's have definitely changed. My 1962 Post Mantle was my most expensive Mantle before, and now all of the Mantles from 56 through 59 are higher then it.

If you look at the prices that have been submitted for some of the individual cards, you'll see that there were a couple of the cards that auctioned recently at $1,200 - $1,500, so I'm sure that helped bump the prices quite a bit.

http://www.tradingcarddb.com/Price.cfm/sid/43/cid/7965/1959-Topps-10-Mickey-Mantle

https://www.ebay.com/itm/MICKEY-MANTLE-1959-TOPPS-10-NEW-YORK-YANKEES-NM-MT/282733179718?epid=159790427&hash=item41d435f346:g:T70AAOSw6GJaCnsN

http://www.tradingcarddb.com/Price.cfm/sid/55/cid/28461/1962-Topps-200-Mickey-Mantle

https://www.ebay.com/itm/MICKEY-MANTLE-1962-TOPPS-200-NEW-YORK-YANKEES-MINT-CONDITION/282733203781?epid=159803393&hash=item41d4365145:g:f8YAAOSwonBaCoWV

Anyone on earth can create an account on this site and say that a 1998 Topps John Smoltz is worth $7,000. That is how reliable the prices on this site are. If you are tracking the value of your collection based on the prices reported on this site than I (channels my inner George Strait) have got some ocean front property in Arizona, and If you'll buy that I'll throw the golden gate in free.

I'll be blunt. You are sorely misguided if you think the median prices in this database have any meaning or credibility.

Although I don't think the site will ever be near 100% accurate on pricing, I do think it is a fun option, even if it is inaccurate.  However, I was thinking as to how to make the site a little more accurate as it pertains to cards.  What if there was a special permission to be attained by only a select few or maybe even a larger group that would have to approve the values input.  Although imperfect, it would reduce pricing that appeared grossly misstated.  The group with the permissions can gut check or even look at recent ebay auctions to gauge if the price is ridiculous.  Also, prices should at some point become stale, meaning prices that are old should not count toward the median.

Also, I do think the ability to get reporting on changes in value for cards in your colleciton would be an awesome feature.  I don't know how to work the tech side of it, but man, that would be a great feature.

This might be a horrible idea, but I thought I would toss it out there anyway.

Even though this idea would not create pricing that anyone should be 100% reliant on, I think it would add a nice touch to the site.

I wouldn't pay a penny more than $6000 for a 1998 Topps John Smoltz.

On a related note, any takers for a 1991 Fleer Lonnie Smith?  TCDB members-only price, $3000.