There Are Pandas, and Then There Are Pandas.
And this isn't either of them! The Pandas we're talking about here, are watches, not bears. And what got me thinking about them (again) was a link posted this morning by @cm.rook who pointed a few of us to the very attractive (and not terribly priced) Yema "Rallygraph" Panda which, in it's most traditional arrangement, looks like the one on the left, but can also be had in the version on the right: The model on the left is a true Panda, while the model on the right is called a reverse Panda. The reason for that distinction is clear--Panda bears, only come in the first arrangement. Now at this point, everyone should be thinking about the most well-know Panda, The Rolex Panda, which is actually a Daytona, and among Rolex Daytonas, the most famous of which is the Paul Newman Daytona, which was famous first, because it was Paul's, and second because it sold at auction for $17.8 million (US Dollars). The story of that auction is well-known so I'll only...
Nov 8, 2019
I played a ton back in the early-mid 90's, basically stopped playing not long after Mirage. I've got a bunch of old cards, clearly most of them are commons/lands/junk. The lions share are Revised/4th edition/Ice Age, with occasional singles from older sets (Dark/Arabian/etc). Maybe a few dozen from newer sets when friends tried to get me back into it by way of a draft evening.
I definitely had a couple "valuable" cards along the way, many of which changed hands long long ago, but a few of which may still be in the mix. The problem is, I actually *played* my cards so none of them are pristine, and some of them are "well played" condition. Clearly these won't hold tip top value, but with the widespread adoption of deck protector sleeves, are people a little more forgiving of condition?
For example, last time I went picking through for nostalgia sake I found one of my Underground Seas. I'm sure I had two of them, I'm betting the other is still tucked into my old Black/Blue Discard and Denial deck (Think Mindstab Thrulls, Abyssal Spectres, and Hymn to Tourach, and Rack/Cursed Rack - all my friends used to hate me).