Just as a bump to this. I was walking in NYC yesterday between the data center and penn station and saw a gold / silver place that had a bunch of interesting silver rounds.
Nothing crypto related but did have the Provident Metals 4 Horsemen 10oz silver bar and 4 individual coins for only $349, which yeah, is a lot for 14oz of silver but, I have seen the sets go for well over $400.
So, it's out there if you look.
Everything else in the place was a bit high in price, but it's NYC so that is to be expected.
-Dave
Topic: Cheap Collectibles (if you have time) (Read 279 times)
So with some comments made in Viziques thread about some cheap collectibles.
There are a lot out there. IF:
1) You have the time to look
2) You don't care about occasionally taking a risk if you can't verify 100% what it is.
To anyone here a Ravenbit Series 2.2 Silver Node is worth a ton. Only 25 made. Really rare, could probably sell mine for well over $1000
To the guy at Coin Galleries Of OysterBay http://coingalleriesofoysterbay.com/ it's a nice 1oz silver coin thing $44.95
You just have to hit a lot of stores and sort through a lot of junk to find something like that.
Same thing with some art work. We know the Cryptograffiti print I got for $50 was a steal. To the guy I bought it from while on vacation in Vegas, it was neat but very slightly damaged print of which he had an undamaged one of. So $50 + getting totally screwed on the cost of him framing it and we're both happy. Don't know where he got it & I didn't really care.
Remember doing this long term violates the "McDonald's Theory"
For those of you who don't follow other collectibles.
If for less time then you put into looking for something, you could have gotten a part time job at McDonald's, making minimum wage, and earned enough money to buy it straight from a known source you have violated the "McDonald's Theory" of collecting.
You will always get lucky now and then, just don't think it's going to make you rich.
-Dave
There are a lot out there. IF:
1) You have the time to look
2) You don't care about occasionally taking a risk if you can't verify 100% what it is.
To anyone here a Ravenbit Series 2.2 Silver Node is worth a ton. Only 25 made. Really rare, could probably sell mine for well over $1000
To the guy at Coin Galleries Of OysterBay http://coingalleriesofoysterbay.com/ it's a nice 1oz silver coin thing $44.95
You just have to hit a lot of stores and sort through a lot of junk to find something like that.
Same thing with some art work. We know the Cryptograffiti print I got for $50 was a steal. To the guy I bought it from while on vacation in Vegas, it was neat but very slightly damaged print of which he had an undamaged one of. So $50 + getting totally screwed on the cost of him framing it and we're both happy. Don't know where he got it & I didn't really care.
Remember doing this long term violates the "McDonald's Theory"
For those of you who don't follow other collectibles.
If for less time then you put into looking for something, you could have gotten a part time job at McDonald's, making minimum wage, and earned enough money to buy it straight from a known source you have violated the "McDonald's Theory" of collecting.
You will always get lucky now and then, just don't think it's going to make you rich.
-Dave
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