Black Lotus sells for $27,302.

[ZenOps]

http://www.geek.com/games/black-lotu...27302-1577939/

Not the auto of the flower, the paper playing card.

[snowcat]

I have no idea what this game entails, but I did read in the article the card is banned in almost all the games... 30K for nothing haha!

[BoostinAround]

Inflation at its finest...I remember 5 years ago 1 sold for $3,000 and it was considered a lot.....

Maybe i should dig up my old cards and see what the values are.. I have a lot of early dual lands, probably worth something!

[jdmXSI]

Ahhh good ol' Magic cards, a friend of mine just sold a portion of his collection for $4k... I had no idea people would pay that kind of $$$ for a playing card.

[e31]

Those game cards appear to be traded amongst nerds as successfully as any fiat currency in current use.

Do I detect a hint of jealousy? Should have stocked up on that otherwise valueless printed paper there ZenOps.

Nickels...

[ZenOps]

No jealousy, nickels do go for more. All hail the mighty nickel.

1913 V is currently at $3 million.

But it does go to show that relative rarity does have value, even comparing paper to paper.

The US printed 3,027,200,000 $100 bills in the year 2012. You would need about 1,000 of those $100 bills to trade for the rare pokemon card that is on the auction block (mentioned at the bottom of the original article)

What is the better value? Price determines the value of everything.

[JRSC00LUDE]

I no longer believe ZenOps is crazy. Peculiarly occupied with some things but, with a logic I can often follow. So, not crazy.

Does that mean I am now crazy?

[btimbit]

Black Lotus... Sounds like a sex toy.

That's all I've got to contribute to this thread

[403ep3]

I can't believe I didn't start collecting this stuff at a young age..

[mork]

dude bought the wrong kind of lotus

[themack89]

Originally posted by ZenOps
Price determines the value of everything.

People in their respective markets determine the value of things... Ex.: You could have been kidnapped when you were 3, taken overseas and sold into a sex trade for maybe $50. Does this mean your value is $50? No. It means in this respective market, people have valued you at $50.

Sorry for the fucked up example..

On Topic: When I was a kid I remember a dude selling a Black Lotus card for $250. Back then I thought he was crazy hahaha.

[ZenOps]

Originally posted by JRSC00LUDE
I no longer believe ZenOps is crazy. Peculiarly occupied with some things but, with a logic I can often follow. So, not crazy.

Does that mean I am now crazy?

Welcome to the dark side.

I'll tell you when you have gone completely conspiratard. When you don't completely dismiss the idea that they created DNA spliced human with reptiles and cuttlefish many decades ago - sort of like how they make fish gene tomatoes and apples that don't go brown today.

[swak]

I was expecting this thread to be about a car going for cheap not a magic the gathering card... I am disappointed.

[Xtrema]

Originally posted by BoostinAround
Inflation at its finest...I remember 5 years ago 1 sold for $3,000 and it was considered a lot.....

Maybe i should dig up my old cards and see what the values are.. I have a lot of early dual lands, probably worth something!

This isn't inflation. It's signs that nerds are now making serious cash.

[HyperZell]

27k? Pffft. Try 100k for a Pokemon card (if it sells, lol).

http://ca.ign.com/articles/2013/09/1...ale-for-100000

[eglove]

Sold mine 13 years ago for $2,000 that sucks

Edit: that was with my moxes too. So probably $1,000 for the lotus

[Sugarphreak]

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[BigMass]

Originally posted by HyperZell
27k? Pffft. Try 100k for a Pokemon card (if it sells, lol).

http://ca.ign.com/articles/2013/09/1...ale-for-100000

you can't really compare a promo card where only 6 were ever made to a full production run card like the black lotus.

[BigMass]

Originally posted by Sugarphreak
I wonder if these would actually make good investments... or if in 20 years they will actually devalue because people realize they are stupid?

whats the difference between this and a Mickey Mantle or Babe Ruth rookie card or a valuable comic? It's a collectable like any other. There is a reason a card like the black lotus is expensive, it's rarity. It's not because of some inflated temporary demand like pogs or beanie babies. Usually high end collectibles tend to do well over time and often used as inflation hedges by rich people. That and art. I don't think there is any high end comic book (Action 1, superman 1, captain America 1, etc) that is worth less now that it was 20 years ago. Just like with Magic the gathering. Black Lotus, Moxes etc. aren't going to get cheaper that's for sure.

[Sugarphreak]

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