Interesting Judges Guild Items on Ebay

Posts: 995 · Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 6:25 pm

Seller gamedesign4u has some really interesting JG items including a character codex, Installments K and I, Journal 8, and some unique items.

http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZgamedesign4u

Posts: 180 · Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 4:43 pm

I was very please to win the auction for the Judges Guild button.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=290218594049&s sPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=019

It is such a rare piece to come by for a JG collector. I was bumbed when I got stomped in the auction for the first pin that Bill Owen put up.

Anyway, I recieved the pin today. I was surprised to find it is about the size of a half dollar. For some reason the photos I have seen have always left me with the impression that the button was much bigger. Funny how you get such impressions without any real basis for them.

Posts: 3193 · Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 5:49 pm

leadjunkie wrote:

I was very please to win the auction for the Judges Guild button.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=290218594049&s sPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=019

It is such a rare piece to come by for a JG collector. I was bumbed when I got stomped in the auction for the first pin that Bill Owen put up.

Anyway, I recieved the pin today. I was surprised to find it is about the size of a half dollar. For some reason the photos I have seen have always left me with the impression that the button was much bigger. Funny how you get such impressions without any real basis for them.

Wear it with pride, or well probably display it someplace safe.

ShaneG.

Posts: 180 · Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 1:57 am

Any idea what Bill is offering here?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=290220233113&s sPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=019

There is no installment I. The contents he lists don't match Initial Package (formerly identified as Initial Subscription).

Posts: 405 · Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 7:32 am

leadjunkie wrote:

Any idea what Bill is offering here?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=290220233113&s sPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=019

There is no installment I. The contents he lists don't match Initial Package (formerly identified as Initial Subscription).

Looks like the City State of the Invincible Overlord Playing Aid without the Thunderhold and Sunstone Caverns parts, the Player's City Map, or the Cover Sheet, plus the Men & Monsters Attacking Charts. See:

http://www.acaeum.com/jg/Item0012.html

This campaign setting includes:
Guide to the City State (Included in auction)
orange/brown Booklet I (Included in auction)
Huge City State Map (Included in auction)
Dungeon Level Maps I: Levels 1-5 (Included in auction)
Booklet J (Not included in auction)
City State Player Map (Not included in auction)
Thunderhold/Sunstone Cavern Map (Not included in auction)
Dungeon Level Maps J: Levels 1-4 (Not included in auction)
Men & Monsters Attacking Charts (Not in 0012, but included in auction)

By the looks of it, this is what Bill has left of his personal copy of 0012, minus the Thunderhold (sold separately in an earlier auction, IIRC), and the player's map (probably long gone in a game somewhere). And he threw in the M&M sheets as a bonus or because he had then filed with this and doesn't remember any different (after nearly 30 years, I can see that happening)...

Oh, and if it was his personal copy, he may never have had the cover sheet or plastic bag... he probably got the first off the press or out of the box...

Posts: 3999 · Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 9:20 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140160888033&ssPage Name=ADME:B:WNA:US:1123

RPG Realms edition of Dark Tower. On Buy-It-Now

Posts: 995 · Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 7:39 pm

Bill has put up a lot more unique pre-pub JG items. It would be worth copying down all the item descriptions as there is a lot of JG history in there:

http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZgamedesign4u

Posts: 3193 · Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 8:34 pm

I've been doing that, he's a font of knowledge on and off Ebay.

ShaneG.

Posts: 2131 · Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 6:15 pm

Another Judges guild button Shocked

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=370046819433&ssPage Name=ADME:B:SS:US:1123

Posts: 3999 · Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 11:12 pm

Arrrgh! I've been foiled by that fiend named i***i!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=370046819433&ssPage Name=ADME:B:ONA:US:1123

Posts: 995 · Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 5:16 am

Check this out. Seller Ousmay is selling 100 + JG items starting at 99 cents. I bought a fair few items from him maybe three years ago and had not seen a listing for ages. Looks like he is going to sell off his stock in bulk:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170214500988&ssPage Name=ADME:B:SS:US:1123

Shipping for fifty pounds of books to Australia is ....hmmmm.... let me see $200! If I win the lot for 99c, I could probably fill some gaps in my collection and make it pay for itself as long I could sell the extras for about $5 each! scratch

Posts: 7612 · Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 5:29 am

HermitFromPluto wrote:

Check this out. Seller Ousmay is selling 100 + JG items starting at 99 cents. I bought a fair few items from him maybe three years ago and had not seen a listing for ages. Looks like he is going to sell off his stock in bulk:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170214500988&ssPage Name=ADME:B:SS:US:1123

Shipping for fifty pounds of books to Australia is ....hmmmm.... let me see $200! If I win the lot for 99c, I could probably fill some gaps in my collection and make it pay for itself as long I could sell the extras for about $5 each! scratch

not a bad lot - its pretty much all the common stuff and a few nice bits. a perfect item to buy if someone wants the majority of the stuff in one foul swoop for sure!

Al

Posts: 3193 · Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 4:05 pm

Yeah, good starting lot..not so for breaking up to sell though.

Oh and shipping is only $25 for me Smile

ShaneG.

Posts: 3193 · Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 4:09 pm

Blackmoor wrote:

Another Judges guild button Shocked

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=370046819433&ssPage Name=ADME:B:SS:US:1123

Am asking Bill Owen about the sticker, mainly to see if its original or something newer. While not to surprised about the button given how well the others did, am almost glad to see people saved them for this long.

ShaneG.

Posts: 1464 · Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 4:41 pm

Plaag wrote:

Am asking Bill Owen about the sticker, mainly to see if its original or something newer.

The sticker should be genuine enough even if it's not apparently a perfect match from the low-res scan. It would be interesting to know where the seller got that from since at a casual glance in a miscellaneous lot it might be more likely to be taken for a homebrew item.
I'm guessing it might've been acquired at a con (interesting dating given their only other JG item listed?) but double-checking with them to see whether the other "distinguishing feature" matches with the possibility that it might be a "production run" (!) if those here are test copies.

Posts: 3193 · Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 6:15 pm

Well learned something again from Bill, its the newer title: It is the ‘newer’ Olde English logo. The original logo was a bit finer and less ‘bold’. It had 2 serifs on the left side of the “J” and a high serif on the top of the “s’ ...the newer version had 1 serif on the J and not much of a serif on the “s”.
Which got me to checking quick and seems #113 began the change (the older version does still make its way into later years due to reprints)
Also the shield around the flying Pegasus was added with #114.

Owen said this about that sticker: "The main thing that makes the bumper sticker look fishy is the tight register ...the ‘g’ is almost off the edge & not centered... And black ink. You can see a sticker I made for Bob just a few years ago at: https://www.cafepress.com/judgesguild.19057817 "

So hope to find out any info from the seller about it, or the winner of the auction. But really, the sticker is not the main draw for that auction Smile

ShaneG.

Posts: 1464 · Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 7:04 pm

Thanks for checking, Shane.

Plaag wrote:

Owen said this about that sticker: "The main thing that makes the bumper sticker look fishy is the tight register ...the ‘g’ is almost off the edge & not centered... And black ink. You can see a sticker I made for Bob just a few years ago at: https://www.cafepress.com/judgesguild.19057817 "

Hmm... didn't think to look there first! Rather smoother font, somewhat closer to the one up for sale.

Edited pics of known "genuine items", fwiw (was on the list to check for official vs. semi-official status, along with a few other bits-and-bobs). Will let you know if I hear back from the seller on those other queries for the record.

Posts: 1464 · Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 9:49 pm

Plaag wrote:

So hope to find out any info from the seller about it, or the winner of the auction.

OK; I've heard back from the seller and regardless of being off-centre and slightly different in minor details, will stick with that being genuine albeit of uncertain date and relationship to those other bumper stickers.
They correctly described the other features I was looking for which gets a "thumbs up" in conjunction with those other JG items for sale and that they believed it had been sent with one of their mail orders. (For obvious reasons, it's probably best not to mention those "features" just now, especially if there's more than one type of genuine bumper sticker).

Ah; I love the smell of JG trivia in the morning... Very Happy

Regards,
David.

Posts: 3999 · Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 12:11 am

HermitFromPluto wrote:

Check this out. Seller Ousmay is selling 100 + JG items starting at 99 cents. I bought a fair few items from him maybe three years ago and had not seen a listing for ages. Looks like he is going to sell off his stock in bulk:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170214500988&ssPage Name=ADME:B:SS:US:1123

Shipping for fifty pounds of books to Australia is ....hmmmm.... let me see $200! If I win the lot for 99c, I could probably fill some gaps in my collection and make it pay for itself as long I could sell the extras for about $5 each! scratch

IF you had no other JG stuff...and wanted to kick your collection off in a big way....the $200 shipping would still be a bargain...if anything in game collecting can be called a "bargain."

Posts: 3193 · Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 6:53 am

faro wrote:

OK; I've heard back from the seller and regardless of being off-centre and slightly different in minor details, will stick with that being genuine albeit of uncertain date and relationship to those other bumper stickers.
They correctly described the other features I was looking for which gets a "thumbs up" in conjunction with those other JG items for sale and that they believed it had been sent with one of their mail orders. (For obvious reasons, it's probably best not to mention those "features" just now, especially if there's more than one type of genuine bumper sticker).

Ah; I love the smell of JG trivia in the morning... Very Happy

Regards,
David.

Indeed!

Looked up the company and paper info the seller provided and seems that company was bought in 1994 so that puts a date before Bill Owen's sticker and so seems like its the real deal. And to think I have a page started for these things already. Wink

Well since you have one, could you tell me the dimensions on it and also does the sellers new information confirm the same company/paper printed on the back of yours?

ShaneG.