So here's the tl;dr, I want to offload a significant portion of my paper collection. I don't want to get out of Magic, I just want to get rid of anything I'm not playing and reduce my collection to cards I want to play. However, I've been thinking that I also want cards that are likely to hold value long term. So along these lines I've considered doing a tradein with SCG. I would trade in most of my collection, and use that value plus the tradein bonus to get a different collection full of mostly the same cards but in foil. I estimate this would probably cost me around 20% of my collections total value (cards I play that don't have foil options like ABU duals wouldn't be traded in).
So my question is, what does the foil market look like right now? Are prices stable? Are they appreciating faster than non foils? If I wanted to sell the collection at some point in the future would a small store be willing to take the plunge on a large foil collection or would I be limited to the large stores? Are foil counterfeits an issue, or perhaps a looming concern?
If you want to hold value you need the reserve list not foils my friend. Also its almost always harder to unload foils unless they are highly deserable cards. so I would guess it will be harder to eventualy unload.
If you want to hold value you need the reserve list not foils my friend. Also its almost always harder to unload foils unless they are highly deserable cards. so I would guess it will be harder to eventualy unload.
Reserve list is Legacy only, my collection is about 65% Modern, 35% Legacy. It's more about being able to efficiently build whatever I want with only small orders for random cheap.
So here's the tl;dr, I want to offload a significant portion of my paper collection. I don't want to get out of Magic, I just want to get rid of anything I'm not playing and reduce my collection to cards I want to play. However, I've been thinking that I also want cards that are likely to hold value long term. So along these lines I've considered doing a tradein with SCG. I would trade in most of my collection, and use that value plus the tradein bonus to get a different collection full of mostly the same cards but in foil. I estimate this would probably cost me around 20% of my collections total value (cards I play that don't have foil options like ABU duals wouldn't be traded in).
So my question is, what does the foil market look like right now? Are prices stable? Are they appreciating faster than non foils? If I wanted to sell the collection at some point in the future would a small store be willing to take the plunge on a large foil collection or would I be limited to the large stores? Are foil counterfeits an issue, or perhaps a looming concern?
That's been my strategy for the last few years. I've been slowly offloading my Modern staples in exchange for reserve cards when I can, original foil printings when I can't. Original foils do fluctuate in value - look at Inquisition of Kozilek and Stoneforge Mystic as two examples - but they're generally more reprint-proof than nonfoils. If you trade in to SCG, you're going to take a significant haircut on values, but you'll be able to do the whole thing in one transaction. I've been trading at GPs, and it's taken me a few years to turn over about 80% of my Modern collection. So, you'll definitely save time.
If you want to get out in the future, your best bet is to sell singles directly. Again, you'll take a 15%-20% hit via eBay or TCG, maybe only 10% on Facebook (no charge, but you have to price competitively). But that's way better than what a store will do to you (50%).
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I know there's going to be a pretty significant loss in going through a store, but it's fast. Also, I live in a small town, we don't really have access to shops to do trades (in fact, our local store just closed, leaving the community scattered). I could sell my cards as singles online and then rebuy but that will take awhile. The other option is traveling to GP's but I'll probably eat just as much in travel costs going to a few of them to do this (not to mention time costs) that it will break even with the SCG rates.
What I figured is it would be about 65% through a large store, 50% plus a 30% trade in bonus, CFB at a minimum offers that. Of course, it also means rebuying at their prices.
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So my question is, what does the foil market look like right now? Are prices stable? Are they appreciating faster than non foils? If I wanted to sell the collection at some point in the future would a small store be willing to take the plunge on a large foil collection or would I be limited to the large stores? Are foil counterfeits an issue, or perhaps a looming concern?
Reserve list is Legacy only, my collection is about 65% Modern, 35% Legacy. It's more about being able to efficiently build whatever I want with only small orders for random cheap.
That's been my strategy for the last few years. I've been slowly offloading my Modern staples in exchange for reserve cards when I can, original foil printings when I can't. Original foils do fluctuate in value - look at Inquisition of Kozilek and Stoneforge Mystic as two examples - but they're generally more reprint-proof than nonfoils. If you trade in to SCG, you're going to take a significant haircut on values, but you'll be able to do the whole thing in one transaction. I've been trading at GPs, and it's taken me a few years to turn over about 80% of my Modern collection. So, you'll definitely save time.
If you want to get out in the future, your best bet is to sell singles directly. Again, you'll take a 15%-20% hit via eBay or TCG, maybe only 10% on Facebook (no charge, but you have to price competitively). But that's way better than what a store will do to you (50%).
What I figured is it would be about 65% through a large store, 50% plus a 30% trade in bonus, CFB at a minimum offers that. Of course, it also means rebuying at their prices.