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« on: April 29, 2006, 03:00:18 AM » |
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Is it me or are the sketch cards drying up rapidly? Only one Kayanan is listed as an auction and only a handful of Staggs. This is not good!  I want some more Kayanan's, I only have 20, please let more of them surface so I can finish my goal.  There are some fantastic Kayanan's that I did not see on ebay. I don't even know if they have surfaced like the (yellowish) Argonauth statue from the side or the 2 piece Witch-king on fellbeast that are listed on the LOTR sketch card site? Did they surface? |
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kbmum
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« Reply #1 on: April 29, 2006, 03:10:52 AM » |
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Maybe some of the people who pulled Kayanan and Staggs sketches want to keep them.
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« Reply #2 on: April 29, 2006, 03:14:02 AM » |
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Is it me or are the sketch cards drying up rapidly? Only one Kayanan is listed as an auction and only a handful of Staggs. This is not good! I want some more Kayanan's, I only have 20, please let more of them surface so I can finish my goal. There are some fantastic Kayanan's that I did not see on ebay. I don't even know if they have surfaced like the (yellowish) Argonauth statue from the side or the 2 piece Witch-king on fellbeast that are listed on the LOTR sketch card site? Did they surface? Gee, do you think it's possible that there may be someone out in the rest of the world that wants to keep their sketches?  How dare they!! How can that be? Don't they know that they should sell them on ebay? (and @$20.00 to lower their value) Or do you suppose they are languishing unsold in the back of some card shop still in their $700.00 unopened cases? |
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« Reply #3 on: April 29, 2006, 03:14:14 AM » |
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i can't imagine why - lol  |
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« Reply #4 on: April 29, 2006, 03:15:11 AM » |
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I want some more Kayanan's, I only have 20, please let more of them surface so I can finish my goal. Are you serious about having 20 Kayanans?  What's your goal? |
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« Reply #5 on: April 29, 2006, 03:19:12 AM » |
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Do you have all of your sketches on a website where we can see them?
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« Reply #6 on: April 29, 2006, 03:25:32 AM » |
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No dealer I know - online or offline still has a box of these for sale, much less a case....
I've not found one comic store in town that has packs even... One store DID have a box, but they only ordered one box (what WERE they thinking???)
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reidelmundo
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« Reply #7 on: April 29, 2006, 03:28:59 AM » |
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OMG what a reactions. This is really ridiculous. I wonder if I should even bother to explain what I mean. It just surprises me that after less than 2 months cards are drying up in general. I expected the flow of new cards on ebay to last longer. If the hype is really over I think that's a shame because I enjoyed the 2 month ride. And yes I do have 20 Kayanan's and over 25 Staggs' but does that really matter? I also have cards from other artist. I really admire their work and of the 2 (it should be 3) Kayanan cards that I mentioned I was wondering if they had been found. Many collectors have listed pics of their cards, even if they did not want to sell but just to share their excitement with other collectors. |
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« Reply #8 on: April 29, 2006, 03:34:55 AM » |
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OMG what a reactions. This is really ridiculous. And yes I do have 20 Kayanan's and over 25 Staggs' but does that really matter? Well, it doesn't matter to me since I have none and don't plan on ever buying any, but what did you expect? I don't care how many you have, I was just wondering what your goal was.  |
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« Reply #9 on: April 29, 2006, 03:36:21 AM » |
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It just surprises me that after less than 2 months cards are drying up in general. I expected the flow of new cards on ebay to last longer. If the hype is really over I think that's a shame because I enjoyed the 2 month ride.
From what I've seen, that four to eight week ride is fairly standard for most trading card releases. Let's face it, there was an absolute flood of sketches on eBay for well over a month, but the numbers were also a bit inflated because eBay changed the way searches were done. Instead of just pulling up auctions, it also listed everything in eBay stores. In the middle of Evolution madness, eBay went back to the way it used to be, and I know on other forums people thought there had been a big reduction in the number of sketches on the site. It was just that eBay no longer included the items in eBay stores (unless you clicked on the link). To post your pictures, you need to put them on a photo hosting site, like Photobucket. Then you can copy the IMG link into your posts.  By the way, Kelly was asking about your goal because you mentioned in your first post that you wanted more Kayanans to reach your goal. |
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« Reply #10 on: April 29, 2006, 03:41:30 AM » |
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OMG what a reactions. This is really ridiculous. And yes I do have 20 Kayanan's and over 25 Staggs' but does that really matter? Well, it doesn't matter to me since I have none and don't plan on ever buying any, but what did you expect? I don't care how many you have, I was just wondering what your goal was. My Staggs goals was to get a very nice sketch of each of the characters that she did but that was impossible because she did a lot of one only characters. I did not really have a Kayanan goal because his work is very $$$ to collect. I have said to myself I would definately stop at 25 sketches of his best work but that was too high too. |
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« Reply #11 on: April 29, 2006, 03:42:28 AM » |
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No dealer I know - online or offline still has a box of these for sale, much less a case....
I've not found one comic store in town that has packs even... One store DID have a box, but they only ordered one box (what WERE they thinking???)
I asked my comic store if they could get a box. They said they could, but the price would be $90.00. I just don't feel like risking it for potentially one sketch card per box.... Puzzling, since there are supposed to be so many boxes... |
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« Reply #12 on: April 29, 2006, 03:45:23 AM » |
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More people are keeping these than we think. If I pulled a nice Kayanan it would be tempting to sell it for some big bucks, but honestly I don't think I could do it!
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« Reply #13 on: April 29, 2006, 03:48:06 AM » |
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I asked my comic store if they could get a box. They said they could, but the price would be $90.00. I just don't feel like risking it for potentially one sketch card per box....
Puzzling, since there are supposed to so many boxes... I don't know if I would risk it either at that price, but I wonder where they found a box to order. I checked with all the major distributors (at least all the ones I know of that comic stores order from and they were ALL out). None of them could give me the name of a local store (even a store in the state) that ordered a box... I recently got an account at imageshack.us - no need to register I have one Kayanan in my collection that I pack pulled. It doesn't have a lot of color, but I like it |
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« Reply #14 on: April 29, 2006, 03:49:52 AM » |
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More people are keeping these than we think. If I pulled a nice Kayanan it would be tempting to sell it for some big bucks, but honestly I don't think I could do it!
If you enjoy a card, keep it, don't sell it for the money unless you really have to. Kayanan's work will keep its value, he does not do commissions. |
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« Reply #15 on: April 29, 2006, 03:52:47 AM » |
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There are only two hobby boxes up for auction and one in an eBay store. It looks like the boxes have dried up.
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« Reply #17 on: April 29, 2006, 04:02:04 AM » |
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More people are keeping these than we think. If I pulled a nice Kayanan it would be tempting to sell it for some big bucks, but honestly I don't think I could do it!
If you enjoy a card, keep it, don't sell it for the money unless you really have to. Kayanan's work will keep its value, he does not do commissions. God, if I pulled a Kayanan(let's face it, can't justify spending $500.00 on one to the spouse)  - I'd build an underground cellar to protect it, and if someone said "why don't you sell it?" they'd be banished! |
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« Reply #18 on: April 29, 2006, 04:05:27 AM » |
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More people are keeping these than we think. If I pulled a nice Kayanan it would be tempting to sell it for some big bucks, but honestly I don't think I could do it!
If you enjoy a card, keep it, don't sell it for the money unless you really have to. Kayanan's work will keep its value, he does not do commissions. God, if I pulled a Kayanan(let's face it, can't justify spending $500.00 on one to the spouse) - I'd build an underground cellar to protect it, and if someone said "why don't you sell it?" they'd be banished! If my girl would know what the true value of my collection is she would file for divorce and claim half. Now she thinks it is still very innocent.  |
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« Reply #19 on: April 29, 2006, 04:06:30 AM » |
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