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Post Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2022 7:03 am 
 

Was wondering if next time you guys are sitting in the shadow of the great owlbear and sipping your grog, if you would consider adding a value or multiplier for signed items.  Much like the shrinkwrap multiplier, it would probably help to have some guideline to signed items without listing values for every TSR employee and artist in past 50 years.

  

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Post Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2022 9:25 am 
 

Signatures can decrease the value of an item for some buyers and even for some items.  It could be argued that a DCC #3.5 The Haunted Lighthouse is more valuable without a signature since most of them were signed.   8)


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Post Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2022 9:34 am 
 

There's unfortunately way too many variables with signatures to try and add a meaningful multiplier, in contrast to shrinkwrap (and even shrinkwrap is simply labelled with a "3x-10x" on the indexes).  Signature is not of the author(s) or illustrator(s), but just some random TSR persona?  Author/illustrator is famous?  Author/illustrator is deceased?  Author/illustrator was a prolific signer (Gygax) or not so much (Tramp)?  Signature is actually authentic, or possibly faked?  Etcetera.

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Post Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2022 9:55 am 
 

benjoshua wrote in Dear Valuation Board:Signatures can decrease the value of an item for some buyers and even for some items.  It could be argued that a DCC #3.5 The Haunted Lighthouse is more valuable without a signature since most of them were signed.   8)

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Post Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2022 12:03 pm 
 

Don't think I didn't notice that none of you denied the existence of The Great Owlbear.....

  


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Post Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2022 5:14 pm 
 

Owllowed be his name...

  
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