Monday, June 4, 2018

Buy low, sell high


I won this 1995 Duelist abacas in a 'private' auction about two weeks ago.
Most every single version of this I found was enameled with the various mana colors. This one was pewter only. I could NOT figure out how it happened. Either it was a test, or something weird happened. After more research occurred, and asking on the MTG Misprint and Oddities FB page, I came to the following conclusion:

Someone, likely a young player, dropped the thing. (hence the ding in the lower right) This drop caused part of the enamel to come off/out. Then, in a fit of being a kid, s/he removed the rest of the enameling by hand. Hence all the scratches. Even if it was a promo, it was beat to heck. And I needed cards more than I need a 20 year old abacas from the Duelist. Off to eBay it went.

I sold it for $60 plus shipping. Its a profit of at least twice what I paid. I am happy and I get to invest the money back in to some cards I need.

That's my story and I am sticking to it!

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