surprise sunday score!

[jerseyben]

Was on my way to the bank and Home Depot this morning around 10:30. Saw a nice sign on my way for a "gigantic moving sale". Decided to follow the well made signs. At first glance the sale was underwhelming with a large amount of junk and very beat up electronics. I saw a lot of computer monitors and a set of jumper cables so I asked how much for the cables and BTW, "do you have any computer towers"? $0.50 on the cables and he went inside to find some towers. His friend comes outside and starts showing me all this sci-fi and gaming stuff. Using context clues, I then asked if they had any Magic: the Gathering cards. They got excited and opened up the garage for me. They pulled out boxes and boxes of cards and 1 old computer tower. I noticed an old car battery and 2 more pairs of jumper cables in the garage, so I asked how much for ALL the cards, the 3 pairs of cables, the battery, and the tower. They looked confused and after some pondering I heard the magic words "How about $20". SOLD!

Well I JUST got done going through thousands of the cards. Rough estimates put the selling price of the pile on the right at $375. The huge stack on the left is ALL cards that are worth between 50 cents and $2 each. I actually still have a giant box filled with binders of more cards to go through.

 

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[unclehuckelberry]

I have a whole bunch of Magic the Gathering cards sitting in my parents basement that I would be willing to part with. I started playing when the Revised set came out and stopped around Mirage even though I have some from later sets. I put together most of the Revised set. They're all in proper boxes and binders, I did play the game for a few years so some of them are game used, but some are in NM to Mint condition. Hit me up if you're interested.

 

[kennedyfan]

That's great! I should ask at yard/garage sales for MTG cards. Not to try and resell, but because my kids have (unfortunately) gotten totally into that game!

 

[diggummup]

One of these days i'm gonna go through the ones I have and see if any of them are worth anything. I was just thinking, they have to be from the early 90's because I got them when I was in Ky. in the summer of '95.

 

[silversnacher]

If anyone wants to buy some from me tell me and I can post what I got

 

[jerseyben]

OLD UPDATE:

Still selling cards from this lot to this day. Just sold the last of them for $75. This has turned out to be one of my highest profit margin scores ever.