No more pre 2001 pricing in Beckett baseball

[BBCgalaxee]

Just checked out the new one and from now on, only cards made 2001 until current will be priced.

Sucks for store owners as now whenever someone walks in wanting to price cards they haven't looked at in 15 plus years, the prices and sets won't even be listed, fantasy values or not.

Just an fyi

 

[hive17]

~oh noes, now Beckett won't be as reliable!~

 

[Brewer Andy]

Why do they even exist again?

 

[A_Pharis]

Beckett still lists prices? Everytime I flip through one at B-A-M, it just looks like a big book of "BUYING YOUR COLLECTION!" advertisements.

 

[gmarutiak]

So, does that mean cards produced prior to 2001 are now considered "vintage"?

 

[RiceLynnEvans75]

Standard Catalog

 

[shayscards79]

So does that mean I can say my 1989 Fleer Ken Griffey Jr. Rookie cards book for $40 and no one can dispute it now?

 

[Brewer Andy]

So does that mean I can say my 1989 Fleer Ken Griffey Jr. Rookie cards book for $40 and no one can dispute it now?

No pricing due to scarcity apparently

 

[heavy_hitter]

Standard Catalog

Does anyone have access to the current Standard Catalog?

I'm wondering how developed their checklist is for 2010 Exquisite baseball. I emailed Bob Lemke about it, but he has since retired.

 

[Erich]

Beckett has been a **** show for years. It laughable that anybody uses them.

 

[hofmichael]

Does anyone have access to the current Standard Catalog?

I'm wondering how developed their checklist is for 2010 Exquisite baseball. I emailed Bob Lemke about it, but he has since retired.

Last I checked the Standard Catalog only goes up to 1981 now.

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[RiceLynnEvans75]

Last I checked the Standard Catalog only goes up to 1981 now.

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Yeah I think that's the case now. Probably makes sense anyway being that it's only a yearly publication.

Love it for the vintage only anyway, great reference tool with lots of great info.

 

[Austin]

The Barnes and Noble stores here stopped selling Beckett magazines a few months ago.
It was nice to spend 5 minutes reading the entire magazine in the store (it actually takes only 5 minutes to read.)
Every "article" is a blurb or review written by Chris Olds. He's literally the only writer now.

Beckett's magazine is even worse than its message baord.
So sad. That used to be my favorite magazine in the late '80s and '90s.

 

[DaClyde]

I suppose this is Beckett's latest ill-conceived attempt to drive more business to its online system. They seem to have completely missed that their audience is going increasingly mobile, yet all they offer by way of an app is an e-reader version of their paper magazines.

The Standard Catalog was trimmed to cater to it's biggest customer base. It's a real pity they so completely failed to embrace any manner of technology 10 years ago. They would have been the perfect replacement database/checklist partner for COMC, except all of their data is probably typewritten, kept in a filing cabinet.

 

[DeliciousBacon]

It's just as well, they have no idea what the market is for 99% of mid to late 90's inserts anyways. Will it be that much of a tragedy to lose the listings for 1998 Tek, where the Diffractors book for 20% of what they actually sell for? Or the Score Reserve Collection? Or the 1995 Retail Predictors Series 2 redemption set? 1.2X HI my ass!

 

[200lbhockeyplayer]

The real question is..."And...?"

The mental halfwits that run the price guide (checklists, cataloging, pricing) are too busy screaming from the basement asking their 95-year-old moms for another bag of Cheetos...rather than exhibiting any care or drive to make a reasonable pricing section.

And keep in mind the most important thing that Beckett pricing does...it props up this industry with a hyper-inflated pricing structure. If all cards were priced accurately, the bottom would drop so quickly for the pre-modern brick and mortar stores who think that Ebay and the internet is exclusive to dealers.

Beckett has chosen a very clear path with the price guide...do nothing more than the absolute bare minimum. Create farcical values based on zero data, zero tangible input and then slap your "industry leader" label on it...voila...a price guide. It's a calculated choice.

Until someone swoops in and ponies up the bucks to Ebay for the pricing data (since 1998), it's basically the South Park episode of "The Giant ****** vs The Turd Sandwich" - only with Beckett playing both roles.

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Use BGS all you wish, it's the only hobby relevant entity attached to that lame duck.

 

[BiggioBrooks755]

I only use Beckett for checklists

 

[CubsfanP]

I'm very disappointed that I won't be able to price my 1988 score commons anymore.

 

[rsmath]

Just checked out the new one and from now on, only cards made 2001 until current will be priced.

until beckett pulled a 180 and announced pre-2001 cards are back in the magazine starting with the
next issue!

 

[BBCgalaxee]

They did ask for opinions on this subject. I guess they got a lot of negative feedback.

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