The Magic Librarities

Yikes...

I think someone on this forum pointed out that perhaps the rarest cards out there are those like summer farmstead, i.e. the worthless rares no one bothered to safeguard.

Was the deck you opened alpha or beta? Every beta starter I've seen opened has followed the print sheet map. However, I have only seen precious few beta starters opened...

I'm fine with collecting and making proxies for fun. As I mentioned in my post, I have made many for myself. What I have a problem with is when people sell them as the real thing, which seems to happen not so infrequently.

I saw this auction (first link below) for what clearly appears to be a fake Mox Sapphire close for $500. The front of the card has the grainy look of an inkjet printer proxy. I've made far better looking proxies myself with my cheap, 10 year old printer (never to sell, never to trade away, and only ...

That... is awesome.

I never reported anything to WotC CS because I honestly just assumed it was something buggy on my end, like my browser or my connection or something. Glad to hear others here were on top of things though, even if their advice wasn't always taken.

And here I had just assumed I was the only one who had issues trying to get it to work...

The danger of personal printers.

Cool!

caquaa wrote:Some people are stupid and actually think it makes the cards worth more when they are slightly off center. I think the collector market drives people to think any "misprint" is worth more.

Agreed

hammr7 wrote:So an Alpha set might be "replaced" by the newer, and therefore better, M13 set. And if I argued hard enough, I might get a CE edition instead.

Ouch... that would suck so royally.

random wrote:If D Chang had it he would be asking $16,000 or something ridiculous for it so maybe better he didn't have it ready to sell to you.

lol... so true.

Wow, sealed summer boosters have got to be the rarest and coolest mtg items ever! At least in my humble opinion... I can't even fathom an entire sealed box of summer boosters! :-O The only hypothetical find that would be more awesome would be a sealed alpha or beta booster full of two-cards-showing ...

Been outta town for the past month... Boy what a frightful story Gary! So glad to hear you and your wife are OK! It's also great you two share such a wonderful sentiment. That is most important.

Ending only about a mile from your home too, ... that's waaay too close for comfort.

dry cereal wrote:wait, why wouldn't you be burried with your treasure?

lol