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March 2005 eBay Trading Card Games Barometer

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April 22, 2005 - eBay has compiled several "top ten" lists - an eBay Barometer to track trends. Shown below are the lists for the Trading Card Games section of eBay:

Top 10 Hot Categories

1. Magic the Gathering Individual Cards Alpha
2. Magic the Gathering Individual Cards Arabian Nights
3. Vampire, The Eternal Struggle
4. Magic the Gathering Individual Cards Beta
5. Magic the Gathering Individual Cards Legends
6. Magic the Gathering Individual Cards Antiquities
7. Magic the Gathering Complete Sets
8. Warlord: Saga of the Storm
9. Magic the Gathering Magic Online
10. Magic the Gathering Individual Cards Unlimited

The "hot categories" are the categories which had the highest conversion rates, meaning the categories which had the most successful listings (completed auctions) from the total number of listings.

Top 10 Buyer Searches

1. yugioh
2. yu gi oh
3. magic
4. magic the gathering
5. vs
6. pokemon
7. collectable card games
8. inuyasha
9. yugioh cards
10. mtg

Top 10 Individual Items Sold (based on price)

Listing Title -- Price

- MTGO - The Ultimate Collection - Invasion --- Betrayers -- $10,100
- Yu-gi-oh Cyberstein ****CYBER-STEIN SJC-EN001***** Real -- $7,300
- Semi-Pro MTG 30K Est Lot (rares, foils, lotus, etc) -- $7,151
- Magic The Gathering Old Cards Black Lotus and Many More -- $7,101
- Huge Vintage MTG Magic Collection 11 Complete Sets!!!!! -- $6,000
- MAGIC BETA BLACK LOTUS PSA 10 GEM MINT MTG POWER 9 -- $6,000
- Greatest Magic Collection Ever - P9 - Mox Lotus Library -- $5,979
- magic the gathering collection: 15k+ w/lotus, moxes, -- $5,600
- MTG LOTUS, ALPHA, BETA, P9, DUAL LANDS, MOX, RARES! -- $4,990
- ** MTG Magic 1993 BETA SET !! Mox Ancestral Recall ** -- $4,500

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