Hey Don, I'm curious -- what do you consider a decent price, for a limited edition deck and for a gold deck?
/bama
It would largely depend on the production values and features brought to bear. I can understand a deck being expensive, sure - it's the whole "elite" thing going on, such tiny quantities. See, I'd probably not purchase a gilded deck - they're absolutely gorgeous, but they're not cheap, albeit worth every penny.
Ha! Spoken like a magician avoiding a trap! Not willing to get pinned down before the Scarlett Tallys launch?
Let me ask it another way, are you saying that you aren't in the market for expensive decks (even if they are worth every penny)? If so, at what price point does a deck cross the line from affordable to expensive?
/bama
It's difficult to simply draw a line in the sand and say, "All decks on this side are affordable." It's about as logical as finding gasoline at the same price everywhere across the country. There are some government controls on the price of gas, but it's still a mostly-free market.
In terms of modern decks, the most I ever paid for one was two packs of Moth/Myth black - $50 each. Close second was the 52+J 2014 club deck at $45 each.
If you count trick decks, the highest is $80 - Get Sharkey, an excellent trick by card-shark.de/Phoenix Playing Cards.
By and large, when a deck's price is reaching $15 or more, I have to more carefully examine it to determine just how much (if at all) I want to have it. If the desire is strong, the willingness to pay more is higher - but these days, the desire is rarely very strong.
And everything I said about buying cards is 100% subjective, applies only to me, and can change without notice, because that's the nature of people, especially collectors. I was a guy who wanted all the decks - until, even before Kickstarter blew up deck buying forever, I realized that it wasn't feasible or practical. I already possess more decks of cards now than I could possibly consume in a lifetime, unless tossing them in a fire counted as consumption. I've gotten very picky even about affordable decks, because affordable decks can add up to an unaffordable amount if purchased unchecked. So while there's so many wicked-cool uber-rare decks out there, there's a buttload more affordable decks out there, a plethora from which to choose.
Now, back to topic.
Yes, I'd be interested in getting these cards, but only if I could get a few decks affordably. I have a soft spot for my "native" decks - Tally-Ho in particular. My wife used to work in the same neighborhood, Long Island City, where A. Doughtery had a manufacturing plant. I drive through that neighborhood frequently between home and work. If I had the resources, I'd look for that precise location and turn it into a museum for playing cards - but the odds are that I wouldn't be able to afford it due to the ongoing gentrification of the area and the accompanying construction of luxury high-rise apartment buildings that goes with it. Ten years ago, the place was an armpit. Now, it's "desirable real estate" in a neighborhood that's slowly but steadily getting upgraded. In ten or twenty years, it'll be a clone of Park Slope or SoHo, too expensive for most mere mortals. I love New York, but I loved it a lot more when it was actually affordable and I'm finding myself loving it less by the day.
