eBay Selling Price Guides -- Interesting Article in WSJ

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Posted By: Chris

Okay, not entirely and directly related to vintage baseball cards, but believe potentially can play a role in buying vintage Baseball cards on eBay. The link to the article is at the bottom. But essentially, eBay has quietly begun selling pricing sheets on several categories and items, providing such data as ASPs by models and month over month changes. Right now, it doesn't appear collectibles and specifically cards or being offered, but probably will, which means there will be yet another source for pricing on cards.
While I think having another source for pricing 'checks' would be great against SMR etc. . ., there is one giant inherent flaw, it makes the assumption that those buyers completing a transaction paid a reasonable price. And I'm sure we would mostly agree, that is not entirely the case on eBay. In any event, interesting article.

http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB107083482199345500,00.html?mod=COMPANY