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Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 6:13 pm

Deadlord39 wrote:Big difference between the Arabian Nights ones and the Summer Magic one. That one is quite rare. Not nearly worth $13K though.

Just curious, but how the hell can you tell the difference? I looked at the two individual cards side by side for like 5 minutes and could not make out one single difference.

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Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 6:21 pm

bclarkie wrote:
Just curious, but how the hell can you tell the difference? I looked at the two individual cards side by side for like 5 minutes and could not make out one single difference.

One has white border (T&T's) the others have the black border

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Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 6:24 pm

My favorite T&T listing is for an item that I've seen some sellers throw in for free with larger lots:

Entry-level Cosmic Encounter

Where they get the idea that someone would be enough of a brain-donor to pay $134 for a common, not-even-that-good item ... well, I don't know. Maybe from their butts.

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Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 6:27 pm

MShipley88 wrote:Go Troll and Toad! Ring it up, baby!

I hope they get the cash!

(No idea why...just...you know...this IS America.)

Mark

Right.

These types of listings are the precise reason why TrollandToadstore and their bidding ID Renvohek are forever blocked from my auctions. I don't believe in taking advantage of anyone even if they would be dumb enough to pay over $13,000 for a freaking game card. That is downright criminal.

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Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 6:32 pm

Plaag wrote:
One has white border (T&T's) the others have the black border

ShaneG.

Heh, thats what is huh. How the hell can you really tell though as you could very easily clip the scan of it to look like that and the listing itself doesnt even reference a difference as to whtehr or not it is the supposed more rare one. Either way though, for over $13k, that mother f***er better be made of real platinum and diamonds for it to come to be anywhere close to that value, I don't care how "rare" it is.

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Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 9:07 pm

Brian, all (well most) Magic cards have a small symbol to the bottom right of the picture. That typically tells what set it is from. the Summer Magic one has no symbol; the Arabian one has a scimitar.
The cards can indeed be counterfeited. I saw some very good fakes back when I collected them.

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Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 9:11 pm

Deadlord39 wrote:Brian, all (well most) Magic cards have a small symbol to the bottom right of the picture. That typically tells what set it is from. the Summer Magic one has no symbol; the Arabian one has a scimitar.
The cards can indeed be counterfeited. I saw some very good fakes back when I collected them.

If that one sells for over $13 I might just try to start printing them myself. I mean Christ it has to be cheaper than $13k right.

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Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 5:54 am

IIRC mine sold for $500 years ago, and that was quite high.

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Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 10:49 am

Deadlord39 wrote:IIRC mine sold for $500 years ago, and that was quite high.

Damn Frank, maybe you should have hung on to it. Just think you could have sold it off to Troll and Toad now for $10K and they would still be in line for well over $3k in profit.

What a bunch of morons. :roll:

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Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 1:34 pm

Regrets............
I actually had all of the Summer Magic cards. I could have bought a house!

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Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 7:30 pm

Wow. Didn't know these were worth so much!

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/FIGHTING-FANTASY ... dZViewItem

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Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 7:46 pm

HermitFromPluto wrote:Wow. Didn't know these were worth so much!

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Any FF book over #50 is fairly difficult to find...

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Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 9:14 pm

Yes the last couple can go for a bit, looks a bit high to me (not if I was selling my coppies though) They weren't printed in the US so you have to get em overseas...

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Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 9:18 am

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Give me a break.

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Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 12:45 pm

It has it's flysheet. I have seen these go that high.

This week I've been mostly eating . . . The white ones with the little red flecks in them.

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Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 1:01 pm

I think I paid close to that or more from the copy I bought from burnie bros a while ago.

I also shelled out $600 for one once, but that came with a PoVQ.

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Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 2:47 pm

Never gone that crazy myself..I have asked though about what I suspect is a photo copies for the middle bunch of maps.

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Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 2:59 pm

Plaag wrote:Never gone that crazy myself..I have asked though about what I suspect is a photo copies for the middle bunch of maps.

ShaneG.

Does look that way, doesn't it? Let us know what you hear.

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