$3,000 for Golden Nuggets

[xlacs]

Wow! just saw this for sale at DealingDueces: http://dealingdeuces.com/casino-cards/blue-golden-nugget-casino-cards.html. This is the most expensive deck I've seen for sale. I don't know if I would even buy this if I had the money. It's just so crazy to spend that amount on one deck of cards.

[NathanCanadas]

Wow! just saw this for sale at DealingDueces: http://dealingdeuces.com/casino-cards/blue-golden-nugget-casino-cards.html. This is the most expensive deck I've seen for sale. I don't know if I would even buy this if I had the money. It's just so crazy to spend that amount on one deck of cards.

Aren't these cards normally worth about 200$ though? Or are these rarer?

[Linguist_]

I don't know much at all about vintage cards so best wait for a user who does know about them to reply, but from the information on this thread it's clear that the blue Golden Nugget is one of the most expensive, along with the orange. A completely sealed, pristine condition blue Golden Nugget is a very rare thing indeed.

If you waited for it to come up on Ebay, I'm sure it would cost you much less than $3,000. But it will take you a long time to find it on Ebay, and when you do there will be a ton of competition to contend with. The steep price tag is likely because of the convenience. I'd imagine the person who buys it is probably someone who needs it to complete their Golden Nugget collection, or near complete it.

I would definitely contact the sellar though, and ask for more detailed pictures before I splashed that amount of money on it. Hell, if I was nearby I'd ask to come and see it first before spending that. I could buy a used car for that price, and I would want a test drive before I bought it.

[xela]

Those are definitely rare. I would love to add those to my collection. I would estimate their price at $500, not $3000.

[digipunk]

$300-400 might be reasonable for this deck 'cause it doesn't have cellophane. $2,999 is insane

[xZEROx]

Wait am I the only one who can't get to the item page? The link doesn't work for me...

[Linguist_]

Wait am I the only one who can't get to the item page? The link doesn't work for me...

The link appears to have changed slightly. It's now at http://dealingdeuces.com/default/casino-cards/blue-golden-nugget-casino-cards.html

[xZEROx]

Oh wow! As much as the blue GN is rare, not to mention it's with the tax stamp, I can't see it going over $500. Certainly at $3000, I'd much rather get one of those War Series deck. :S

[DeckOfCards]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ULTRA-RARE-Deck-BLUE-GOLDEN-NUGGET-Playing-Cards-NEW-Free-Shipping-/270937802234?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f1526c5fa#ht_500wt_1145
Found one sealed on ebay.

[Curt]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ULTRA-RARE-Deck-BLUE-GOLDEN-NUGGET-Playing-Cards-NEW-Free-Shipping-/270937802234?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f1526c5fa#ht_500wt_1145
Found one sealed on ebay.

That one would be a newer version of what dealingdeuces has for sale, you can tell by the stamps used to seal the deck. The older ones has the tax stamp. Still a pretty sweet deck, just not as rare.

[jmrock]

Dealing Duces is definitely the most ridiculous example of a playing card website I've come across... Their pricing is just plain absurd and disrespectful to most any collector... I mean every deck is overpriced tremendously... I wonder if their nice website fools anyone into paying those insane prices...

[Don Boyer]

Dealing Duces is definitely the most ridiculous example of a playing card website I've come across... Their pricing is just plain absurd and disrespectful to most any collector... I mean every deck is overpriced tremendously... I wonder if their nice website fools anyone into paying those insane prices...

While I agree in general, some of their prices are actually within the reasonable-to-cheap range.  $15 for a red/blue Tahoe pair isn't out of the ballpark, and neither is $50 for a full set of all four Tahoe colors (red, blue, white, black).  On eBay you might pay $50 just for the white and black ones, and that's if you can even find them.

Some retailers have certain things at a high price, while those same retailers could have other things at a genuinely low price.  You have to shop around.

I just got a kick out of seeing that they have Jerry's Nugget decks for sale at $400 a pop.  I saw another site offering them in red only for $300, but they were out of stock.

[Jin Jian]

i thought it would be around 300+ ?? why 3000!!

[Don Boyer]

i thought it would be around 300+ ?? why 3000!!

It could have something to do with the fact that it's exceptionally rare and about 60 years old, still sealed...  But even at that price, the consensus here feels it's too much.

[jhayel84]

granted that it is rare! but for $3000 price tag.. way overpriced! They are greedy $(#*$&# !!

[Don Boyer]

granted that it is rare! but for $3000 price tag.. way overpriced! They are greedy $(#*$&# !!

The price will come down if they find no one is buying.  Or they'll just keep the blasted things.

Getting rare, limited edition and/or out-of-print decks from a retailer, you'll always pay top dollar.  I've seen Black Ghost 1st Ed. going for $250 and $300 at two different shops.  You'd never see them trade that high around here or on eBay.