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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;geekpryde, post: 3910280, member: 36248&quot;]Here&#039;s Doug cutting right to the chase again.&nbsp; &nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Back when I was actively buying coins, it always bothered me when I checked a cert,&nbsp; saw PCGS guide price, then a few inches lower, previous auction(s) for that <u>exact</u> coin, and then with another click, auctions of other examples of that coin type, and none of them jived with the other.&nbsp; &nbsp; I mean, it&#039;s all staring a user right in the face, plenty of data, and yet, most people don&#039;t look any further than the price guide price. </p><p><br /></p><p>I did then, and will continue to think of PCGS price guide a High Retail Price. Full MSRP if you will.&nbsp; Sort of the highest of the high anyone should pay for a generic example of that coin, and only when sitting down in a swanky dealer store, sipping an iced tea and getting a back rub at the same time, while the dealer strokes your ego. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie77" alt=":pompous:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Like Doug said, actual completed auction results is the single best (only?) real method we have.&nbsp; Auction data is abundant, easily accessible, free, and of high quality.&nbsp; &nbsp; Why would anyone NOT use it?&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Of course, since every coin is it&#039;s own special snow-flake, you have to price that in up or down to what we find with auction data.&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Like my post about CAC, PCGS price guide still has it&#039;s place in my opinion.&nbsp;&nbsp; It&#039;s a &quot;guide&quot;, gives you a general idea of the MSRP of a coin to the layman.&nbsp;&nbsp; Is it a $10 coin, $100 coin, $1000 coin....&nbsp; So, I still like having the tool in my toolbag, but for the dedicated collector, the CT members of the world, the &quot;advanced hobbyist&quot;, there are better tools to reach for.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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