The reason I need a large sum at once is because I have no time - I am literally in my car homeless with no posessions if I cant come up with the cash to move into another place - an undertaking that is very costly.
I think Im going to put it up on eBay tonight under a new account so if it sells for $1k I my feedback wont get dinged when I obviously dont follow through. I'll explain as much and being that I will only sell this collection face to face, money exchanged in person after whomever is satisfied that the collection is as stated with regard to condition and everything listed in included, my lack of feedback shouldnt hurt. I figure the people with the means to buy this probably factor in travel expenses if necessary when assessing what theyre willing to pay.
I was expecting I could get around $5-6k. We shall see. If eBay doesnt work out, I may see if one of the more popular LGS in thr area has any interest. Im just hoping my desperation isnt immediately obvious.
Get a quote from your LGS first. Get a couple quotes, if you're in range of several stores. Then, if you still want to try the eBay route, I'd set a reserve at 115% of the highest quote - that lets you recoup the eBay and PayPal fees. But for a new account, they may hold the money for a little bit. If you truly need the money this week, I'd say LGS-it up.
Best of luck; let us know how it works out.
One other thing you may want to consider doing is go onto the facebook MTG page. It'll take a day or so to get yourself admitted in but having spent a significant amount of time there, you will find that several moderate to large store fronts have people with accounts on there. For Example, Joe Steet is a representative of Dave & Adam's Card World out of New York. If you post information about an entire collection you may get a hit or two there. I will also echo what KnickM said. They'll likely make an offer that is 50% of TCG low. You may be able to negotiate a bit on that, but more importantly you'll be able to find more store fronts quickly that way.
Barring that, I'd also hit up Star City Games, Channel Fireball, Coolstuffinc, Troll and Toad, etc and see if you can get an offer for what you've got. It'd be worth the effort.
I would only sell to one of the big stores if I had no other options, or was desperate to get rid of my collection for low dollar but you will get your money fast. I would also recommend avoiding PucaTrade. For those interested, I do buy entire collections.
I have a sealed German Ice Age Deckmaster Box (Gift Box). I think it is quite rare, especially if it is still sealed. As far as I know, there was never an English Gift Box. But I could be wrong... Any idea about the value of this oddity?
That is hard to gauge on the value. Either way, if you would like to work something out, I'm interested and love all things German.
Global Shipping Program is great for sellers. You basically ship the item to a US mailing address so you don't have to worry about customs and the potential for the item to get lost or stolen in another country which is beyond your control. Your additional risk to include international buyers is 0.
On that note, easiest way to tell where it was printed is to look for either 'made in usa' or 'made in belgium' on the box's underside where all the legal text and such is. That was the only two printing facilities until recently. The belgium facility, from my limited experience, seems to have slightly less strict standards when it comes to the packaging itself. Korean Theros packs, for instance, seem to be a little bit looser then english ones and are printed in belgium. Japanese theros now says 'made in japan' but it's first time any set has said that, seems they opened a new facility to handle the japanese market.
The main concern is that someone opened the box, grabbed the good boosters through mapping, and then resealed it.
I've seen fake power that has similar shading of the card title and type text, however, these usually show other signs that its fake, of which yours doens't show.
Guru lands can be had for 20 each for the crappy ones and upto 40-50 on the islands. Summer forests are cheaper than 100 bucks as well.
Please quote accurate numbers.
Summer magic edition forest (though most players don't recognize them for being a $100 forest.) Second place are the GURU lands, about $50-$60 ea. They're ohhhhsoooo sexy. Lots of "what the heck is that?" from casual players and "Nice" from the experienced ones.
For EZ cool pimping, look at the APAC or Eurolands, or an Unhinged foil forest. For a classic twist, do a Beta one.
The gold bordered Force of Will was a freebie promo in one of the magazines back in the '90s (probably The Duelist, could have been Scrye or Inquest too). That is how I got mine, it's the only GB card I own. For that reason it's more common than all the other GB cards, maybe this has helped to keep the cost down. It's a nice looking proxy, just be sure your sleeves are totally opaque because the back is different.
Gold bordered FoWs came as a 4 of in a championship tournament deck.
I would only sell to one of the big stores if I had no other options, or was desperate to get rid of my collection for low dollar but you will get your money fast. I would also recommend avoiding PucaTrade. For those interested, I do buy entire collections.
That is hard to gauge on the value. Either way, if you would like to work something out, I'm interested and love all things German.
As for buyers, it will cost them more.
The main concern is that someone opened the box, grabbed the good boosters through mapping, and then resealed it.
Phyrexian Dreadnought
Wooded foothills
I did own Yawgmoth's Bargain, but decided to part with it after I realized I didn't like it as much as I did.
If anyone knows where the Spirit of the Night original is, please let me know thanks!
Please quote accurate numbers.
Gold bordered FoWs came as a 4 of in a championship tournament deck.