PSA Auction Prices Realized
Mickey Mays
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I use this site before every purchase. I find it an invaluable tool for card pricing, thanks to
PSA for keeping it up to date !
Looking for a 1966 Topps #547 PSA 8, checked PSA Price Realized, one sold on May 12th for $165, same cert number, same card for sale May 19th for $490.
300% mark up in 7 days, Good Luck to Seller !
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FWIW, I have noticed a bit of a glitch in the PSA Auction Prices Realized on the PSA website. When items are sold in a lot, they are sometimes entered into the PSA auction database as an individual sale even though the price was for a multi-card lot. Take a look at the auction link itself if you see a price anomaly among the list. I can't remember all the times I've seen this, but as an example of what I mean, take a look at 1987 Procards Randy Johnson, PSA 9. Everything hovers around $12 except there is one sale at $60. But, if you look at the link to the auction they provide, the sale was actually for a lot of 5 of them.
https://psacard.com/auctionprices/minor-league-cards/1987-procards-jacksonville-expos/randy-johnson/values/2024979#g=9
I've run into this concept about 5 or 6 times now. Sometimes the lot was for all the same card and sometimes it was different cards in the lot.
I'm not sure how PSA can fix this problem since it is probably an automated system for some of their data gathering rather than actual human eyes looking at each auction as opposed to just the item title line.
BTW, there is a function on each auction price results page that lets you report the item if there are problems, such as with the one in my post above. Just wanted to mention that it is worth looking beyond just the list of prices, and would suggest also taking the time to click the link of any odd standout prices to see if the item is filed correctly in the database.