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Topic: Water damaged UNL Black Lotus
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Demilio
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posted March 19, 2013 12:35 PM
        
Any thoughts on value? It's a bit warped, sleeve playability is questionable. Sadly this was a nearly PSA 10 card before hurricane Sandy.Front
http://i.imgur.com/eArZZUK.jpg Back
http://i.imgur.com/theS8F2.jpg
[Edited 1 times, lastly by Demilio on March 19, 2013]
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daner
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posted March 19, 2013 07:42 PM
Sandy, Sandy...you dirty rotten bitch. :/Well one only hopes that who owned this was not hurt, nor their family, and were safe from harm. That said, if you put it in a perfect fit, then a regular sleeve like a dragonshield...could you use it in a cube? If the answer is yes....I could still see $3-400 for this. CE run from $175-225....I could see this fetching $300, if, like I said, can be used in a cube in some sort of sleeve. If it can't, and it's totally ruined...$125-200 still based solely on collector purposes. EDIT: That is probably more of a shot in the dark...it's not often you come across such an extreme scenario like a watered damage Lotus that MIGHT still have some playability... Like I also stated, even totally ruined it still probably has some sort of value considering what it is. If this was a UNL Ice Storm or something I'd probably tell you just to throw it away.
[Edited 2 times, lastly by daner on March 19, 2013]
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ermabwed
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posted March 19, 2013 07:57 PM
Nonsense. Soft sleeve and stick it in an encyclopedia (do they still make those?) for three weeks and it will be playable and worth close to double that.__________________
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Truman
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posted March 19, 2013 08:36 PM
Are you asking because you're looking to sell it, or just want an estimate on value for some other reason?
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Tha Gunslinga
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posted March 20, 2013 06:23 AM
 
500-600 if it's sleeve-playable.
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Demilio
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posted March 20, 2013 10:26 AM
Thanks daner, nobody was hurt, just massive amounts of property damage. Found a guy that does restorations, his business name is "Gone with the stain" Apparently his process involves using "solvents" to rehydrate the card and then putting it in a template to return it to size. My biggest concern is whether or not the solvents will damage the ink on the card. I'm hoping that there isn't much difference between a baseball card and a magic card as far as that works? For $25, it will be worth it if it flattens the card to sleeve playability.
[Edited 2 times, lastly by Demilio on March 20, 2013]
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Vermilion
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posted March 20, 2013 10:30 AM
Looks like it's going to change the color of the card just based on the photo gallery pictures. You'll never be able to get rid of the marks on the card so it's kind of a toss up.
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LandDestroyer
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posted March 20, 2013 12:15 PM
Might be helpful if you could take a photo of the card sideways to indicate just how much warping has occurred.
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JonnyDelicious
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posted March 20, 2013 04:12 PM
I would contact this company. Matt Nelson is the main guy, I suspect he can help you make sure it's playable.http://www.ccspaper.com/services_pressing.php
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thror
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posted March 20, 2013 10:07 PM
i would suggest you do NOT attempt to 'restore' it. __________________
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zeller
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posted March 21, 2013 01:47 AM
quote:
Originally posted by thror:
i would suggest you do NOT attempt to 'restore' it.
+1
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Isawa
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posted March 21, 2013 02:58 PM
I have a ripped in half sapphire that would love to have that lotus as company.
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