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bombadil
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Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 6:20 am

Nice win, David

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Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 5:35 am

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo................................

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Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 6:21 am

Thought I'd won that one too, thought my snipe was ridiculously OTT! Oh well, sort of relieved because my credit card would have had to carry the damage. Nice box, wasn't it?

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Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 6:47 am

Oh yes, lovely box, immaculate books, mysterious 'workpad' - the only thing missing is a wee plastic bag for dice. :cry:

Should have gone over $200 but that just seemed insane at the time. I can of course take some comfort in Deadlord's dictum... that there will always be another one along soon.

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Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 1:26 pm

red_bus wrote:Should have gone over $200 but that just seemed insane at the time.

why >$200??

$64 three weeks ago in middle egg hype
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only difference not listed here. if listed here set low snipe or ignore
unopened dice $10 or less from aaron

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Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 1:33 pm

Speaking of Holmes Basic: 7th print in shrink, 0.99 with no bids:

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"Reader, Carthegena was of the mind, that unto thoſe Three Things, which the Ancients held Impoſſible, there ſhould be added this Fourth ; To find a Book Printed without Errata's."

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Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 1:35 pm

I missed out on an eldritch wizardry by 7 cents.

7 pennies.

Granted, it was 7 cents over my padding over what I wanted to pay for it buffer. But 7 cents.

Ah well, I'll go for another one down the road.

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Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 2:37 pm

Rakeesh sah Tarna wrote:
why >$200?? $64 three weeks ago in middle egg hype
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only difference not listed here. if listed here set low snipe or ignore
unopened dice $10 or less from aaron

I agree. Whats with the OTT prices for a first print Box set there?
As was stated, nice box and contents, but not even complete.

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Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 4:05 pm

The condition plus the fact it was a 1st. My favourite item of all the things I've collected is my UK Edition box (possibly, hmm...) This would have topped it. So more love than sense really. Anyway, who can resist boxes with things in?

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Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 4:52 pm

Agree - condition, condition, condition... plus of course I missed the $63 one that Rakeesh sagely pointed out (duh !!) :lol:

In fact I seem to have been waiting for a nice 1st box set for a while.

Cheers guys - I am glad I missed it, roll on the next one

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Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 8:18 pm

I need to vent some steam, damn myibay software failed me :/ it didnt bid on the two adventurers guild rpga modules that I had had my eye on... damnit.

Guess I saved some money... but damn... I'm really disappointed about it.

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Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 12:22 pm

Blackmoor did well on the Strategic Previews. Congrats!

What's up with #4, though?

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Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 12:41 pm

Good Sharkey Colonel God!
I don't know who ended up with my copies of SP a few years back, but it was possibly Paul. I had 3 and 5, so he would have dropped the bank for 4, I'm sure.

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Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 6:36 am

Somebody got a nice one here (read the details). I forgot to up my bid!

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Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 8:08 am

bombadil wrote:
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"So, only copies from this first printing have those two mythos in the book."

Technically the first couple of printings, & the plural of mythos is 'mythoi,' but it's the thought that counts.

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Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 8:30 am

Was thinking more along the lines of:

There is the hand-written word "Production" on the front end-paper; this copy came from TSR's vaults, which explains that at some point this book was somebody's office copy at TSR.

Difficult to verify, of course, but I followed up with a couple of emails with the seller while it was still active. Sounded pretty attractive (the book, that is...).

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Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 11:43 am

All I can say is, wow, nice catch, David!

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Would be grateful for more details on the GH, and of course the printing of the M & M.

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Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 6:59 pm

Question: Are LC1 and LC2 really that rare? I am looking to fill a few basic holes in my TSR collection and noticed I do not have these. I did a search and noticed one absolute Dorkmeister has one listed for $150. Yet, I did not wake up quite early enough this morning to bid on this:

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Is that an exceptionally good price?

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