Sorcerer's Stone set; odds, pictures and box/case breakdowns

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[Roz]

Im just about to go and crack a box open. My parents are getting really excited and reckon I should be wearing cotton gloves when I pull a rare card so I dont contaminate the card with oils...very odd. 

Ed (savage727) does this when opening LOTR cards... if I had a good pair of cotton gloves I certainly would too!

[ArwenEvenstar]

Well I just opened 3 boxes and got Girls Gryffindor costume, Practice Broom and a Daily Prophet prop. Not too bad but Im going to wait now until I can get some screwdown cases to keep them safe. 

[LikORish-Spider]

FTY, That's a primo chocolate Frog card you pulled. It alone is worth more than the two boxes cost you.

[gimli]

Just opened another case and well here are the rsults

Autos
3 Ian Hart
1 John Cleese
1 Dean Thomas

Props
1 fluffy
2 wand boxes (1 has a red swatch but it has a pattern to it like snake skin)
1 sorcerers stone 
1 candy

costumes
1 hagrid
1 male student
1 draco scarf (half green and half gray)
1 gryffindor tie
1 quidditch robe

Film cards
1 voldemort
1 troll
1 hedwig deliving the broom

[Roz]

OMFG - the BEST box yet!!!!!!!!!!

Box 2135
Chocolate Frog 28/127!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Really nice swatch - you can see the 'rd and witch' from wizards and witches in it... pic will be up later.
Harry being sorted Film card with nice close up of Hagrid's face in the cels 097/397

I'll be catatonic in the backyard if anyone wants me

Damn this was a good case - thanks Tom

One of the best!

And I'm so glad it went to the Aussie gals sharing a case

[ferdinand_the_yak]

FTY, That's a primo chocolate Frog card you pulled. It alone is worth more than the two boxes cost you.

Yup, I was very impressed as well - I let out a huge squeal (much to the alarm of my housemate). My hands were shaking and I think I went slightly overboard with the smiley and exclamation marks when I posted!

[Tea_and_Fruit]

Got my Case

Casetopper: Owl

#6537
Female Students 099/510
Leslie Phillips Auto

#1682
Library Book 154/485 brown variant
FilmCard Diagon Alley (again  :'( )  109/397 (Harry with wand at Olivanders)

#7644
Broom Prop 280/450

#5545
Candy Prop 309/538



Goyle Auto

#3221
Daily Prophet Prop 320/733
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#2992
Hagrid Costume 290/710
Neville Auto

#6727
Dean Thomas Auto
Male Students 405/750

#4591
James Potter Auto
Male Students 075/750

#1518
Fluffys Fu 060/700 really fluffy 
FilmCard: Troll 280/397 shows Olivander

#4587
Flitwick Auto
Harry red Quidditch 206/335


6 Autos
2 Film Cards 
5 Costumes
5 Props

4 Foil Sets and many spares
2 Boxtopper Sets
19 Basic Sets

No Rare Card under 300  :'( :'( and only 2 FilmCards 

All Cards except the Fluffy and 1 FilmCard will go on Ebay

[rns91294]

Okay, opened my last 2 boxes.  Let me start by saying that in 4 boxes, I got two full foil card sets

Okay, box 1(3762)

BT2
Neville's PJ's (plain blue swatch) 358/520
Quidditch filmcard (cells are a close up of Hagrids face )  344/397

Box 2 (4291):

BT2
Fluffy's fur (again, as this is my second one in just 4 boxes) 422/700
and.....
John Hurt as Mr Ollivander

[Anna]

Woo hoo rns!   A John Hurt auto   Congratulations!    From my 4 cases I didn't even pull one of them. 

[Roz]

Wow that's one of the best cards in this set. John Hurt is a legend

"Curious... very curious"

Fantastic!

[rns91294]

Thanks to both of you.  My husband opened this box, which had the duplicate Fluffy in it, but when he pulled the auto, he played it off like it was nothing big, until I figured it out.  And then, I was jumping up and down, and up and down!!  I was thrileed.  Yes, i would have enjoyed a SS card, or Chocolate frog, as well, as I thought I might have better chances getting one of them over the big autos, especially with just 4 boxes.  But here I am.  Shocked over the whole thing.

Do we feel that Hurt and Cleese have about the same amount of autos signed?  Are they definitely the rarest?  I would like Cleese too, but would need to get another box and hope to pull him now as well.

[Tower]

Woo hoo rns!   A John Hurt auto   Congratulations!    From my 4 cases I didn't even pull one of them. 

And i?  4 cases, no Hurt, no Cleese.  :'(

[LikORish-Spider]

A Wizard Candy pull
Number 506-538

[allender]

Do we feel that Hurt and Cleese have about the same amount of autos signed?  Are they definitely the rarest?  I would like Cleese too, but would need to get another box and hope to pull him now as well.

               UPDATE POSTED 20 JUNE AND/OR LATER

So far I've seen breakdowns for 459 boxes, and the tally has been:
 9 - John Hurt
10 - John Cleese, Joshua Herdman
11 - Ray Fearon
13 - Goblin Bank Teller
14 - Geraldine Somerville
15 - Leslie Phillips
16 - Luke Youngblood
17 - Alfred Enoch
19 - Devon Murray, Ian Hart
21 - Matthew Lewis
24 - Adrian Rawlins
30 - Flitwick

Of course, things could be concentrated because 90% of the breakdowns have been from here. It's only 228 autos out of maybe 5600. The Cleese and Hurt autos are sure bringing in the biggest bucks in completed auctions. But if the trends hold up, the scarcest ones seem to have from 200 to 300 signed.

Onward!

[Morningangel-Iola]

What about the ones sold on ebay, although we don't know if the same ones get resold as they aren't numbered 

[allender]

What about the ones sold on ebay, although we don't know if the same ones get resold as they aren't numbered 

I tried tallying auctions for POA and POAU and found it was okay for the most common but widely off the mark with the scarcest, for numbered costumes and props. The "stats" get dicey when the sellers hold some of the scarcer cards for off-auction sale. And like you said, it gets really tricky when the bargains are put up for sale again. We're up to about 6% of the boxes from breakdown reports, and that's starting to give us some hints.  Like, by now we can say that Lily is the tougher pull for people who want both of Harry's parents. ...

The Cleese card is interesting to watch, because he also signed for the Avengers 2 set that just came out.

[rns91294]

wow, only 200-300.  Interesting.  I think my Hurt auto has become my favorite card.

[Luluhime]

Hello everyone! I got my 2 boxes today, and just spent the last 20 minutes or so frantically opening them XD This is what I got:

#7445
Ian Hart auto
Dracos scarf (green swatch) 116/485

#5156
Film card of Harry and the troll with the cells showing john hurt
Wand box prop (brown swatch) 92/842

I'm pretty pleased about the inserts this time....sooooo much better than the POAU  I shouldn't have bought those 2 boxes really...now I want more 

[Roz]

Hey Amy, I'm glad they arrived safely, I hope they hadn't been too battered in their box by the postal service folkses, 2 inserts in each box is excellent, especially when they are autos and costumes and props

That case seems to be rich with Wand boxes, I have had a wand box, a restricted section library book and a film card from 2 boxes also out of that case!

Three more boxes have been posted out to people so I will wait and see what they got out of them

[Luluhime]

hehe, they arrived in perfect condition!!!! Do the wand box swatches come in different colours? I'm still very hazy on this set...I didn't know the prop/costume cards were going to be so thick! lol