I've been collecting for so long that many have since gone out of print. Eventually one's tarot bounty will naturally be filled with oop treasures. Persistence and longevity. :)
omfg LOVE this video!!!! I think I literally do everything u talked about. this was so wonderful, people always ask how I find my decks and im sending them straight to this video from now on! thanks so much my love :)
I had a very lucky day today! I bought my very first deck about 15 years ago, which was the Mythic Tarot. I unfortunatly had to dispose of it because it got water damaged beyond repair, and I was horrified to do that. I recently picked up looking at tarot again recently and I just happen to be in a used book store here in Oklahoma City and what do I find.....the same set I had before!!!! I recently learned this deck was out of print so of course when I found it today, I had to buy it. I feel like I'm getting a second chance with this deck. Definitely going to take better care of it compared to the first time! Some of the cards has some wear and tear, one card is bent on one edge but overall, the deck is in very decent condition. It still had the cloth and book too so I was very pleased to bring this baby home, and for a very good price! Katey, I love your channel by the way. Keep up the great work!
Oh that’s amazing! I’m so happy for you! It’s such a lovely deck, and so special you’ve been given a second chance to experience and connection with it! ❤️
It tooked me like 20 years to get the HOI POLLOI TAROT, looking for it in AMAZON and also had to persuade American friends to buy it for me and then send it to Lima that's where I live. Thanks for your video. 📹
As always, you have the BEST information. Whenever I’m trying to figure something out, YOU have a video on it. And I’m looking for the Kitty Kahane deck because of YOU and your video showing it. It’s so hard to find right now.
I once asked my collector friend, at her New Years party , if she had the Magical Tarot. She exclaimed ,"No!I can't find it anywhere, not on line.. " I said, "There's one at Half Price Books, right now, or, at least, last night." "Les, I'm going to Half Price Books!"😂
I purchased the Victorian Romance Tarot ($80) and lost it due to a house fire. 😢 I contacted Baba Studio and it is not available any longer. I searched online and people are selling it for $200+. Yikes! I will continue to wait. Thanks for sharing your tips.
I’ve seen some decks on eBay OOP for 600 bucks! Wayyy out of my price range! I got the chills when you said 600 dollars from amazon, I was writing this at the same time!
Such a great video! I have a ridiculous amount of decks and have no deck guilt. I was so solitary for so long that by the time I started interacting with the tarot community there were so many oop decks that I wanted and I used many of these techniques. I will keep a deck in mind and stalk eBay or other places until I find it at a price I can handle.
Interesting video I found my old Morgan Greer deck while cleaning and just felt compelled to go track down as many decks as possible, seems crazy they just fascinate me at the moment.
Great tips. I was able to find the Egyptian Cartouche cards and book on Gum Tree for about $25. I didn't think I'd ever own that deck. It was printed in the early 80's and I've seen it go for over $300 US on ebay.
This video is an excellent resource. I have been searching for a set of practical tips for developing my deck collection on a budget. Much appreciated!
Hello Katey, Coming back to watch this from once upon a time. I did buy myself a burgundy, wingback chair. The inspiration was from your own as seen here and mine is shown in some of my earlier videos (like one on depression). Anyway, this is great, relevant content.
Great tips! I have only searched eBay for out of print tarot decks and Italian Sibilla decks. "Vintage"" was one of the keywords I often search for out of print decks. Although, there's always one out of print that shows up for really cheap: Miss Cleo Tarot! The condition of the cards is sometime I would take into account. More having to do with how worn down the cards are/flimsy the card stock is. The book is always a great bonus but never a requirement for me for an out of print deck. I have bought the German and Spanish editions of Lisa Hunt's Fairytale Tarot through Amazon Germany and the regular Amazon for only $25.00. Keep in mind that the German version has a white border on it. Not sure why it's only this version of the deck, but it was bad enough to make me want to get the Spanish edition.
[nods] I want the Victorian Flower Oracle, too. The Floret looks like it might fill the gap... in the meantime. ;) I make full use of the Save this Search facility on eBay. Great tips, thank you.
Another way you can get old decks is if you can find the pictures of the front and back of tarot deck on line in a decent size to print at home or a custom card printer. As long as you are not making money off of doing so. For me I want the Universe Cards from Kay Stopforth. I got the book for the cards a couple of years back without the cards. And the pictures she uses were NASA photographs of space. So I am planning on finding those exact NASA photos or similar and making my own deck for the Universe Tarot though the Making Playing Cards. com. All I have to do is design the back of the cards and I am golden from there.
That's great and very clear :) ! I scored Gill tarot for 10 pounds from an older lady online. On top of it my friend got it for me :) Exactly as you described it- the lady didn't really check how much it's worth and just wanted to get rid of some of her old stuff. Tarot trading was the best in this regard for me, but also the tip about checking other languages is an awesome one. Thank you for the video K! Very helpful
This was fab! :D I think most of my good finds have been total flukes! A few times I've gotten something out of print without even knowing! LOLZ! Thank you!! xx
Haha I always feel like my finds are pretty flukish, too! And they're always the ones that are the most exciting and usually end up being total bargains! The Art Nouveau Tarot I found a little while ago totally reminded me of you - it's just so fabulously '80s!
Newspaper takes smells out too, it's amazing. Another thing with e-bay, as a terrible speller myself, look for misspellings! I have resigned myself to waiting for my luck to bring me the Fantastic Menagerie...but I do like the Isadore, I bet you hike up their sales!
Oh funny you mentioned Fantastic Menagerie. That's my first choice for out of prints decks. Have been looking lately. Maybe the whole planet wants it. I like the Isidore too but I really love the colors, images, and visual dimension of the FM. Does anyone on here have the Isidore?
I know this was about 4 years ago. I won't ever have a lot of money 30 Max's but my question here is how can you tell older versions by comparison of isbn or another way. I see some decks that looks the same but have different isbn? I need to learn so not to be fooled. I do want a older deck for the energy that will come from it. I am 63 and now so drawn to Tarots and want a few decks to broaden by intuition in my reading. Thank you Katey for all your knowledge and sharing your experience. You are so young and experienced.
The other thing with Amazon prices is they often amount to "what's the absolute most I can see someone paying for this? Add $50!" (Or more, sometimes...) There was a kids' book I really wanted when my own kid was small, had been out of print for around a decade. Amazon always had a couple of copies for around £120-£150, whereas on eBay sold copies were usually going for around £70 (having mostly started at around a fiver). It eventually came back in print, way too late for my kid to enjoy, but I was super happy when my mum got me a copy for probably five quid or so!
Yes - books are often similar! One of my favourite books is Meeting Fairies by R Olgivie Crombie. It was so hard to find a copy, until I stumbled across it in a second hand store!
Thanks for the tips! Its true that watching a lot of videos on youtube can lead you straight to an out of print deck. I usually give up hope on it entirely when this happens, but ill just keep my eye open, because you never know. Another factor for me is i live in Canada. So shipping costs and USD prices really come into play for me and usually end up skyrocketing a deck price. That is generally the reason why i keep to amazon for my tarot purchases. That being said the small city that i live in has one book store, so i always check in there to see if something is available. Thanks for the video! Love watching. :) If you have any recommendations for some facebook pages that offer trading etc that would be greatly appreciated.
As a Quebecker, I found unusual the tip about having cheaper deck in other langages. For example, I choose to buy The Vision Quest tarot original version in english because the french version is twice the price. I try to figure out why when is Out of print, the rule change and spanish, german, etc etc will be cheaper ?
I am interested in some of the baba studio OOPD however they do hold there value. I have my eyes out for some of the original Prague decks and Victorian romantic however I know the value of the deck isn't $300 which I've seen it go for. But fishing and patients will prevail 😀
Baba decks definitely do hold value. I think that's because most are limited editions and they are so well known for their quality. However, they are a really good example of the fact that decks often came back into print! They've just reprinted Prague, which was highly collectable and expensive not too long ago, and I've heard they may be rereleasing the Baroque Bohemian Cats... So, I wouldn't personally be likely to fork out huge amounts of cash for their old decks because, who knows, in a year or three it make be available again!
Hello Kelly: Seems that The Tarot Forum is closing on the 14 of July! Rats! What other tarot swap site would you recommend. Thanks for this helpful video. Anne
Hi! I was wondering if you get a lot of business from the handwritten snail mail readings you do? I do email but have considered regular mail. Just curious- if you don’t mind sharing, that is. 😊
There will be a reprint of it 2019/2020. Otherwise if you're willing to pay $300USD there's a few listings right now on ebay. Good luck though! This deck has been on my wishlist for a while. When I first found it I fell in love and then I found out it was OOP :(
I got my hands on the Quest Tarot and guidebook, but it didn't connect to me at all. Now I would like to get a fair price for it (or an exchange for decks I do want) but I don't know what is fair.. How do I go about figuring out a reasonable price (amazon price is up to $150 for a used deck, that seems totally unreasonable?) and finding a buyer?
I'd recommend joining some FB groups, such as Tarot Swap or Tarot Marketplace, or check out tarotforum.net Checking eBay and Amazon can help you get an idea of a fair price, but at the end of the day, a deck is only worth what someone is willing to pay! There are no hard and fast rules... ask for offers in groups/forums and go with whatever feels reasonable to you.
Nyckelpiga A great way to see the current value of any collectible is to do an "Advanced" search on eBay for only "Completed" items. Auctions that were actually purchased will appear in green (the dollar value). This gives you a good idea as to what amount people are actually paying, and not some outrageously inflated sky-high value that some (not serious) sellers just list as a whim since it is free to list.
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I don't mind cards in a different language and it actually seems kind of exotic.
I've been collecting for so long that many have since gone out of print. Eventually one's tarot bounty will naturally be filled with oop treasures. Persistence and longevity. :)
omfg LOVE this video!!!! I think I literally do everything u talked about. this was so wonderful, people always ask how I find my decks and im sending them straight to this video from now on! thanks so much my love :)
Elle!!!
I had a very lucky day today! I bought my very first deck about 15 years ago, which was the Mythic Tarot. I unfortunatly had to dispose of it because it got water damaged beyond repair, and I was horrified to do that. I recently picked up looking at tarot again recently and I just happen to be in a used book store here in Oklahoma City and what do I find.....the same set I had before!!!! I recently learned this deck was out of print so of course when I found it today, I had to buy it. I feel like I'm getting a second chance with this deck. Definitely going to take better care of it compared to the first time! Some of the cards has some wear and tear, one card is bent on one edge but overall, the deck is in very decent condition. It still had the cloth and book too so I was very pleased to bring this baby home, and for a very good price!
Katey, I love your channel by the way. Keep up the great work!
Oh that’s amazing! I’m so happy for you! It’s such a lovely deck, and so special you’ve been given a second chance to experience and connection with it! ❤️
It tooked me like 20 years to get the HOI POLLOI TAROT, looking for it in AMAZON and also had to persuade American friends to buy it for me and then send it to Lima that's where I live. Thanks for your video. 📹
As always, you have the BEST information. Whenever I’m trying to figure something out, YOU have a video on it. And I’m looking for the Kitty Kahane deck because of YOU and your video showing it. It’s so hard to find right now.
I once asked my collector friend, at her New Years party , if she had the Magical Tarot.
She exclaimed ,"No!I can't find it anywhere, not on line.. "
I said, "There's one at Half Price Books, right now, or, at least, last night."
"Les, I'm going to Half Price Books!"😂
I purchased the Victorian Romance Tarot ($80) and lost it due to a house fire. 😢 I contacted Baba Studio and it is not available any longer. I searched online and people are selling it for $200+. Yikes! I will continue to wait. Thanks for sharing your tips.
Thank you for the tips, they really helpful, Katye. You've changed so much through the years!
I’ve seen some decks on eBay OOP for 600 bucks! Wayyy out of my price range!
I got the chills when you said 600 dollars from amazon, I was writing this at the same time!
Such a great video! I have a ridiculous amount of decks and have no deck guilt. I was so solitary for so long that by the time I started interacting with the tarot community there were so many oop decks that I wanted and I used many of these techniques. I will keep a deck in mind and stalk eBay or other places until I find it at a price I can handle.
Interesting video I found my old Morgan Greer deck while cleaning and just felt compelled to go track down as many decks as possible, seems crazy they just fascinate me at the moment.
Thanks for this video! I have several decks on my wish list that are out of print so this is helpful. 💕
Good luck in your search!
Thank's for the great advice. Love your Australian accent too !
Love this video - great tips, common sense approaches. This video is still a good primer for seeking out HTF/OOP decks!
This is such a good and useful video. So much information.
Great tips. I was able to find the Egyptian Cartouche cards and book on Gum Tree for about $25. I didn't think I'd ever own that deck. It was printed in the early 80's and I've seen it go for over $300 US on ebay.
Gumtree is the greatest!
This video is an excellent resource. I have been searching for a set of practical tips for developing my deck collection on a budget. Much appreciated!
The mythic tarot is my favourite deck, I have both the old and the new, and have many copy's of both. Your video is really helpful
Hello Katey, Coming back to watch this from once upon a time. I did buy myself a burgundy, wingback chair. The inspiration was from your own as seen here and mine is shown in some of my earlier videos (like one on depression). Anyway, this is great, relevant content.
Great tips! I have only searched eBay for out of print tarot decks and Italian Sibilla decks. "Vintage"" was one of the keywords I often search for out of print decks. Although, there's always one out of print that shows up for really cheap: Miss Cleo Tarot! The condition of the cards is sometime I would take into account. More having to do with how worn down the cards are/flimsy the card stock is. The book is always a great bonus but never a requirement for me for an out of print deck. I have bought the German and Spanish editions of Lisa Hunt's Fairytale Tarot through Amazon Germany and the regular Amazon for only $25.00. Keep in mind that the German version has a white border on it. Not sure why it's only this version of the deck, but it was bad enough to make me want to get the Spanish edition.
Great advice, thank you!
I found The Fifth Tarot, brand new on the Canadian Amazon site for $24, shipping included, a great bargain :)
Im trying to find the Kitty Kahane tarot and its so difficult :(
[nods] I want the Victorian Flower Oracle, too. The Floret looks like it might fill the gap... in the meantime. ;) I make full use of the Save this Search facility on eBay. Great tips, thank you.
Oh yes, as much as I love the Floret, I'd be lying if I said it had completely dissolved all desire I had for the Victorian Flowers! 😅
great points. did a quick VR of my score today
Another way you can get old decks is if you can find the pictures of the front and back of tarot deck on line in a decent size to print at home or a custom card printer. As long as you are not making money off of doing so. For me I want the Universe Cards from Kay Stopforth. I got the book for the cards a couple of years back without the cards. And the pictures she uses were NASA photographs of space. So I am planning on finding those exact NASA photos or similar and making my own deck for the Universe Tarot though the Making Playing Cards. com. All I have to do is design the back of the cards and I am golden from there.
That's great and very clear :) ! I scored Gill tarot for 10 pounds from an older lady online. On top of it my friend got it for me :) Exactly as you described it- the lady didn't really check how much it's worth and just wanted to get rid of some of her old stuff.
Tarot trading was the best in this regard for me, but also the tip about checking other languages is an awesome one. Thank you for the video K! Very helpful
Oh, the Gill!! ❤️❤️❤️ It's amazing what you can find!
This was fab! :D I think most of my good finds have been total flukes! A few times I've gotten something out of print without even knowing! LOLZ! Thank you!! xx
Haha I always feel like my finds are pretty flukish, too! And they're always the ones that are the most exciting and usually end up being total bargains! The Art Nouveau Tarot I found a little while ago totally reminded me of you - it's just so fabulously '80s!
Newspaper takes smells out too, it's amazing. Another thing with e-bay, as a terrible speller myself, look for misspellings! I have resigned myself to waiting for my luck to bring me the Fantastic Menagerie...but I do like the Isadore, I bet you hike up their sales!
Oh great tip about the newspaper. And yes, I totally forgot to mention misspellings. There's so many little sneaky tricks to the trade, eh?
And I promise, the Fantastic Menagerie is totally worth the wait! It's one of my most used and loved decks. I hope it finds its way to you soon! Xx
thanks.
Oh funny you mentioned Fantastic Menagerie. That's my first choice for out of prints decks. Have been looking lately. Maybe the whole planet wants it. I like the Isidore too but I really love the colors, images, and visual dimension of the FM. Does anyone on here have the Isidore?
I know this was about 4 years ago. I won't ever have a lot of money 30 Max's but my question here is how can you tell older versions by comparison of isbn or another way. I see some decks that looks the same but have different isbn? I need to learn so not to be fooled. I do want a older deck for the energy that will come from it. I am 63 and now so drawn to Tarots and want a few decks to broaden by intuition in my reading. Thank you Katey for all your knowledge and sharing your experience. You are so young and experienced.
Did I miss anything? How do you go about finding those more elusive decks?
I found some bargain old decks on Amazon.
The last time, I got a book and deck set of Enchanted tarot for $10
Yeah most decks from amazon I’ve noticed are really reasonable!
@@dmmice2344 be careful tho, if it's not from the original author it's probably fake
I actually have the Fairytale tarot and book available for trade at the tarot swap group on fb 😉
The other thing with Amazon prices is they often amount to "what's the absolute most I can see someone paying for this? Add $50!" (Or more, sometimes...)
There was a kids' book I really wanted when my own kid was small, had been out of print for around a decade. Amazon always had a couple of copies for around £120-£150, whereas on eBay sold copies were usually going for around £70 (having mostly started at around a fiver). It eventually came back in print, way too late for my kid to enjoy, but I was super happy when my mum got me a copy for probably five quid or so!
Yes - books are often similar! One of my favourite books is Meeting Fairies by R Olgivie Crombie. It was so hard to find a copy, until I stumbled across it in a second hand store!
Thanks for the tips! Its true that watching a lot of videos on youtube can lead you straight to an out of print deck. I usually give up hope on it entirely when this happens, but ill just keep my eye open, because you never know. Another factor for me is i live in Canada. So shipping costs and USD prices really come into play for me and usually end up skyrocketing a deck price. That is generally the reason why i keep to amazon for my tarot purchases. That being said the small city that i live in has one book store, so i always check in there to see if something is available. Thanks for the video! Love watching. :) If you have any recommendations for some facebook pages that offer trading etc that would be greatly appreciated.
Could I please ask where you purchase in Australia? I have difficulty finding decks in Perth
A lot of sensible advice. More than a year later, but is there a deck you have your eye on currently?
Oh, I always have my on at least a deck or two, don't worry about that! ;)
Thank you!!!!!!
The blog link doesn't seem to be working. Thanks for the video!!
As a Quebecker, I found unusual the tip about having cheaper deck in other langages. For example, I choose to buy The Vision Quest tarot original version in english because the french version is twice the price. I try to figure out why when is Out of print, the rule change and spanish, german, etc etc will be cheaper ?
I am interested in some of the baba studio OOPD however they do hold there value. I have my eyes out for some of the original Prague decks and Victorian romantic however I know the value of the deck isn't $300 which I've seen it go for. But fishing and patients will prevail 😀
Baba decks definitely do hold value. I think that's because most are limited editions and they are so well known for their quality. However, they are a really good example of the fact that decks often came back into print! They've just reprinted Prague, which was highly collectable and expensive not too long ago, and I've heard they may be rereleasing the Baroque Bohemian Cats... So, I wouldn't personally be likely to fork out huge amounts of cash for their old decks because, who knows, in a year or three it make be available again!
+Katey Flowers very true i invested in the new mythical creatures tarot for the value of resell if it didn't work out
Hello Kelly:
Seems that The Tarot Forum is closing on the 14 of July! Rats!
What other tarot swap site would you recommend.
Thanks for this helpful video.
Anne
+anne robinson oh no! Really? I don't really know of any other sites, just Facebook groups, I guess!
Yeah, I just went on their site to join and they announce that they're closing on the 14th.
Hi! I was wondering if you get a lot of business from the handwritten snail mail readings you do? I do email but have considered regular mail. Just curious- if you don’t mind sharing, that is. 😊
Can you help me find 78 Tarot Elemental Deck? I really want that deck.
I got the kitty kahane for 10 euro. A real bargain :)
Score!!
I would like to know how you know what is available? I don't know much about older decks. How do you find out?
any idea how to find a tarot of delphi?
blessings!
There will be a reprint of it 2019/2020. Otherwise if you're willing to pay $300USD there's a few listings right now on ebay. Good luck though! This deck has been on my wishlist for a while. When I first found it I fell in love and then I found out it was OOP :(
I fthink you did a ewciew anouy a deck that had a thoth geel to it is not thoth abd it is oop and bright//o youknow what it might be
I got my hands on the Quest Tarot and guidebook, but it didn't connect to me at all. Now I would like to get a fair price for it (or an exchange for decks I do want) but I don't know what is fair.. How do I go about figuring out a reasonable price (amazon price is up to $150 for a used deck, that seems totally unreasonable?) and finding a buyer?
I'd recommend joining some FB groups, such as Tarot Swap or Tarot Marketplace, or check out tarotforum.net Checking eBay and Amazon can help you get an idea of a fair price, but at the end of the day, a deck is only worth what someone is willing to pay! There are no hard and fast rules... ask for offers in groups/forums and go with whatever feels reasonable to you.
Thanks so much for the tips and the fb groups! I looked some but couldn't find any groups oriented towards trading/selling on my own :)
Nyckelpiga A great way to see the current value of any collectible is to do an "Advanced" search on eBay for only "Completed" items. Auctions that were actually purchased will appear in green (the dollar value). This gives you a good idea as to what amount people are actually paying, and not some outrageously inflated sky-high value that some (not serious) sellers just list as a whim since it is free to list.
And, pay through the nose, usually. 🙁
I never have 💁🏻♀️
Me, a programmer, seeing OOP in the thumbnail: ah yes. Object-Oriented Programming
Arn? You mean Own! Nor? You mean No! Horm? Home I think it is! Ozzy accent is thee very worst.
Thank you for the info and encouragement!