PSA SMR Price Guide

canyoubelieveit

How accurate is the SMR guide, really? Does anyone have an opinion of this? It seems rare that I find cards at or even near to the values listed for the guide....usually I find the cards are higher price even in the Sold history of Ebay.

baz518

Its accurate for about a rolling 12-month average... I'd use the Auction Prices Realized tool to get a truer representation of what a card/pack sells for.

ArtVandelay

It's not accurate at all. I do find it quite useful when looking up commons to find out if they are tough to grade/higher value. I would continue to use sold history on eBay for the actual value of cards.

blurryface

@canyoubelieveit said:
How accurate is the SMR guide, really? Does anyone have an opinion of this? It seems rare that I find cards at or even near to the values listed for the guide....usually I find the cards are higher price even in the Sold history of Ebay.

i instantly laugh every time someone makes an offer based off of smr. i usually counter back w "why don't you just pull out the '89 beckett guide".

so to answer your question, it's a joke and instantly out of date.

here's an easier answer: how many sellers list "priced at smr!" in their titles?

Cakes

I disagree with it being called a joke. For a free price guide it holds a tom of information. Is it accurate, not exactly but it gives you a good baseline to do further research.

blurryface

@Cakes said:
I disagree with it being called a joke. For a free price guide it holds a tom of information. Is it accurate, not exactly but it gives you a good baseline to do further research.

i'll be happy to buy your collection at smr.

and a "good basis to do further research"? let's not reinvent the wheel here. let's just go straight to the round wheel. no need to research that a square shaped wheel is no good.

LarkinCollector

Yes, it's a joke. If they would synch it with APR (and APR could accurately capture Best Offers) it wouldn't be. Why not just go straight to a source of actual recent sales data?

I'm like blurry, except I don't laugh, t's an immediate block if anyone brings up SMR values in a pricing negotiation. There is no need to waste another second with that person.

Perhaps it's useful for vintage Topps baseball or very popular sets, but nothing that I'm buying or selling.

blurryface

i subscribe for the articles!

Cakes

Again it's free and has pricing on cards over 100 years old. On some of the older cards you rarely see on Ebay, which it sounds like is all you use to price with. It really depends on what the OP collects.

lbcoach20

1954 Topps Ernie Banks PSA 8. SMR is $11,500. Two sales over the weekend netted $14,400 and $15,990. Now if I’m buying this card I am looking up SMR to guide and recent sales for a more current price. EBay also had a BO under $15,000. So the SMR gives a good starting point. Rarer cards that don’t have recent sales are more what the buyer is willing to spend. SMR will ballpark it for you.

jayhawke

@blurryface said:

@canyoubelieveit said:
How accurate is the SMR guide, really? Does anyone have an opinion of this? It seems rare that I find cards at or even near to the values listed for the guide....usually I find the cards are higher price even in the Sold history of Ebay.

i instantly laugh every time someone makes an offer based off of smr. i usually counter back w "why don't you just pull out the '89 beckett guide".

so to answer your question, it's a joke and instantly out of date.

here's an easier answer: how many sellers list "priced at smr!" in their titles?

Next time, reference the tuff stuff price guide.

mtcards

Is any printed price guide accurate?

A definite NO is the answer

blurryface

@mtcards said:
Is any printed price guide accurate?

A definite NO is the answer

@Cakes said:
Again it's free and has pricing on cards over 100 years old. On some of the older cards you rarely see on Ebay, which it sounds like is all you use to price with. It really depends on what the OP collects.

and again, the fact that it's free or has listings on cards that are over 100 years old doesn't make it accurate. i would also pass on a free 10 week class to learn how to fix typewriters and vcrs.

Cakes

@blurryface said:

@mtcards said:
Is any printed price guide accurate?

A definite NO is the answer

@Cakes said:
Again it's free and has pricing on cards over 100 years old. On some of the older cards you rarely see on Ebay, which it sounds like is all you use to price with. It really depends on what the OP collects.

and again, the fact that it's free or has listings on cards that are over 100 years old doesn't make it accurate. i would also pass on a free 10 week class to learn how to fix typewriters and vcrs.

As the late great Tupac said:

Round and round (aw yeah)
Round and round, round we go (I get around)
Round and round

blurryface

dear mama. 😉

Cakes

@blurryface said:
dear mama. 😉

OMG was my EX GF's favorite.

blurryface

@Cakes said:

@blurryface said:
dear mama. 😉

OMG was my EX GF's favorite.

i know! 😉