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How to Value a Card or Collectible

Seven Steps to Always Getting an Accurate Price

  1. Define Value: what does "value" really mean?

    A card is only worth what someone will pay for it, and the only way to "value" your card is to find sales data for the same card as yours. What are people asking for it, and what are they receiving.

  2. Figure out what card you have.

    Find a few pictures of it online and make sure you're using the same wording to describe it. Premium SportsLizard Price Guide subscribers have images display right in the items tab of their results, but an eBay search or Google Image Search works equally as well.

  3. Find out what it's being sold for right now.

    How much could you buy the item for right now if you tried? This is where SportsLizard's Price Guide really shines. Type in the name of the card and hit "Price it". You now have data for every active eBay auction, SportsLizard listing, and many more collectibles sites.

  4. Find some recently completed eBay auctions.

    How much are people buying the item for right now? The search function on eBay's Completed Listings provides this.

  5. Look it up in Beckett and/or Tuff Stuff.

    Both Beckett and Tuff Stuff employ people whose sole job it is to determine the values of collectibles. Tuff Stuff makes the majority of their prices available for free in PDF format on their website.

  6. Use other tools, if necessary.

    Depending on the rarity of the card, you might not get a lot of data points from steps 2-4. If that's the case, you can try the Auction Database on Sports Collectors Digest or a yearly guide like the Standard Catalog of Baseball Cards or the Beckett Almanac of Baseball Cards.

  7. Determine a range of prices.

    Now that you've gathered all of your data, the value of the card should be pretty evident. At this point try to factor in any market trends and special circumstances.

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