Magic Cards

[lynxreign]

Should I sell mine? All of them or just some? I do have that Phil Foglio land game around somewhere that requires Magic Land cards and I probably couldn't sell those anyway.

I've been keeping them on the theory that we may all want to play again some day and that I wouldn't get much for them anyway.

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[wizardru.livejournal.com]

Few actually sell, though. Most of e-bays lots are filled with large batches in the thousands of cards...and the only ones of any real value are the rares. I see some auctions of lots going as high as $2000...but I see a lot more than aren't selling at ALL.

We have a collection that goes back all the way to the first printing of Alpha in 1993...so we really ought to inventory them.

[lynxreign.livejournal.com]

Are you trying to discourage me from doing it? Is your vote to keep them? I have no interest in selling them if I don't get a worthwhile amount from it.

[wizardru.livejournal.com]

Well, be honest with yourself about it. I'm encouraging you, jut encouraging you not to expect to make a mint.

I've been adopting a rule lately; if I haven't played it in years, and don't have any real expectation to play it in the next year or so...it needs to go. Magic falls in that list, I just haven't gotten to organizing them for sale...but they WILL be sold.

Getting organized fells REALLY GOOD. This coming from a lifelong packrat. But I came to realize over the last two years that all that stuff that I have REALLY ISN'T IMPORTANT TO ME. It's not a question of financial value, but of perceived value in my life. Sure, I really loved these novels...but when will I EVER read them again, when I have a few dozen books I've had for years but never read?

Add to that the fact that I can get most of the stuff I might want through a place like ebay or elsewhere, and well...I'm just not as attached to stuff.

I'm not saying don't do it...I'm saying do it because you and I both know that the one or two games you MIGHT play in the next five years isn't worth the space it will consume or the stress it will generate from adding to the clutter in your living space. Right now, a corner of my room is reserved for the three huge boxes of magic cards (I'll guess that there are 2500 cards there, maybe...who knows). Room that could be better used for the things I DO use. It's a project for 2006.

[lynxreign.livejournal.com]

You haven't been hanging with hagbardc. He's the antithisis of this idea.

To me, having the books isn't a question of if I'll read them again. Having them and looking through them is a source of enjoyment.

Also, I have a big place, will likely get a bigger one in the next few years and have no wife and child to take up space or money.

[chaoticmoth.livejournal.com]

I cannot argue with that logic at all. Though if you have a working wife you can get an even bigger place. If you have a child, you will see all your money disappear.

[emilytheslayer.livejournal.com]

What if you make the kid work too?

[chaoticmoth.livejournal.com]

We tried that, but every time we threaten the Cuddlebug and tell her to get a job she laughs, drools, and tries to open kitchen drawers. :)

[emilytheslayer.livejournal.com]

http://www.livejournal.com/users/shaquanda36/54257.html

Ya'll apparently need this book.

[chaoticmoth.livejournal.com]

I don't know if it linked properly, what book?

[emilytheslayer.livejournal.com]

http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2005/11/22lisabrown.html

Sorry, that's what I meant to link to. I'm getting tired, and need a drink myself.