Dungeons & Dragons Collecting Forums      FAQ   Register  Log in to check your private messages   Log in               New Candidate: Silliest Auction Price of the Year Goto page Previous  1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9  Next View next topic View previous topic      The Acaeum Forum Index » Collecting General Author Message stumbling tiger Prolific Collector Joined: 21 Nov 2006 Last Visit: 21 Nov 2008 Posts: 125 Location: Shanghai fun & friends! Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 1:45 am     aia wrote: just a question is this: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=160235898480 right to be posted here? or to be posted in the nice findings? or none of them? I call that a nice find!  I'd have been strongly tempted if I had noticed.  Let us know what it's like when you get it. guerret Prolific Collector Joined: 17 Dec 2005 Last Visit: 21 Nov 2008 Posts: 577 Location: Italy Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 8:47 am This is LUDICROUS... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=200235219842&s sPageName=STRK:MEDW:IT&ih=010 EDIT: I had placed 52 bucks on the item and thought I was going to overpay it if I won. Zenfinite Active Collector Joined: 07 May 2007 Last Visit: 20 Nov 2008 Posts: 96 Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 9:54 am     guerret wrote: This is LUDICROUS... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=200235219842&s sPageName=STRK:MEDW:IT&ih=010 EDIT: I had placed 52 bucks on the item and thought I was going to overpay it if I won. I did some research on this item a few months ago, nobody had ever seen one before. No pictures, no reference on this site. It's really rare as far as I can tell. I saved the picture so it can be added to this site, but dunno who to mail it to. Zen Mars Sage Collector Joined: 03 May 2003 Last Visit: 21 Nov 2008 Posts: 2269 Location: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 10:22 am     guerret wrote: I had placed 52 bucks on the item and thought I was going to overpay it if I won. Considering that this one has the hanger on it, I don't think the price is that far out of line.  The price is similar to the 10th anniversary packs. $52 might be a bit high for a regular shrinked D1-2 but even then you are competing with the shrink crazed collectors. guerret Prolific Collector Joined: 17 Dec 2005 Last Visit: 21 Nov 2008 Posts: 577 Location: Italy Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 12:25 pm     Mars wrote: Considering that this one has the hanger on it, I don't think the price is that far out of line.  The price is similar to the 10th anniversary packs. $52 might be a bit high for a regular shrinked D1-2 but even then you are competing with the shrink crazed collectors. I have two modules with the hanger, and I paid about 25 dollars for each of them. Maybe that was a bit down the line, I don't think they're worth 200 dollars. guerret Prolific Collector Joined: 17 Dec 2005 Last Visit: 21 Nov 2008 Posts: 577 Location: Italy Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 12:25 pm     Zenfinite wrote: I did some research on this item a few months ago, nobody had ever seen one before. No pictures, no reference on this site. It's really rare as far as I can tell. I saved the picture so it can be added to this site, but dunno who to mail it to. Zen FoulFoot. Mars Sage Collector Joined: 03 May 2003 Last Visit: 21 Nov 2008 Posts: 2269 Location: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 2:13 pm     guerret wrote: I have two modules with the hanger, and I paid about 25 dollars for each of them. Maybe that was a bit down the line, I don't think they're worth 200 dollars. The other hanger modules (probably an L2 and WG4?) have been auctioned off a dozen times by hamilcar.  I seem to recall they reached almost $100 in the past as well.  But there is no urgency on those since hamilcar probably has another case of them. Mars Sage Collector Joined: 03 May 2003 Last Visit: 21 Nov 2008 Posts: 2269 Location: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 2:52 pm Don't get me wrong, I think the price that many items in shrink sell for are ridiculous but there are a number of shrink collectors who are willing to pay top dollar.  In this case, it is a classic module, in shrink, made unique by having a cardboard hanger.  I don't think the price is ridiculous for such a rare item but I do think the price is ridiculous for a cardboard hanger. guerret Prolific Collector Joined: 17 Dec 2005 Last Visit: 21 Nov 2008 Posts: 577 Location: Italy Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 5:05 pm I am a SW collector myself, but I do have limits, and although I can overpay for items I'm interested in, I definitely don't, well, over-overpay. As for the supposed rarity of that particular item, there is also one problem: it can be easily faked. Since the cardboard hangers don't have any distinctive feature, it would be very easy for me to auction, say, a SW S1 with cardboard hanger. Or would you prefer a CM5 (with magic viewer, of course!)? So, I would be careful before putting huge amounts of money in such a thing. Of course, the words "huge amount of money" can differ a lot from one person to another. Mars Sage Collector Joined: 03 May 2003 Last Visit: 21 Nov 2008 Posts: 2269 Location: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 5:26 pm     guerret wrote: As for the supposed rarity of that particular item, there is also one problem: it can be easily faked. Easibility of fakiness doesn't seem to bother most RPG collectors.  Most of the $500+ items (tournament modules, Wee Warriors items, etc) are very easy to fake if someone wanted to do this.  They are pretty much 1 step above a photocopy. Zenfinite Active Collector Joined: 07 May 2007 Last Visit: 20 Nov 2008 Posts: 96 Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 6:16 pm When worried about an item being "fake" you look at the seller, to be honest. I'd have to say with the fair amount of high dollar items I've moved recently, I'm more trustworthy than the average eBay schmoe. It's all about the source, you know? Would BadMike knowingly post a fake? Nope, his reputation preceeds him. Not that I'm in BadMike calibre of reselling, but hey, maybe one day. The same thinking applies I'd say. Zen guerret Prolific Collector Joined: 17 Dec 2005 Last Visit: 21 Nov 2008 Posts: 577 Location: Italy Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 6:07 pm Isn't this a bit above the line? http://cgi.ebay.it/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260258681193&ssPageN ame=ADME:B:EOIBUAA:IT:1123 Aneoth Verbose Collector Joined: 11 Oct 2004 Last Visit: 21 Nov 2008 Posts: 1432 Location: Texas Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 6:17 pm     guerret wrote: Isn't this a bit above the line? http://cgi.ebay.it/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260258681193&ssPageN ame=ADME:B:EOIBUAA:IT:1123 Yeah, I think it was too much, I had bid them to $125 USD. (Which I thought was a little over the top for me) All prints including the third printing of those are quite rare and in mint condition they will certainly sell for well over $100 (USD). But as you said, $215 USD seems quite a high price to me too. dbartman Valuation Board Joined: 16 Nov 2002 Last Visit: 21 Nov 2008 Posts: 667 Location: Ohio, The land without sun Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 7:19 pm     guerret wrote: Isn't this a bit above the line? http://cgi.ebay.it/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260258681193&ssPageN ame=ADME:B:EOIBUAA:IT:1123 That seems a bit over the top but looking at the price in Euros, it's not so bad.  US $214.50 vs. EUR 134.92 Lot of buying power at the moment for our friends in Europe! Grug Greyskin Prolific Collector Joined: 17 Mar 2008 Last Visit: 21 Nov 2008 Posts: 107 Location: San Jose, CA Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 7:40 pm A bit overpriced for a DL11. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT &item=280243466199 Deadlord39 Long-Winded Collector Joined: 30 Jun 2003 Last Visit: 19 Nov 2008 Posts: 4704 Location: New Hampsha Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 10:06 pm A bit?!?! Kingofpain89 Sage Collector Joined: 31 Oct 2004 Last Visit: 17 Nov 2008 Posts: 2504 Location: Plano, Texas Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 11:00 pm     Deadlord39 wrote: A bit?!?! I've seen a couple of them go for over $50 before.  Stupid....but not surprising. JZavoda Prolific Collector Joined: 18 May 2008 Last Visit: 03 Aug 2008 Posts: 342 Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 6:10 pm http://cgi.ebay.com/210-Spellfire-Chase-4thed-Iuz-Signed-By-Gary-Gygax _W0QQitemZ110270802118QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item110270802118&_trksid=p32 86.m14.l1318 Is this the same guy from roleplay mastery? g026r Verbose Collector Joined: 28 May 2007 Last Visit: 20 Nov 2008 Posts: 1104 Location: Fredericton, NB, Canada Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 7:03 pm     JZavoda wrote: http://cgi.ebay.com/210-Spellfire-Chase-4thed-Iuz-Signed-By-Gary-Gygax _W0QQitemZ110270802118QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item110270802118&_trksid=p32 86.m14.l1318 Is this the same guy from roleplay mastery? Nope.  And want to know what's scary?  Check out his last completed auction of the same lot: http://cgi.ebay.com/210-Spellfire-Chase-4thed-Iuz-Signed-By-Gary-Gygax _W0QQitemZ110267166980QQihZ001QQcategoryZ44112QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1Q QcmdZViewItem JZavoda Prolific Collector Joined: 18 May 2008 Last Visit: 03 Aug 2008 Posts: 342 Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 7:27 pm     g026r wrote: Nope.  And want to know what's scary?  Check out his last completed auction of the same lot: http://cgi.ebay.com/210-Spellfire-Chase-4thed-Iuz-Signed-By-Gary-Gygax _W0QQitemZ110267166980QQihZ001QQcategoryZ44112QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1Q QcmdZViewItem No freaken' way!  A (0) feedback buyer. 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