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Originally Posted by Mark17
You don't know what the card is, the OP says it won't be sold for a very long time, you and Ben are speculating about whether there's sales tax, you're assuming auction house fees, etc., etc. With so many unknown variables, including what the economy will look like down the road, why try to pretend you can make any reasonable guess at what the unspecified card might sell for after an unspecified interval? This is where I think you took this thread off topic.
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I don't think you actually read my post. Nowhere did I say or imply that I know what this card is, what it mights ell for. I never said a word about auction houses (who I have never recommended using and spoken against) whatsoever. I said these are things the OP, who does know the card and I would hope the market, should consider. I think sales tax is part of the calculation that wasn't listed in the total expidenture previously.
A card that you think will grow, even if you don't plan to sell, is a better buy when we are talking a signifiant amount of your capital than a card that is rare but with few buyers and which it may be difficult to get a good return on if you need to get capital back in the future. I am surprised this is controversial and it is obviously not off topic to the question about the wisdom in spending large amounts on a card.