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"I have long been wondering why a rarer parallel card will have a decimal multiplier, which makes it a less valuable card than the original. Why are some of the parallel versions of certain cards given a fractional multiplier, diminishing the overall value of that card? Wouldn’t a harder-to-find parallel card garner a higher value than the original version? Also, why are there decimal multipliers in the price guides to begin with?"
- Ethan via beckett.com
As long as a parallel set fits in with the base set pricing scheme, we will use multipliers to price as many cards as possible, while conserving print space for more important products. If you check out a set like 2005-06 Bowman Chrome X-Fractors, you’ll notice both multipliers and listed cards—the listed cards do not fit the multiplier values, so rather than forcing them to fit the math, they’re listed on their own at the values at which they trade.
As for percentage, or negative multipliers, these occur for two reasons:
- The parallel set is available in greater quantity than the base set. An example that we’ve received questions on recently is the 2003-04 Ultra Gold Medallion set concerning the Lucky 13 RCs. The Lucky 13 RCs are serially numbered to 500, while the Gold Medallion versions, which are not serially numbered, are roughly two to three times easier to pull from packs.
- For whatever the reason, the parallel cards are not as desirable as the base cards. This mostly occurs with RCs where collectors have shown a willingness to pay more for the player’s true RC card than they’re willing to pay for the parallel version.
- Keith Hower for Beckett Basketball
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