Lee
I found it! Tarot Chesta. Apparently there were 61 made, sold with a wooden box. I see someone's selling one on the internet for 600 euros, at the time I think the artist sold it for $325 or $350. Too rich for my blood!
How much would you pay...
decan
Until now the most that I paid was $60 (without the shipping, expensive for me if the deck is shipped from the US because I live in Europe).
Well, we are far from $300; I don't think I'll pay this price for a deck.
Well, we are far from $300; I don't think I'll pay this price for a deck.
Le Fanu
And these won't lose their value. Since I bought my Pam B, December 2009, quite literally, the date the RWS officially became antique, I have seen prices go up and up. I definitely think high prices are worth it for antique decks. Even the ones I have paid high prices for - like the Greenwood or Ironwing - have kept their value but, it's a risky business.
Rhinemaiden
I recently paid $300 for a deck I had coveted for years. A deck I will use/am using every day. Once I had answered the "how will you pay for it?" question to my own frugal satisfaction, I felt at ease pushing the 'buy" button. Life is a trade-off. Over a year's time I will have paid less than $1 a day for the pleasure of owning/using this deck.
gregory
I didn't actually pay; someone spent 350 euros to buy it for me - but my killer is:
http://www.mutusliber.it/dans.htm
Given my feelings about DEATH - well, that's why it was given to me
. I LOVE it.
Other than that
Jumbledance £240 - I don't regret it AT ALL.
Hero's Journey - original - $210.
Don't regret those either. I have no idea what I'd get if I sold them - but it does work every which way. I paid £19 for Granny Jones, for instance, and £25 for the Greenwood...
But tarot is hardly an investment. I don't know about anyone else but it's like people who spend that sort of money on shoes, wine and cars - you do it for love of the object.
http://www.mutusliber.it/dans.htm
Given my feelings about DEATH - well, that's why it was given to me
. I LOVE it.Other than that
Jumbledance £240 - I don't regret it AT ALL.
Hero's Journey - original - $210.
Don't regret those either. I have no idea what I'd get if I sold them - but it does work every which way. I paid £19 for Granny Jones, for instance, and £25 for the Greenwood...
But tarot is hardly an investment. I don't know about anyone else but it's like people who spend that sort of money on shoes, wine and cars - you do it for love of the object.
spinnachie
spinnachie
I checked some of the images on google...definitely looks like an interesting deck
sorry, I was looking for another thread but I never came across it
I have to be honest, I didn't think that prices for decks even went that high
I found it! Tarot Chesta. Apparently there were 61 made, sold with a wooden box. I see someone's selling one on the internet for 600 euros, at the time I think the artist sold it for $325 or $350. Too rich for my blood!
hmm...if you did buy this deck ...being that only 61 were made...would you use it or would it be just something for a collection?
I didn't actually pay; someone spent 350 euros to buy it for me - but my killer is:
http://www.mutusliber.it/dans.htm
Given my feelings about DEATH - well, that's why it was given to me
Other than that
Jumbledance £240 - I don't regret it AT ALL.
Hero's Journey - original - $210.
Don't regret those either. I have no idea what I'd get if I sold them - but it does work every which way. I paid £19 for Granny Jones, for instance, and £25 for the Greenwood...
But tarot is hardly an investment. I don't know about anyone else but it's like people who spend that sort of money on shoes, wine and cars - you do it for love of the object.
Ohhh you've got the right idea...we should all get people to gift us expensive decks!!!!
I do know what you mean though...if you love something then it's worth the money you spend on it.
Lee
I think I come down on the side of those who say decks are meant to be used and not sit on a shelf, no matter how rare/valuable. So I would have probably used it.
Annabelle
I haven't yet paid more than about $300 for a deck.
I would be willing to pay more than that in certain circumstances.
Most of the decks in my collection were purchased for less than $25, though -- and many for much less than that.
I would be willing to pay more than that in certain circumstances.
Most of the decks in my collection were purchased for less than $25, though -- and many for much less than that.
Denever
I'll only go above $60 for OOP decks, and even there, I check prices on eBay and Amazon Marketplace to get a sense of what the range is.
I recently paid $75 for Robert Place's Vampire Tarot. That seemed like a good price after seeing many listings for $100-200.
I just went higher for Place's Tarot of the Saints -- $86. That deck seems to go more often for $150-250, so again, I got it for what I think is a great price. (That's the total cost, btw -- deck + shipping.)
The book is in Spanish, which I don't read, but I have enough rusty French, Italian, and Latin to get the gist. The cartas are in Ingles, though, and that's what mattered most to me.
I recently paid $75 for Robert Place's Vampire Tarot. That seemed like a good price after seeing many listings for $100-200.
I just went higher for Place's Tarot of the Saints -- $86. That deck seems to go more often for $150-250, so again, I got it for what I think is a great price. (That's the total cost, btw -- deck + shipping.)
The book is in Spanish, which I don't read, but I have enough rusty French, Italian, and Latin to get the gist. The cartas are in Ingles, though, and that's what mattered most to me.
