So the way you tell the difference is simply by examining the loose packs.

The ROUGH cost of a box is 36x(the cost of a pack).

That being said, there have been private sales recently ranging from 1.25x36x(cost of pack) to .60x36x(cost of a pack).

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Originally posted by BetaBoosterBox:
Hi headumpire, Thanks for your response. I'm not contemplating buying the boxes, as I own the boxes. I bought several boxes way back in the early Fall of 1993 and played for a few months before moving onto college and other interests. Fast forward 22+ years later and now I see that these MTG cards hold some real value. Who would have thought!?! I haven't thought about these cards in all that time as being of any true value. "Out of sight, out of mind!" I was able to recently talk with Daniel Chang at VintageMagic about these boxes. My question is should I open one of the boxes and verify these are Beta vs Alpha? Or is it best to keep the shrink wrap on the box and sell it (potentially, I am more interested in first finding more details on the history/statistics of these before considering selling) for a premium? Am I better off to just keep the boxes and wait a few more years before considering what to do with them? How many boxes are realistically still out there and sealed? Any information, wisdom or expertise you have on these is greatly appreciated!

Dave

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Originally posted by BetaBoosterBox:
Thanks LandDestroyer. I guess my first course of action is to have the boxes verified as real Beta and appraised. As I mentioned, Daniel Chang and I talked a few days ago about doing this. Being a newbie to this, and as cautious as possible, are there other people/businesses that I should also talk to for second and third opinions? I tend to agree that the sealed boxes should be opened... Otherwise people are putting value on the plastic sealant over the actual contents, and that doesn't make sense to me. As I previously posted, are there "real" and/or verifiable statistics to the numbers out there for how many sealed boxes still exist? When is the last time a box was sold? Etc, etc.

Thanks again,
Dave

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He claims to pay the highest prices which is a blatant lie. He claims anything that you're selling is worth much less when asking him for his advice. Here's a perfect example: http://classic.magictraders.com/ubb/Forum13/HTML/031413.html His reputation is flawed to say the least. I personally don't trust a word the man says and would never do business with him again as long as I live.

I'd also most certainly not open the boxes. If your buyer would like to open the boxes to confirm the content after agreeing on a price, you having cash in hand and doing so in person, thats great. I'm fairly certain a number of buyers would leave the seal intact so there is no reason to remove that pool of buyers.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/137661199737593/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/VintageMTGACC/

Then later on you could use

https://www.facebook.com/groups/highendmtg/

and other groups

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Originally posted by Vermilion:
Dave there is a sealed group on FB that you can use as well if you'd like in I can post a link here once I get home from work.

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Originally posted by LandDestroyer:
You mean the first link i posted or a different group? :-p

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