Apologies in advance is the wrong forum, but I won an altered Lightning Greaves at a tournament today. It is a version of the FNM promo, and is in great condition. I don't have any immediate plans to trade or sell it, but I have no idea what it is worth because it is altered using gold leaf. Any ideas on how to find a valuation? Or will it always be an 'eye of the beholder' sort of thing?
Apologies in advance is the wrong forum, but I won an altered Lightning Greaves at a tournament today. It is a version of the FNM promo, and is in great condition. I don't have any immediate plans to trade or sell it, but I have no idea what it is worth because it is altered using gold leaf. Any ideas on how to find a valuation? Or will it always be an 'eye of the beholder' sort of thing?
Thanks in advance.
First off - pictures of said alter would be extremely helpful. Second off - you hit the nail on the head - it's worth as much in the eye of the beholder. Some people go nuts for alters and some just don't care. Your best bet for something like that is ebay or the facebook MTG trading page. In terms of value, who knows? The greaves are about $20 and alters usually cost another $30 or $40 on top of that. I'd put a starting point at $50 and see where it goes.
Putting gold leaf on the card borders is actually pretty hard to do. I'm guessing this was done by Kevin Lepage since he normally does this kind of stuff. That being said you could probably get a $10 premium or so over a regular copy, I'd guess.
You are correct sir. He was visiting a friend of his who plays in our Commander league, and put two of his alters in the prize pool. Really cool guy, so I'd recommend him to anyone looking alters.
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Apologies in advance is the wrong forum, but I won an altered Lightning Greaves at a tournament today. It is a version of the FNM promo, and is in great condition. I don't have any immediate plans to trade or sell it, but I have no idea what it is worth because it is altered using gold leaf. Any ideas on how to find a valuation? Or will it always be an 'eye of the beholder' sort of thing?
Thanks in advance.
First off - pictures of said alter would be extremely helpful. Second off - you hit the nail on the head - it's worth as much in the eye of the beholder. Some people go nuts for alters and some just don't care. Your best bet for something like that is ebay or the facebook MTG trading page. In terms of value, who knows? The greaves are about $20 and alters usually cost another $30 or $40 on top of that. I'd put a starting point at $50 and see where it goes.
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Here is a picture of the alter. Let me know what you think. Thanks!
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You are correct sir. He was visiting a friend of his who plays in our Commander league, and put two of his alters in the prize pool. Really cool guy, so I'd recommend him to anyone looking alters.