The Great Gatsby First Edition
Maker: Charles Scribner’s
Original Price: $2*
Worth Today: $400,000*
The Jones Brothers is a rare-book dealer based in the United Kingdom that made headlines when it sold a first copy of The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s famous classic novel, for thousands. The initial edition of Gatsby was sold with the same dust jacket as in the 1920s. Jones stated that “rarity, cover art, and story” contributed to the value of this first edition. There is a misprint on the back of the book’s dust jacket that reads “jay Gatsby,” with a lowercase letter rather than an uppercase one. A stamp correction was used to correct the problem, but the rarity had already increased.
The Great Gatsby First Edition
Black Lotus ‘Magic: The Gathering’ Card
Maker: Wizards of the Coast
Original Price: $25*
Worth Today: $87,672-$511,100*
The super-rare Black Lotus from Magic: The Gathering may fetch more than half a million dollars to wealthy bidders who like the game. The card was issued in 1993. It was originally part of the Alpha set of cards and requires 0 mana to play. The Black Lotus gives three mana to your pool, which can be of any hue. It is revered in Magic because it allows for the speedy casting of strong spells. There are thousands of these cards in existence, but given that 20 billion Magic cards were manufactured from 2008 to 2016, the Black Lotus remains rather uncommon.
Black Lotus ‘Magic The Gathering’ Card
