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Post by Knutsen » Wed Jul 02, 2014 1:42 pm

"Catch of the day" ... \:D/

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Post by dragsamou » Wed Jul 02, 2014 1:53 pm

Knutsen wrote:"Catch of the day" ... \:D/

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Nice one, missing in my collection. I do need a HQ scan for the website (It's the 006).
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Post by Magic61983 » Thu Jul 10, 2014 6:37 pm

Finally got around to taking a picture of these.

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BGS 9+ Alpha set 282/295 (97.29%) Avg 9.41
BGS 9.5+ Beta set 283/302 (93.71%) Avg 9.58
BGS 9.5+ Arabian set 35/92 (38.04%) Avg 9.62
BGS 9.5+ Antiquities set 82/100 (82%) Avg 9.64
BGS 9.5+ Legends set 279/310 (90.00%) Avg 9.61

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Post by Knutsen » Thu Jul 10, 2014 7:14 pm

Wow! :-O

Really nice! =D>

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Post by GlobalBoosterHunter » Fri Jul 11, 2014 6:53 am

Very nice, you don't need all four of them though...

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Post by berkumps » Fri Jul 11, 2014 1:17 pm

GlobalBoosterHunter wrote:Very nice, you don't need all four of them though...
I'm going to guess the top 2 were upgrades of the bottom 2.

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Post by Magic61983 » Fri Jul 11, 2014 2:14 pm

berkumps wrote:
GlobalBoosterHunter wrote:Very nice, you don't need all four of them though...
I'm going to guess the top 2 were upgrades of the bottom 2.
Yes and no. I had a little extra cash laying around so I bought the Alpha one on the bottom.
BGS 9+ Alpha set 282/295 (97.29%) Avg 9.41
BGS 9.5+ Beta set 283/302 (93.71%) Avg 9.58
BGS 9.5+ Arabian set 35/92 (38.04%) Avg 9.62
BGS 9.5+ Antiquities set 82/100 (82%) Avg 9.64
BGS 9.5+ Legends set 279/310 (90.00%) Avg 9.61

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Post by berkumps » Fri Jul 11, 2014 5:35 pm

Magic61983 wrote:
berkumps wrote:
GlobalBoosterHunter wrote:Very nice, you don't need all four of them though...
I'm going to guess the top 2 were upgrades of the bottom 2.
Yes and no. I had a little extra cash laying around so I bought the Alpha one on the bottom.
A solid investment for sure.

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Post by GlobalBoosterHunter » Sat Jul 12, 2014 12:51 am

Just a quick question regarding slabbed cards, we have something similar for coins. MS70 is the top grade for a coin. Most new coins that are uncirculated would get MS69, MS68 is about as low as you would go for 'investment grade'.

Anything lower than that would generally be cracked out of the slab and sold raw.

What would be the lowest grade for investing in Magic cards?

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Post by matts46570 » Sat Jul 12, 2014 2:44 am

In my opinion, everything under BGS 8.5 isn't worth it, but some people may disagree.

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Post by l0qii » Sat Jul 12, 2014 8:33 am

PSA 8 is the lowest many people will go.

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Post by Knutsen » Sat Jul 12, 2014 10:56 am

For me BGS 8.5+ sounds also right.

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Post by GlobalBoosterHunter » Sat Jul 12, 2014 11:17 am

Cheers.

I don't yet own any of the power 9 and this is something I should really look at as the trickle of older sealed product dries up.

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Post by tap4black » Sat Jul 12, 2014 9:33 pm

For Alpha you'll get a small premium over most raw cards for PSA/BGS 8 or 8.5 but the real bump in price starts with 9's and goes up substantially for BGS 9.5 / PSA 10's.

Margins seem to be much tighter on Beta and other sets where you need to get 9.5/10 to see the decent jump in price.
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Post by Magic61983 » Mon Jul 14, 2014 3:20 pm

tap4black wrote:For Alpha you'll get a small premium over most raw cards for PSA/BGS 8 or 8.5 but the real bump in price starts with 9's and goes up substantially for BGS 9.5 / PSA 10's.

Margins seem to be much tighter on Beta and other sets where you need to get 9.5/10 to see the decent jump in price.
100% agree Len. With the prices on Alpha junk rares in BGS 9.5 hovering around $700+ this only seems to be the beginning for Alpha. Prices are based on the population of each card for the grade obviously. Beta will soon follow but certain cards in Alpha are horrible to find centered and will command some crazy premiums such as Nightmare, Personal Incarnation, Stone Rain and a many others. Beta Birds is in the same boat but will not command the prices of most higher end Alpha BGS 9.5's.
BGS 9+ Alpha set 282/295 (97.29%) Avg 9.41
BGS 9.5+ Beta set 283/302 (93.71%) Avg 9.58
BGS 9.5+ Arabian set 35/92 (38.04%) Avg 9.62
BGS 9.5+ Antiquities set 82/100 (82%) Avg 9.64
BGS 9.5+ Legends set 279/310 (90.00%) Avg 9.61

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