A one-of-a-kind trading card that sparked a global search and a raft of big-money offers has been found.
The card, a depiction of J.R.R. Tolkien's "One Ring" from the Hasbro ta
Ohhhh, is this why collector booster boxes have been like twice the price for this release? That hadn’t clicked for me, I thought it was just licensing fees to tolkien’s estate or something.
@rubythulhu@TheOneCurly
Probably both. Finance person I follow expects about 20% of CB price is Ring speculation.
The rest is probably the licensing fee passed directly to customers
Would be nice if wsj wasn’t paywalling the article -_-
Ah whoops, I just read the title lol. Anyone have a better link?
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/54490/someone-opened-magic-the-gatherings-the-one-ring-001-001
Ohhhh, is this why collector booster boxes have been like twice the price for this release? That hadn’t clicked for me, I thought it was just licensing fees to tolkien’s estate or something.
@rubythulhu @TheOneCurly
Probably both. Finance person I follow expects about 20% of CB price is Ring speculation.
The rest is probably the licensing fee passed directly to customers
Most of the price difference was that it’s a premium product, the products you couldn’t open a ring in are also more expensive
Thanks!
Not your fault. Just wsj being dumb.