AbsolutAlphas' Beta Proofs and Original Art
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AbsolutAlphas' Beta Proofs and Original Art
If you can help me finish them, or know someone that can, please PM me. :)
BETA PROOF SET (94% Complete)
Feb. 2, 2013 Update: Mahamoti AND Braingeyser. 19 to go!!!
Feb. 25, 2013 Update: Serra. 18 to go!!!
Apr. 4, 2013 Update: Armageddon w/ sketch. 17 to go!!!
Still need these:
Melissa Benson:
- Nightmare
Quinton Hoover:
- Darkpact
Jesper Myrfors:
- Bayou
- Camouflage
- Demonic Hordes
- Scrubland
- Tropical Island
- Tundra
Brian Snoddy:
- Volcanic Island
Richard Thomas:
- Air Elemental
- Blue Elemental Blast
- Karma
- Power Sink
- Red Elemental Blast
- Wall of Ice
Amy Weber
- Time Walk
Dameon Willich:
- Regrowth
ORIGINAL ART
Feb 20, 2013 Update: Ring of Immortals
March 8, 2013 Update: Time Warp
Still looking for these:
- Original art for Lotus Petal
- Original art for Lotus Vale
- Any original art from the Alpha/Beta set, mainly Cyclopean Tomb.
BETA PROOF SET (94% Complete)
Feb. 2, 2013 Update: Mahamoti AND Braingeyser. 19 to go!!!
Feb. 25, 2013 Update: Serra. 18 to go!!!
Apr. 4, 2013 Update: Armageddon w/ sketch. 17 to go!!!
Still need these:
Melissa Benson:
- Nightmare
Quinton Hoover:
- Darkpact
Jesper Myrfors:
- Bayou
- Camouflage
- Demonic Hordes
- Scrubland
- Tropical Island
- Tundra
Brian Snoddy:
- Volcanic Island
Richard Thomas:
- Air Elemental
- Blue Elemental Blast
- Karma
- Power Sink
- Red Elemental Blast
- Wall of Ice
Amy Weber
- Time Walk
Dameon Willich:
- Regrowth
ORIGINAL ART
Feb 20, 2013 Update: Ring of Immortals
March 8, 2013 Update: Time Warp
Still looking for these:
- Original art for Lotus Petal
- Original art for Lotus Vale
- Any original art from the Alpha/Beta set, mainly Cyclopean Tomb.
Last edited by AbsolutAlphas on Thu Apr 04, 2013 5:46 pm, edited 13 times in total.
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Very nice collection.
As far as Mind Twist is concerned, I paid less for my Ap's then I did for either my beta or alpha ones.AbsolutAlphas wrote:For most cards the AP version is more expensive. The exceptions I can think of are Time Vault and Maybe the Duals. The Beta versions have increased value because they are popular in the game and they aren't restricted.
I'm looking for odd/rare Mind Twists.
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All I can say is HOLY FREAKIN' AWESOME.
Let me know when you finish it and want to sell it!
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Found your Lotus:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Black-Lotus-Art ... 4cfe6c51ce
Let me know when you finish it and want to sell it!
edit:
Found your Lotus:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Black-Lotus-Art ... 4cfe6c51ce
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Being square cornered is Beta?chaosdjinn wrote:All I can say is HOLY FREAKIN' AWESOME.
Let me know when you finish it and want to sell it!
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Found your Lotus:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Black-Lotus-Art ... 4cfe6c51ce
CHaPuZaS' Want List:
http://www.magiclibrarities.net/forum/v ... php?t=7747
http://www.magiclibrarities.net/forum/v ... php?t=7747
only one set of APs was given out for A/B/U/Collector's Edition - one's with sq corners. this set is usually referred to as beta APs.
CHaPuZaS wrote:Being square cornered is Beta?chaosdjinn wrote:All I can say is HOLY FREAKIN' AWESOME.
Let me know when you finish it and want to sell it!
edit:
Found your Lotus:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Black-Lotus-Art ... 4cfe6c51ce
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mwagee wrote:only one set of APs was given out for A/B/U/Collector's Edition - one's with sq corners. this set is usually referred to as beta APs.
CHaPuZaS wrote:Being square cornered is Beta?chaosdjinn wrote:All I can say is HOLY FREAKIN' AWESOME.
Let me know when you finish it and want to sell it!
edit:
Found your Lotus:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Black-Lotus-Art ... 4cfe6c51ce
Did each artist get 50 copies of the A/B/U/CE proof cards? Amy Weber identified the that the Ankh of Mishra was 5/50 on the sheets pictured...if each artist was given 50 copies...then WOW...Chris Rush paid cash for his home AND his beach house.
For the this particular set there were 50 of each. I'm not 100% sure but I doubt that he was able to sell the lotus APs at the premium its commanding today. The lotus APs ran out fairly early.
chaosdjinn wrote:mwagee wrote:only one set of APs was given out for A/B/U/Collector's Edition - one's with sq corners. this set is usually referred to as beta APs.
CHaPuZaS wrote:Being square cornered is Beta?chaosdjinn wrote:All I can say is HOLY FREAKIN' AWESOME.
Let me know when you finish it and want to sell it!
edit:
Found your Lotus:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Black-Lotus-Art ... 4cfe6c51ce
Did each artist get 50 copies of the A/B/U/CE proof cards? Amy Weber identified the that the Ankh of Mishra was 5/50 on the sheets pictured...if each artist was given 50 copies...then WOW...Chris Rush paid cash for his home AND his beach house.
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ROTFL.. Boy it is hard to look back without the rose colored glasses.
First off, APs were given to artists as a freebe just for the purpose of using them to advertise their work, show appreciation to someone or put under a coffee table leg to keep the table from tipping. Sell them? I remember when $5.00 for one was considered highway robery. When I asked Chris one time if he made a lot off his BL APs he just got a wistful look in his eye, sighed and said "boy if I only knew then what I know now...." It was years later, literally, that appreciation for APs started bringing money in. I recall a conversation at the Worlds in Toronto between 3 artists where one of them said "... ya, I got some boxes of those. What do you do with them anyway?"
Secondly, 50 was a target number. It was not always met (though I think the first set may have been on target).
Gary
First off, APs were given to artists as a freebe just for the purpose of using them to advertise their work, show appreciation to someone or put under a coffee table leg to keep the table from tipping. Sell them? I remember when $5.00 for one was considered highway robery. When I asked Chris one time if he made a lot off his BL APs he just got a wistful look in his eye, sighed and said "boy if I only knew then what I know now...." It was years later, literally, that appreciation for APs started bringing money in. I recall a conversation at the Worlds in Toronto between 3 artists where one of them said "... ya, I got some boxes of those. What do you do with them anyway?"
Secondly, 50 was a target number. It was not always met (though I think the first set may have been on target).
Gary
chaosdjinn wrote:Did each artist get 50 copies of the A/B/U/CE proof cards? Amy Weber identified the that the Ankh of Mishra was 5/50 on the sheets pictured...if each artist was given 50 copies...then WOW...Chris Rush paid cash for his home AND his beach house.
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I'm almost sure that someone on the forum has a complete set.
ritnecrowin wrote:Has anyone heard of any of these artists actually discarding the proofs? That would be pretty horrible to come this far and then discover that there is no hope to find a particular card.
So far this is an IMPRESSIVE undertaking! =D>
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