1986 Topps Baseball Forum

What BigEd76 said!
The prices on this site are only as good as the data of the last entries people submitted here.  That card does sell for $1 on eBay, in fact, I see one sold auction from May 11th where it hit $2.40.  That doesn't mean you can't find it for 10 cents at a card show.

For some older sets, I've found the opposite.  I find cards with 50 cent or $1 prices listed here, yet I can't find the card under $10 anywhere.

All the more reason to take prices on this site with a grain of salt and not use them as bible.

RonEaston, I needed that this morning. Thanks

(now I've boosted my post count)

The selling related fees in that case don't matter. The buyer is willing to pay a price for something is what matters as far as its value goes. 

So many postings about prices.   As far as price on this card so many different options.  For me I would give it away if someone wanted it.

I look at it this way there is:

Book Value:    We think 1st of Beckett but there are other price guides.

Market Value:  We 1st think of E-Bay again others

Personal Value:   Depends on a few things.  For me my PC is priceless, and all others is whatever I can get for them.  Other what they paid for it.

Worth:    Is the same as value to most people but not to others.  To me worth is more of a approx. figure more like the personal value.  

Now let us look at prices:  

What the seller gets is lower than what the buyer pays, because of the cost in shipping and other fees when using some platforms.  On COMC a buyer may pay $1.25 for a card, but the seller may only get around $0.30 so what is the value of the card??   We know the prices for both.  The value to the seller is different than the buyer.  The seller may be looking at the profit more than the price/value.      

Auctions are a different animal as they can go very low or high depends on who is bidding at that time.