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Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2023 10:37 pm

Excellent! Thanks for the update.

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Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2023 12:48 pm

I have checked this thread 10 times now. 11!

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Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2023 7:38 pm

I just got home from the airport. All I can say is that Jim's take was spot on. The auction room was electric. It seemed like there were more people than ever and the prices being paid were noticeably higher. Not the same characters either, these were new buyers. The store room was insane. By Saturday, the room looked deserted, everything had been sold. The new space is massive and the shopping experience is 1000% better.

After all was said and done, the auction set a new record for the number of items sold and the dollars paid.

Time to catch up on some sleep!!

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Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2023 8:13 pm

aia wrote in GenCon Auction New Location:Snow white?!? Is that anyhow collectable??

Anyone know how that auction went? Just how collectible is Disney in the D&D multiverse? A Pete's Dragon toy from a Happy Meal has been my go-to dragon mini for some time now, & I've found occasion to use other recognizable Disney bric-a-brac in games as well. I could actually put a set of dwarfs from Snow White minis to good use.

For instance, uranium was first refined from slag heaps outside German mines (lots of Tolkien references to slag heaps). There's something called 'hard-luck rock' which forms around the edges of some silver deposits. If you're mining silver & you get to this kind of rock, you've got hard luck because there's no more silver, & that's why it's thrown onto slag heaps as a waste product.

So let's say your PCs are attempting to find enough uranium for a thermonuclear implosion device to fulfill some campaign-related purpose or quest/geas. The scenario could allow them to encounter dwarfs who are all upset that Snow White won't f*** them anymore because they're out of silver. Will they join forces to find the hard-luck rock, or become bitter enemies of the PCs? Will environmentalist elves try to clear away the slag heaps before the PCs can take the fissionable material? Only the roll of the dice can tell, but I need correct-scale minis in case the tactical situation requires it.

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Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2023 7:44 am

Yes, that set sold for $1300.00

It is the rarest of items produced by Grenadier Models. It was made to be sold in the Emporium shop in Disneyland in 1979, but the deal was scrapped due to concerns with lead poisoning in children. The remaining sets were given to Grenadier employees. Very few of these are still know to exist. This particular set was still factory sealed and was absolutely beautiful. A one of a kind item to be sure.

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Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2023 12:13 pm

Anyone have a list of the top 15 or so items and prices paid? Thanks!

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Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2023 5:52 pm

I keep checking youtube for a video of the auction/consignment sale. No luck. 12!

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Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2023 10:39 pm

Working off memory (since Boredflak & I picked the "top 14"...and then he expertly auctioned them off)
01) 1982 TSR Financial Report (One of three known copies) $7500
02) Dragon #1 slabbed as a 6.0 for around 2000
03) R1 slabbed as an 8.0 for 2100
04) R2 slabbed as a 7.0 for 1000+
05) R3 slabbed as an 8.0 for 2000
06) Disney Snow White Grenadier for 1300
07) Empire of the Petal Throne 1st Pr 750
08) 4th print White Box for ???
09) TSR #9014 3rd print character sheets for 1500
10) Crystal Caste Meteorite Dice for 5500 (I think)
11) Deluxe Catan box for around 1000
12) Reed licensed D&D party stuff (hats, tablecloth, cups etc. 14 different kinds of things all unused in original packaging) 1000
13) Silver anniversary box (open, print not signed) around 400
14) TSR display box in original packaging (the Mini-Game boxes like Alamo) $400 I think

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Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2023 10:47 pm

Great auction prices!

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Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2023 11:00 pm

Thank you for posting those results. The 3rd print character record sheets and slabbed R series went for more than I would have expected for sure. So, thats nice.

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Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2023 11:43 pm

I bought the 4th print white box for $900.

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Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2023 8:25 am

I am sure the condition was nice. Great pick up!

IMHO, that is going to really seem like a great price soon.

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Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2023 11:03 am

There was one more item. The TSR RPGA Miniatures Box set in shrink went for $750.

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Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2023 1:48 pm

$750… wow

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Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2023 4:36 pm

stratochamp wrote in GenCon Auction New Location:Working off memory (since Boredflak & I picked the "top 14"...and then he expertly auctioned them off)
01) 1982 TSR Financial Report (One of three known copies) $7500
02) Dragon #1 slabbed as a 6.0 for around 2000
03) R1 slabbed as an 8.0 for 2100
04) R2 slabbed as a 7.0 for 1000+
05) R3 slabbed as an 8.0 for 2000
06) Disney Snow White Grenadier for 1300
07) Empire of the Petal Throne 1st Pr 750
08) 4th print White Box for ???
09) TSR #9014 3rd print character sheets for 1500
10) Crystal Caste Meteorite Dice for 5500 (I think)
11) Deluxe Catan box for around 1000
12) Reed licensed D&D party stuff (hats, tablecloth, cups etc. 14 different kinds of things all unused in original packaging) 1000
13) Silver anniversary box (open, print not signed) around 400
14) TSR display box in original packaging (the Mini-Game boxes like Alamo) $400 I think

Thanks sir! Very interested to see the slabbed stuff making an appearance at the GC auction. I have a feeling it is going to pop up more and more in auctions like this.

Mike B.

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Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2023 8:28 pm

Here is the 2023 summary

Gen Con 2023 – Live Game Auctions

2023: $321,771
2022: $212,695
2019: $218,460
2018: $191,342
2017: $178,731

Last edited by jerrytel on Sun Aug 13, 2023 2:17 pm, edited 1 time in total.

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Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2023 11:13 pm

Thanks for posting!

I think were are in a slower period before the story of 2024. Maybe mid or late 2024.

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Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2023 4:09 pm

Videos of the auction are up on youtube. They have posted the regular collectibles and the top 14 as well in 2 different videos, so check them out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkwiIA2_J1k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGr2vd600hQ

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