Logiatrix
There are oodles of decks available now that are quite
stunning. Most of them are beautiful pieces of art work
that I can stare at and admire for hours, but they are not
readable for me. Nevertheless, I can still see why someone
might be in love with the Gilded or the Baroque Bohemian
Cats or the Hanson-Roberts, and so on.
My "what are they thinking?" decks are a couple that are
now OOP: the Greenwood and the Alechemical. Why are
people willing to pay so much for these decks? They're not
so stunning as to merit the high prices, IMO.
I had the Greenwood a long time ago--twice, in fact; one
copy was a gift. I didn't like the artistic difference between
the minors and the majors; however, I liked the idea behind
it. Still, it's hard for me to grasp why it's so valued now. I
just don't understand what all the fuss is about, when lots
of people didn't like it before, but now it's desired by many,
OOP, and rather expensive.
It's the same with the Alchemical; nice deck, but not worth
all the hoopla, IMHO. I like Robert Place's art, and I especially
enjoy his scholarly works, but I just don't see what all the
hype is with this deck, now that it's scarce.
I can understand a collector wanting to have a particular
deck to round out a collection, but I don't get it when people
rave about a pricey OOP deck that was just an average deck
(with only average demand) five years ago (for example). It
seems like no one gets interested until the deck is all of a
sudden hard to find and the price has gone up.
I know there must be a reason, but I just don't understand the
phenomenom behind those decks that get this kind of attention.
EDITED to add:
(However, I can completely understand a desire for the PoMo,
and paying lots of money for it, if one had to...)
stunning. Most of them are beautiful pieces of art work
that I can stare at and admire for hours, but they are not
readable for me. Nevertheless, I can still see why someone
might be in love with the Gilded or the Baroque Bohemian
Cats or the Hanson-Roberts, and so on.
My "what are they thinking?" decks are a couple that are
now OOP: the Greenwood and the Alechemical. Why are
people willing to pay so much for these decks? They're not
so stunning as to merit the high prices, IMO.
I had the Greenwood a long time ago--twice, in fact; one
copy was a gift. I didn't like the artistic difference between
the minors and the majors; however, I liked the idea behind
it. Still, it's hard for me to grasp why it's so valued now. I
just don't understand what all the fuss is about, when lots
of people didn't like it before, but now it's desired by many,
OOP, and rather expensive.
It's the same with the Alchemical; nice deck, but not worth
all the hoopla, IMHO. I like Robert Place's art, and I especially
enjoy his scholarly works, but I just don't see what all the
hype is with this deck, now that it's scarce.
I can understand a collector wanting to have a particular
deck to round out a collection, but I don't get it when people
rave about a pricey OOP deck that was just an average deck
(with only average demand) five years ago (for example). It
seems like no one gets interested until the deck is all of a
sudden hard to find and the price has gone up.
I know there must be a reason, but I just don't understand the
phenomenom behind those decks that get this kind of attention.
EDITED to add:
(However, I can completely understand a desire for the PoMo,
and paying lots of money for it, if one had to...)