I have started that topic to discuss a never ending question: What is THE MOST EXPENSIVE MIDDLE-EARTH CARD in the world???
I have talked about that question with some of my friends and we were not able to find an easy answer <_<
Here are some of the possible answers:
1.) The One Ring (Japanese Limited version)
That card is incredible expensive and nearly impossible to find. It is the most expensive "The One Ring" of all 11 different versions for sure.
2.) Fury of the Iron Crown (Japanese promo)
Officially, that card WAS NEVER PRINTED. Nevertheless, a few copies appeared somewhere in Japan

The number of copies is VERY LIMITED and that makes it really expensive...
3.) Spanish Specials from the Beginners Set (especially Boromir II, Ramaviva and Discusiones Oscuras)
These cards are searched by a lot of traders because of their different artwork which looks really beautiful (I have all five! Hooray!).
4.) Spanish Wolf-Riders (Galician or Bask version)
I think it is not that difficult to get the "spanish" and catalan Wolf-Riders (Jinetes de Lobos & Genets de Llops) but it is incredible difficult to find Xinetes de Lobos and Otso Zaldunak. I can't say which of them is more expensive... Any suggestions?
5.) French double-sided Merry / Fatty promo
That "promo card" (it is not a real card because it is made of normal thin paper - not like other cards) was released with a litte french magazine. You could send the "card" to Hexagonal to get the Merry AND Fatty Bolger promo in return. Most of the double-sided Merry / Fatty were lost because they were sent to Hexagonal in exchange for the real cards. I spoke with a former member of Hexagonal and he told me that it is nearly impossible to get any of these "promo cards"

How do you decide? What is the most expensive card of the 5 opportunities I have listed? Or do you have another suggestion?
What makes a card expensive? I think both number of printed copies and artwork of the card. The japanese Fury of the Iron Crown is expensive because of the few copies while the spanish beginners cards are searched because of their cool alternative artwork.
My own opinion: The japanese Fury is NUMBER ONE although I prefere the spanish cards

Thrain II