Help valuing fair price for this lot
Economics forum
Posted on Sept. 25, 2016, 9:53 a.m. by 2austin5
Hey all! I am trying to offload the majority of my higher value cards as I haven't played consistently for about a year and a half. I am in grad school and figured hey, it would be kind of nice to own a car and have some money to throw at it. I want to get a general idea from the community as to what a fair price would be. Also, at that point, would I be better off selling it here or should I move to eBay for it? Thank you all for any help you can provide! Here is the list:
2x Ancestral Vision (2x MP) (Time spiral)
2x Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
1x Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger (Pre-release foil)
2x Wooded Foothills (Khans)
1x Leyline of Sanctity (MM15)
4x Flooded Strand (Khans)
1x Cryptic Command (MM15)
1x Expedition Hallowed Fountain (SP/MP)
1x Expedition Wasteland
2x Path to Exile (MM13)
2x Path to Exile (Duel Deck)
1x Spell Snare (MM13)
1x Remand (MM15)
4x Foil Deathrite Shaman (RTR)
4x Stoneforge Mystic (4x Promo)
2x Jace, the Mind Sculptor (2x FTV)
2x Polluted Delta (Khans)
1x Mox Opal (MM15)
2x Mutavault (M14)
1x Foil Russian Fortified Village
1x Russian Sorin, Grim Nemesis
1x Russian Relentless Dead
2x Liliana, Heretical Healer Flip (2x SDCC)
Thanks again for any and all help!
Is TCG low still a thing or would that be their "market value" pricing now? As for the Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger pre release aeonstoremyliver, I don't want to piece out the lot at the moment as I would rather one shot the lot, but that may be subject to change in a few weeks and if it does I will let you know :)
When I did the value for TCG market value it came out around 1470,so would 60-65% of that be about what Im looking at?
September 25, 2016 10:56 a.m.
aeonstoremyliver says... #4
TCG low still is a thing, and market price can be skewed depending on condition of cards. Yep, $900-1,000 would be a fair starting point for what you have as a lot. You could figure, at worst, $700-800, which I wouldn't take any less than if I were unloading the lot.
And do keep me posted on that Ulamog lol.
September 25, 2016 11:14 a.m.
for single cards above 50 dollars you might be better off selling them on the high end facebook group just because there are more people there willing to spend that much money. Keep in mind EVERY card must be above 50 to be sold on there so dont put the whole lot on there and make sure you beat the lowest price you see on tcgplayer by a little bit like if a expedidtion wasteland is like 200 at the lowest try selling it for 170 or 180.
September 25, 2016 1:55 p.m.
Gotcha, I knew that group existed but I had forgotten about it completely. If I can't get the lot gone somewhere, I will definitely look into the page for it!
September 25, 2016 2:46 p.m.
Lastdaysgunslinger says... #7
I hate to say it but its difficult to sell that set anywhere other than ebay for a good price. I would think you couldnt get more than 400 as a bulk collection.I would piece it out on ebay. Ive been selling cards for 20 years and one thing ive learned is that a card is only worth what someone is willing to pay not what scg or tcg says its worth and everyone wants something for nothing.Goodluck an hope you get some value.
September 25, 2016 7:15 p.m.
Hi there - I feel your pain. I started the summer realizing I was sitting on a pile of cash and thought it best to offload them too.
Anyways, I used ebay.
I ended-up posting ~$800 in cards as singles or #X. I decided against posting as a lot thinking most ebayers have $20 to spend vs $2K. I only posted BUY NOW with 'real' pics I snapped under good lighting. I priced my cards no more than a dollar or change lower than the most reasonable lowest price. Example - a card selling for $75 would mean I would post for $74.
I sold mostly everything very quickly.
In the span of 2wks I moved $600 of my $800. That remaining amount I would chalk-up to the less played cards - legacy and modern banned stuff that might've sold had I not turned off the auction early (went traveling). I mailed everything via USPS didn't charge for shipping and insured just the cards/orders over $25. Keep in mind, you don't get instant cash from PayPal; but, I communicated with my buyers when things shipped, said thanks, graded my cards appropriately, sleeved & top loaded and had no complaints.
Cash came in ~30 days later.
Good luck!
aeonstoremyliver says... #2
That's a nice lot! You can figure when selling a lot that you need to be well below TCG Player low pricing. I'd tally up the value of everything and figure on getting 50% at least and 75% at best, with 60-65% being fair.
On a side note, I'd be interested in the pre-release foil Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger.
September 25, 2016 10:34 a.m.