Agree with this.Quote from sealteamfive »I think that anything sealed will go up in value over time... This is especially true if Wizards for whatever reason stops putting prerelease foils with date stamps on them. Who knows what the future will bring with that.
Disclaimer, this is wild speculation based on my own observations and tinged by my own preferences. The sense I get is that the market for people buying prerelease cards is already based on rarity. I know plenty of people who like playing with date stamped cards that they opened or traded for, but I can't say I've run across anyone who prefers them to pack foils as an aesthetic choice and would go out of their way to buy them over the pack foil (not to say they don't exist). If the demand for them stems from having fewer copies in circulation, it's more of a collecting motive than a playing motive. That's the group that's more likely to be interested in sealed product.
All of that said and despite my vote for "eventually", I'd be surprised if they had any significant premium over opened copies outside of the very long term.
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Hi ekgregory, and welcome to MTGS!
So, first things first. Thank you for posting pictures. I can't verify the veracity of the Orb over the internet - for a card like this, you're going to want to physically inspect it with a loupe, and maybe take it to a trusted dealer. As much as I'd love to be able to authenticate remotely, there's just too much wiggle room.
Second thing, yeah, those do look like Alpha corners.
Third thing: While Chaos Orb is kind of a "random" card, it is quite good in 93/94, as it's gotten format-specific errata to skip the flipping and simply blow up any card. So there is real demand for it again, and it's probably seeing more play than it ever did back in the day. It's also quite iconic (and strikingly illustrated).
Fourth thing: the Reserve list. WOTC has promised that they will never ever print Chaos Orb (among other cards) again. That's led to some serious market-cornering and price-gouging by people who've thought "Well, I can buy up ALL of the copies of this card, and charge whatever I want". UL Chaos Orbs are currently $500 on TCGp, so if this is an Alpha and not a damaged Beta, you're going to be looking at a cool grand, easy.
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That's a great question, and one that many of us should be asking ourselves.
I think that the answer (or at least, part of the answer) is: move to MODO. Legacy and Vintage on MODO are dirt-cheap compared to paper, and I'm convinced that's where the future of the formats will live. Once we're more comfortable playing online, it'll be easier to say "Oh, I don't need to keep a set of Power around - I can just play digitally."
That's just a theory, though, and I've certainly not put that into practice. Love to see some other opinions.
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It's up to you, but if you're not playing with them (or planning on playing with them) then I would sell.
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From my POV, sitting on a copy for only a few months is still "selling now". I move pretty glacially
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I don't see Yeong Hao-Han's name come up at events, and Chris Rahn may be far too busy these days. Cynthia Sheppard never returned the cards I asked her to sign, so ... *shrug*
Those three are the ones that I'd bump up a bit, plus of course Rebecca. Most of the rest appear frequently and sign anything for a buck (no knock on them, it is how it is), so I'd say you could maybe ask a buck more for each of them.
As far as Chris Rush's signatures, I'm not really sure. There aren't really that many prices on Su-Chi, and I think that the guy who's asking $75 is going to be waiting a while on that. The next time I'm at a GP featuring "the art of Christopher Rush", I'll check and see what things are going for, but I'm not in the market myself anymore.
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If you have a list of artists who've signed your cards, it'll be easier than me going back through 25 years of art and pulling names out of a hat.