whats best place to find trade shows?

shaselai1 · Post by **shaselai1** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 4:14 pm

Wizards seems only have tourny locators... is that where the trade shows (with rare stuff) are at? Dont i need invite or something to go to the bigger tournies?

Gryfalia · Post by **Gryfalia** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 6:09 pm

Erm, how do you mean? There isn't some secret cabal of people dealing with rarities at special, invite only large swap meets. That's because it wouldn't be worth the trouble. While it's fun and everything to deal with rarities, the bread and butter of the industry will always be $4-$20 cards that thousands of people want, not $500 cards that 5 people want.

A true 'trade show' is only for people in the industry. We get invited because we are real, honest to goodness business with licenses and everything.

Your best bet to find stuff is go to large tourneys (nationals, pre-releases, pro tours) and hit up the dealers. Individual people might have a couple cool things (on average), but for ease of finding things dealers are helpful. Of course they tend to cost a lot more too, but there is a price to be paid..hehe.

Gryfalia · Post by **Gryfalia** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 6:10 pm

Wait, unless I'm just not being invited to the 'cool kid' swap meets. That would make me sad...

shaselai1 · Post by **shaselai1** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 6:35 pm

do those dealers at the higher tournies have rare stuff like magazine inserts etc? And you know any dealers with very rare stuff to contact?

Magic61983 · Post by **Magic61983** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 7:18 pm

shaselai1 wrote:do those dealers at the higher tournies have rare stuff like magazine inserts etc? And you know any dealers with very rare stuff to contact?

This is such an open ended question that has infinite possible answers. Any good dealer will have "Rarities" in there personal collection. Whether they want to sell them or not that's the question. I personally have a "few" rarities but unless I get really good numbers on them I wouldn't let them go. It all depends what your looking for and what your willing to pay. Most of the higher end rarities will cost you $250+. Magazine inserts such as the Gotto stuff you'll pay at least $25-$35 on the Archangel. Sealed 6x9 Rebecca Guay magazines will cost you $75-$125. Most dealers don't carry around 6x9 cards so if your looking for that stuff you would have to inquire about it before the show. If your looking for a 6x9 Guay Archangel let me know I have a few still sealed with the comic.

l0qii · Post by **l0qii** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 8:10 pm

Magic61983 wrote:If your looking for a 6x9 Guay Archangel let me know I have a few still sealed with the comic.

I think you mean Serra Angel

Magic61983 · Post by **Magic61983** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 8:23 pm

l0qii wrote:
Magic61983 wrote:If your looking for a 6x9 Guay Archangel let me know I have a few still sealed with the comic.
I think you mean Serra Angel

You are correct. Not sure what I was thinking there.

shaselai1 · Post by **shaselai1** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 8:38 pm

Magic61983 wrote:
l0qii wrote:
Magic61983 wrote:If your looking for a 6x9 Guay Archangel let me know I have a few still sealed with the comic.
I think you mean Serra Angel
You are correct. Not sure what I was thinking there.

Archangel > serra angel that's why :)

Magic61983 · Post by **Magic61983** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 8:50 pm

shaselai1 wrote:
Magic61983 wrote:
l0qii wrote:
Magic61983 wrote:If your looking for a 6x9 Guay Archangel let me know I have a few still sealed with the comic.
I think you mean Serra Angel
You are correct. Not sure what I was thinking there.
Archangel > serra angel that's why :)

I dunno about that. Serra Angel is one of the most Iconic figures in magic.

jamesbond · Post by **jamesbond** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 9:03 pm

If you want to find rarities, the best place to go is ALWAYS the World Championship, even if you don't find them "on place" you will find all contacts you need to find your cards.
I think that 80/90% of unusal rarities traded during tournaments or done on Worlds.

shaselai1 · Post by **shaselai1** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 9:35 pm

world championships? hmmm i dont think i have that calibur of magic skill to get in...... you mean as a spectator i guess? If thats the case i could i suppose..

jamesbond · Post by **jamesbond** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 9:53 pm

shaselai1 wrote:world championships? hmmm i dont think i have that calibur of magic skill to get in...... you mean as a spectator i guess? If thats the case i could i suppose..

yes as a spectator, playing will never helps you to find rarities ;)

hammr7 · Post by **hammr7** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 11:25 pm

I have one of the largest collections of 6X9 cards (800+ and counting) in the world. I never got a single one at a trade show or tournament (not that I didn't try, it just wasn't a priority).

I got the vast majority of mine in one of three places:

1. on Ebay
2. from the bigger on-line dealers
3. from rarities collectors, including those on this site.

It just takes time and effort, since many of them are not all that common.

Post by **dragsamou** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 6:40 am

hammr7 wrote:I have one of the largest collections of 6X9 cards (800+ and counting) in the world.

It's how the Legend of the 6X9 House started

shaselai1 · Post by **shaselai1** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 2:10 pm

hammr7 wrote:I have one of the largest collections of 6X9 cards (800+ and counting) in the world. I never got a single one at a trade show or tournament (not that I didn't try, it just wasn't a priority).

I got the vast majority of mine in one of three places:

1. on Ebay
2. from the bigger on-line dealers
3. from rarities collectors, including those on this site.

It just takes time and effort, since many of them are not all that common.

can you build a killer deck with them?

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