Interesting Items Currently on eBay

Posts: 1200 · Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 2:00 pm

Aneoth wrote:

NICE PDF.

OK, I have saved a few auction listings as a word doc and they tend to suck.
Yours is quite nice looking.
How do you PDF an auction listing like that?

Install something like CutePDF Writer (it's free).
http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp

You then print the web page and select cutePDF Writer as the printer. Name the file and it creates a PDF.

Easy as that. Cool

Posts: 35 · Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 2:17 pm

PDF995 works well also (also free)

http://www.pdf995.com/

Posts: 17 · Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 2:27 pm

Not sure whether this is interesting or not. I don't think this is the TSR/RPGA belt buckle from 1981, but I'll be darned if it doesn't look familiar. Can anyone identify this? Is it collectible?

http://cgi.ebay.com/RARE-1980-DUNGEONS-DRAGONS-LEAD-BELT-BUCKLE_W0QQit emZ190243647039QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item190243647039&_trkparms=72%3A107 7%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

Posts: 177 · Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 3:56 pm

Aneoth wrote:

WHY would ANYONE place a listing for a supposedly UNIQUE collectors item that will cost the buyer between $700-2,100 (or more?!) and NOT use good photos?

Aneoth, everyone, I agree.

Out of curiosity I wrote to the seller and he believes he bought it at GenCon in 1999; he does not remember who sold it, does not have the Chainmail or the other supplements, and he does not have any provenance. Last he wrote, "I don't believe Schick himself sold it so it may have gone thru a few hands.

When I posted it, I thought it was odd, now I just find it silly.

Posts: 413 · Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 5:20 pm

deimos3428 wrote:

Jeez, I didn't even see the outrageous price until now. That confirms my suspicions -- hail-mary prices just scream "scam". $700-2100 is what you'd pay for a decent non-1st woodgrain, not a marked up OCE!

Actually it looks like Schick's handwritting. I have some pages of a Top Secret module he wrote and the handwritting on the box looks the same to me.

Note: Schick dumped a large amount of TSR products in the '90s. I picked up 4 orange B3s, Lost Tom McCann and Tournament Ghost Tower as well as a large number of boxed sets. (Should have picked up his manuscript copies of the players handbook and DMs guide too but I was out of cash).

This could be something he sold and was resold at Gencon. I can scan his writing and email it to anyone who needs an example for comparison.

Posts: 177 · Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 8:56 pm

Without some verification or additional material, I couldn't buy it. Even with verification, I wouldn't buy it at that price.

Posts: 413 · Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 9:29 pm

PaulKM wrote:

Without some verification or additional material, I couldn't buy it. Even with verification, I wouldn't buy it at that price.

Well unless there were some kind of extensive notes inside it really isn't any different from any other set of the same edition, unless you're into owning something owned by a specific member of the old guard.

Posts: 2938 · Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 12:48 am

JasonZavoda wrote:

(Should have picked up his manuscript copies of the players handbook and DMs guide too but I was out of cash).

Do you know if these later sold, Jason? They'd be very cool to dig through, I'm sure Very Happy

Posts: 413 · Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 1:07 am

grodog wrote:

Do you know if these later sold, Jason? They'd be very cool to dig through, I'm sure Very Happy

I'm sure they are long gone. This was the mid-90s I believe. He must have sold the whole collection for a song. I just wonder what else could have been picked up at the time.

Posts: 680 · Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 12:18 am

PaulKM wrote:

Um, "editorial copy" of a sixth print set (without the Chainmail and the supplements as listed on the box) with a rather hefty BIN and starting price.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Dungeons-Dragons-White-Box-Set-1974_W0QQitemZ33026 1866880QQihZ014QQcategoryZ44114QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Opinions? I'm unsure what to make of it.

For what it's worth, The writing is very similar and consistent with the TSR editorial copies that I have (I have quite a few of them). Provenance would help. I think the asking price is way too high without it.

Posts: 1439 · Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 12:26 am

dbartman wrote:

For what it's worth, The writing is very similar and consistent with the TSR editorial copies that I have (I have quite a few of them). Provenance would help. I think the asking price is way too high without it.

Exactly right.

Posts: 2339 · Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 1:05 am

PaulKM wrote:

Even with verification, I wouldn't buy it at that price.

Even with proven provenance for this set, I think the price is still way over the top. I would think that a top end for this set would be half of what the starting price is.

Posts: 1210 · Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 5:52 am

Geos set 2 and 3:

http://cgi.ebay.com/TWO-TSR-DUNGEONS-DRAGONS-GEOMORPHS-SET-2-SET-3_W0Q QitemZ190244325608

not totally SWed, but in nice shape!
...1 day and 10 bucks of bid so far...

Posts: 64 · Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 1:15 pm

megnelwil wrote:

Same seller has some other good stuff up. Lots of JG/ monos / some Chaosium.

http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfrtsZ0QQsassZlurchQ2ddeeann

Holy smokes! Shocked

It is me, or did a bunch of those monos sell a bit high? I was trying for a few of them, but the bidding got crazy! Check out the finals on some of those! Is there something I am unaware of? Did prices on those jump radically recently?

S2 - White Plume Mountain (mono) - $36
D3 - Vault of the Drow (mono) - $36
T1 - Village of Hommlet (mono) - $32 (with 1/4" split at top of cover)

I guess some of the others seem a bit more reasonable, now that I look through the list, but those above sold high for some reason or another. Go figure.

~Kat ^_^

Posts: 827 · Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 7:22 pm

Katchoo wrote:

Holy smokes! Shocked

It is me, or did a bunch of those monos sell a bit high? I was trying for a few of them, but the bidding got crazy! Check out the finals on some of those! Is there something I am unaware of? Did prices on those jump radically recently?

not crazy but less than usual on most other first prints
crazy was last week http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260271076730 + http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260271076656

Posts: 413 · Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 4:44 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/TSR-Dungeons-Dragons-rules-original-white-box-set_ W0QQitemZ230281742266QQihZ013QQcategoryZ2545QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQc mdZViewItem

White box, ends today

Posts: 2523 · Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 7:16 am

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Posts: 7612 · Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 7:25 am

mbassoc2003 wrote:

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wonder what his reserve is Smile

Posts: 2523 · Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 7:38 am

So, Al. Are you gonna release your DMs notes for RtTM?

Posts: 2919 · Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 8:05 am

mbassoc2003 wrote:

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Nice of him to jam it into that rubber page holder, too.