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My heart is aching for the owner. At the same time I feel a sense of relief because I am moving between countries. A lot of what I am doing these days is giving

My heart is aching for the owner. At the same time I feel a sense of relief because I am moving between countries. A lot of what I am doing these days is giving away my "stuff" and shedding attachments to "things". I do understand him thou. My 8 cases of Magic cards will be sorely missed, but I am happy to know that the Magic cards don't own me.

gigaflop 4y ago
When I was in college, I had stopped playing MTG, but several of my DnD friends still did. Once in a while, I'd bring down a box of my cards, and let them pick through whatever they wanted for 80%-ish of their value, traded towards food. In a way, that was probably one of the best ways for me to get rid of some.
- Beltiras 4y ago
  My problem is that this is a 20 year plus collection. It's of a size where logistics are needed to move the darn thing and monetizing it's value will be somewhat hard.
  - khalilravanna 4y ago
    On the monetization front I’ve been looking for something to automatically catalog a large collection of cards but it looks like the only ones that exist are for large outfits (https://tcgmachines.com/shop/phyzbatch-9000 https://tcgmachines.com/shop/phyzbatch-9000) given the cost. I imagine it’d be pretty easy to have a camera identify cards with OCR being what it is today but then you have to go about laying out every single card which is labor intensive. I would just love some automatic way to have my cards automatically registered in a database. Then it becomes incredibly easy to quantify the worth of a collection and identify which cards are actually worth the time to sell (anything over $5, $10, etc.).
    - Hallucinaut 4y ago
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      - khalilravanna 4y ago
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gigaflop 4y ago

When I was in college, I had stopped playing MTG, but several of my DnD friends still did. Once in a while, I'd bring down a box of my cards, and let them pick through whatever they wanted for 80%-ish of their value, traded towards food. In a way, that was probably one of the best ways for me to get rid of some.

Beltiras 4y ago
My problem is that this is a 20 year plus collection. It's of a size where logistics are needed to move the darn thing and monetizing it's value will be somewhat hard.
- khalilravanna 4y ago
  On the monetization front I’ve been looking for something to automatically catalog a large collection of cards but it looks like the only ones that exist are for large outfits (https://tcgmachines.com/shop/phyzbatch-9000 https://tcgmachines.com/shop/phyzbatch-9000) given the cost. I imagine it’d be pretty easy to have a camera identify cards with OCR being what it is today but then you have to go about laying out every single card which is labor intensive. I would just love some automatic way to have my cards automatically registered in a database. Then it becomes incredibly easy to quantify the worth of a collection and identify which cards are actually worth the time to sell (anything over $5, $10, etc.).
  - Hallucinaut 4y ago
    I have the perfect HackerNews link for you, my friend! https://www.hackster.io/chev-eldrid/trading-card-inventory-tool-pricer-a5e819 https://www.hackster.io/chev-eldrid/trading-card-inventory-t... Buon appetito!
    - khalilravanna 4y ago
      Haha this is amazing! Thanks for the share.