Alphas, Betas, Arabians, Antiquities, Legends Rares and OoPs
Steve Spisak
Hello. My name is Steve, and I am buying a house, so I am running a
cash/trade auction for the purposes of:
a> getting the last few cards I want to upgrade the quality of my
beta set
b> get some cards I'd play with
c> get some cash to decrease the MORTGAGE I will have to obtain
Rules at bottom.
Grading:
-N=near mint
-E=excellent
-G=good
-F=fair
All cards tournament legal (that is, I've used some of the lesser
grade cards and never been called on them by an opponent or judge).
Specific descriptions available on demand. If two letters appear, it
means it is in one catagory, leaning toward the second, ie F/G would
be a fair card that was close to good.
-s=signed by artist
Promotional:
Mana Crypt-N min 13
Alpha:
Lord of the Pit-E min 15
Will-O-the-Wisp-G min 8
Living Artifact-E min 8
Bayou-E min 30
Scrubland-F/G min 25
Beta:
Jade Monolith-E/N min 8
Kormus Bell-E min 8
Mox Ruby-G/F min 140
Sunglasses of Urza-E/G min 8
The Hive-s-N min 8
Contract from Below-G min 5
Darkpact-E min 6
Demonic Attorney-E min 6
Volcanic Eruption-s-N min 8
Gaea's Leige-E min 8
Living Artifact-N min 8
Manabarbs-N/E min 9
Power Surge-G/F min 6
Natural Selection-s-N min 20
Roc of Kher Ridges-N/E min 10
Shivan Dragon-G min 37
Animate Wall-N min 8
Blaze of Glory-E/N min 20
Farmstead-E/G min 7
Island Sanctuary-G/F min 5
Reverse Damage-E/G min 7
Righteousness-N/E min 7
Serra Angel-F/G min 18
Veteran Bodyguard-G min 10
Badlands-F min 30
Scrubland-G/E min 33
Underground Sea-E/G min 35
Unlimited:
Chaos Orb-G min 30
Cyclopean Tomb-E/G min 30
Illusionary Mask-s-E/N min 25
Natural Selection-N min 15
Arabian Nights:
Singing Tree-s-N min 15
Ali from Cairo-E min 60
Island of Wak-Wak-F/G min 18
Antiquities:
Candelabra of Tawnos-E min 35
Tawnos's Coffin-E/N min 12
Argivian Archaeologist-N min 25
Legends:
Underworld Dreams-G min 15
Land Equilibrium-N min 15
Once things get going, I will likely add a Beta Lotus, some more
Beta Moxes, an Alpha Ancestral and Twister and UL Walk, if the interest
is there (along with other medium cards), seeing as I have a near triple
set of the P9 in beta (one for my set, one to play, and a mostly complete
one for a backup), but with the house, I can no longer afford the
redundancy.
What I will take in lieu of cash (ie. what I will take in trade,
points based on NM cards/unsigned please, I have lots of signed cards) [I
you want to offer a non-NM card or a card not on the list but you think
worthy of being taken, just tell me what it is and how many points you
would want for it, and I will say yes or no. :) If you disagree with a
scoring, I will consider arguments to the contrary.
Alpha Taiga (1) 28
Alpha Force of Nature (1) 15
Beta Shivan Dragon(1) 40
Beta Taiga (1) 35
Beta Bayou (1) 35
Beta Duals (any, including more of the above) 30
Beta Black Lotus (1) 350
Beta Clockwork Beast (2) 5
Beta Howling Mine (1) 15
Beta Mox (1/colour) 160
Beta Time Walk (1) 160
Beta Time Twister (1) 120
Beta Birds of Paradise (4) 15
Beta Sedge Troll (1) 5
Beta Crusade (1) 12
Alpha/Beta Misc Rare (1/non-Lace) 2 **
Alpha/Beta Misc Lace (1/colour) 1
UL Duals (any with Blue or Red) 7 *
UL Duals (other) 6 *
RV Duals (any with Blue or Red) 5 *
RV Duals (other) 4 *
LG Moat (2) 30
$1US = 1pt
ask about Alpha error cards
* no more than 2 per dual land may be bid (ie, I don't want 12
Savannahs!)
** even Kudzu in Beta is worth 2!
I will consider other cards, so, if you want to say, "I've got card
X and I value it at Y, will you take it?", you are welcome to. Or, you
can just make me a trade offer, no problems there.
Rules as follows.
The is a trade/cash auction. I am buy a home so I am beginning
to liquidate portions of my collection not used. I will accept some
cards in lieu of cash as per the value at the bottom. The reason I am
willing to take some cards is to improve my beta set to NM status (and
to get the last couple of cards I want to play with). Value is for NM
cards unless otherwise states. I intend to run a continuous auction, as
this stuff is sold, more stuff will be added. I will take split bids
(begrudgingly, ie. my $40 card-> 2*$20 bids on 2 different cards) but
prefer not to take conditional bids (unless there are extenuating
circumstances). Since these are my cards, if someone offers me a deal
that I can't say no to, I reserve the right to forgo the usual
going-gone procedure if the offer is ripe enough. I will let bids
bubble for a couple weeks, then begin a going-gone procedure, so, if
this is the first time you've seen this post, don't panic, you have some
time to bid. I will accept buyouts, both cash, trade, or both, but I am
not posting a buyout bid. If you want to buy it out, make a buyout
offer. Anyone declared a "winner" has 30 days to have the money order
arrive at my door (unless special arrangements are made). Failure is a
forfieture of bid, and an automatic "Bad Trader Post" in the various
newsgroups, as well, I will append your name to the auction, so all new
people will see you are an untrustworthy person (I ran some auctions
years ago, and that was my biggest problem, reneggers). My mailing
address is (verify my authenticity at your leisure):
Steven W Spisak
233 East 14th Street
Hamilton Ontario
L9A 4B7
Canada
This is the address all money orders/cards are to be mailed to.
Obviously, I will have the money in my bank account, or the cards in my
hand (or both as per applicable), before I put ANYTHING in the mail.
Mailing: I will pay for basic mailing costs, both domestic and
overseas. If you want registered, insured, or whatever, you will be
responsible for the cost. I'll UPS overnight, if that's what you pay
for, that's what you get.
Since the purpose of this auction/trade is to supply me with the
last handful of cards I want, plus cash for home buying, if it isn't
accomplishing that, I will simply terminate it.
Steven W Spisak
ae...@hwcn.org
Steve Spisak
Hello. My name is Steve, and I am buying a house, so I am running a
cash/trade auction for the purposes of:
a> getting the last few cards I want to upgrade the quality of my
beta set
b> get some cards I'd play with
c> get some cash to decrease the MORTGAGE I will have to obtain
Rules at bottom.
Grading:
-N=near mint
-E=excellent
-G=good
-F=fair
All cards tournament legal (that is, I've used some of the lesser
grade cards and never been called on them by an opponent or judge).
Specific descriptions available on demand. If two letters appear, it
means it is in one catagory, leaning toward the second, ie F/G would
be a fair card that was close to good.
-s=signed by artist
Promotional:
Alpha:
Lord of the Pit-E min 12
Will-O-the-Wisp-G min 8
Living Artifact-E min 8
Bayou-E min 30
What I will take in lieu of cash (ie. what I will take in trade,
points based on NM cards/unsigned please, I have lots of signed cards)
[I welcome offers of other cards, just tell me it's condition and how
many points you think it should be worth, and I will agree or disagree]
Set CardName (maxbid) pts=cashvalue
Alpha Taiga (1) 28
Alpha Force of Nature (1) 15
Beta Shivan Dragon(1) 40
Beta Taiga (1) 35
Beta Bayou (1) 35
Beta Duals (any, including more of the above) 30
Beta Black Lotus (1) 350
Beta Clockwork Beast (2) 5
Beta Howling Mine (1) 15
Beta Mox (1/colour) 160
Beta Time Walk (1) 160
Beta Time Twister (1) 120
Beta Birds of Paradise (4) 15
Beta Sedge Troll (1) 5
Beta Crusade (1) 12
Alpha/Beta Misc Rare (1/non-Lace) 2 **
Alpha/Beta Misc Lace (1/colour) 1
UL Duals (any with Blue or Red) 7 *
UL Duals (other) 6 *
RV Duals (any with Blue or Red) 5 *
RV Duals (other) 4 *
LG Moat (2) 30
ask about Alpha error cards point values - I am interested :)
I'll add to this list as I REMEMBER what else I want/need.
* no more than 2 per dual land may be bid
(ie, I don't want 12 Savannahs!)
** even Kudzu in Beta is worth 2!
I will consider other cards, so, if you want to say, "I've got card
X and I value it at Y, will you take it?", you are welcome to. Or,
you can just make me a trade offer, no problems there. Since I will
sell, auction, trade auction or trade any of my cards (although, with
the impending mortgage, money is a good thing:).
Steven W Spisak
ae...@hwcn.org
References of the more recent trades, deals and contacts. I'm keeping
this list short, if you want more names, ask... Also, most of these
people have been required to "send first", so, they are more applicable
references.
chc...@MIT.EDU
dmo...@mbox.vol.it Daniele Monterisi
dt...@ecn.ulaval.ca Denis Tremblay
dafi...@eos.ncsu.edu Mike Greene
rbra...@xmission.com Rob M Brannon
sstr...@nb.sympatico.ca Sheila Strickland
LND...@prodigy.com Greg Weiss
jo...@keieng.com "Fish"
10271...@compuserve.com Kyle Boyd
lu...@webzone.it Marco Sala
gac...@wwonline.com Gabriel Chan
Jean-Berna...@lri.fr Jean Bernard Lagorce
sun...@tarimar.com Scott Sundahl
(I hope none of these people are offended at my putting there names up in
my auction list - rather than having to request them - so, if that's the
case. ask, and I will keep your name on the "only when requested list" -
thanks, friends and trading partners)
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