Comments on: Insider: The Rise of the Alpha Rare https://www.quietspeculation.com/2012/05/insider-the-rise-of-the-alpha-rare/ Play More, Win More, Pay Less Sun, 11 Apr 2021 11:57:50 +0000 hourly 1 By: Sigmund Ausfresser https://www.quietspeculation.com/2012/05/insider-the-rise-of-the-alpha-rare/#comment-31752 Wed, 23 May 2012 18:57:00 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=27972#comment-31752 In reply to Sven.

Wow, wonder why they bumped the price to 250 and then dropped it back down to 200 again even though they never had any in stock. Weird.

Thanks for the trend!

]]> By: Sven https://www.quietspeculation.com/2012/05/insider-the-rise-of-the-alpha-rare/#comment-31750 Wed, 23 May 2012 17:38:45 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=27972#comment-31750 At SCG Alpha – Fungusaur went from 99.99 to 249.99 on April 6, 2012 (0 stock)
May 12th, 2012 they droped the price to 199.99 (0 stock)
May 15th, 2012 they did put 3 in stock at 199.99 and those are still there 🙂

]]> By: pi https://www.quietspeculation.com/2012/05/insider-the-rise-of-the-alpha-rare/#comment-31737 Tue, 22 May 2012 19:14:39 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=27972#comment-31737 In reply to Sigmund Ausfresser.

Dibs on the Elvish Archers! 😉

]]> By: Sigmund Ausfresser https://www.quietspeculation.com/2012/05/insider-the-rise-of-the-alpha-rare/#comment-31735 Tue, 22 May 2012 17:46:59 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=27972#comment-31735 In reply to Slack.

Thanks, Slack, I really appreciate the kind words. This was one of my favorite articles to write thus far. What did you like about it?

]]> By: Sigmund Ausfresser https://www.quietspeculation.com/2012/05/insider-the-rise-of-the-alpha-rare/#comment-31734 Tue, 22 May 2012 17:46:21 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=27972#comment-31734 In reply to Justin.

Really? Wow, that's wild. I thought about starting up a collection of Two-Headed Giants. With such small quantities, only one person can collect a given Alpha Rare and that's really it. Once a person starts, a second person attempting to collect the same Alpha Rare will be largely shut out already.

To that end, I'm surprised there aren't more Alpha rares being collected. I call dibs on the Giant, you guys, please don't steal that one from me :-P. Though if you do, my 2 NM copies will shoot up in price…

]]> By: pi https://www.quietspeculation.com/2012/05/insider-the-rise-of-the-alpha-rare/#comment-31731 Tue, 22 May 2012 16:04:17 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=27972#comment-31731 I'm sure as he posted that on his page ;). I think his goal is to have 110, or exactly 10% of the entire print run.

]]> By: John https://www.quietspeculation.com/2012/05/insider-the-rise-of-the-alpha-rare/#comment-31729 Tue, 22 May 2012 15:59:36 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=27972#comment-31729 In reply to pi.

I am sure they do, but at least to access the psa one you need to be a member. Psa only has a flat number where as bgs individually grades the different aspects of the card…corners, edges, centering, etc. it's basically impossible to get a 10 across the board. For non sports cards (and most cards in general) it seems like psa is the most widely used service. For awhile it was actually easier to get alpha cards than beta, but thats shifted in the last 7 or so years. Here's my unlimited collection I haven't worked on in a long while… .http://www.psacard.com/PSASETREGISTRY/publishedset.aspx?s=25387

]]> By: pi https://www.quietspeculation.com/2012/05/insider-the-rise-of-the-alpha-rare/#comment-31728 Tue, 22 May 2012 15:07:15 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=27972#comment-31728 In reply to John.

Does something similar exist for BGS? I am told they tend to be more critical.

]]> By: John https://www.quietspeculation.com/2012/05/insider-the-rise-of-the-alpha-rare/#comment-31727 Tue, 22 May 2012 14:51:44 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=27972#comment-31727 The current psa population report shows 86 graded alpha lotuses..
Psa 10 – 5
Psa 9 – 21
Psa 8 – 38
Just to give an idea of relative scarcity of conditions

]]> By: Slack https://www.quietspeculation.com/2012/05/insider-the-rise-of-the-alpha-rare/#comment-31726 Tue, 22 May 2012 14:33:20 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=27972#comment-31726 Excellent article, Sig. My favorite since you started writing here.

]]> By: Justin https://www.quietspeculation.com/2012/05/insider-the-rise-of-the-alpha-rare/#comment-31725 Tue, 22 May 2012 13:47:21 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=27972#comment-31725 There's also collectors out there for Alpha Deathlace and Zombie Master, which is why the prices on those are so high as well.

]]> By: pi https://www.quietspeculation.com/2012/05/insider-the-rise-of-the-alpha-rare/#comment-31722 Tue, 22 May 2012 07:33:19 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=27972#comment-31722 Sigmund, as I tried to point out in one of my mails, there are 84 Fungusaurs in that picture ;). He probably got in the 85th later.

Otherwise, not surprising as I knew this was coming, but nice read :).

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