Blackmoor wrote:So can somebody recap for me. What printing is up on Ebay now?

THanks

J

It is a fake. It is a cheap rip off, Stay away, you dont want to go anywhere near it.  :twisted:  :twisted:

Ok, ok, I know that isn't going to work.  Seriously though and I am defintely not 100%, (I am sure that David will be by and correct me if I am wrong), but I think that this is really a 3rd printing without the cover page. Again though, I am not 100% sure.

Blackmoor wrote:

bclarkie wrote:

It is a fake. It is a cheap rip off, Stay away, you dont want to go anywhere near it.

Ok, ok, I know that isn't going to work. Seriously though and I am defintely not 100%, (I am sure that David will be by and correct me if I am wrong), but I think that this is really a 3rd printing without the cover page. Again though, I am not 100% sure.

No cover page!! It is incomplete then? Notice only Acaeum members bidding on it!

J

Well, if it is a 3rd print like I think it is then technically, it is incomplete, but only for the stand point that the page missing is the yellow cover page with only the artwork on it and no loss of anything else(text or maps). Once again though, I would wait until David, Adam Schultz, I/O, or TFM, roll by, as they have had actually email correspondance back and forth with Pete, where I have not. I am just basing my opinion on what has been posted here so far.

harami2000 wrote:

Blackmoor wrote:Is it complete? It want an original, what's it go for usually? Is the acaeum prices and printing information accurate?

Thanks
J

I see... Bid first, ask questions later?
The Acaeum printing information is at least partly inaccurate.

Well, that copy should be "missing" at least one page
Heh. Basically whatever you want to count as "complete"... If I throw away the black folder and the distribution/copyright page from my copy, it should "match" the one up for sale.

btw. And still no-one has stated whether "House Copy" is written on the shrink (making only an impression on the cover page?), or else on the cover page itself?

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Don't worry. Giorgio will be around later.
I'm pretty sure he was the highest bidder last time who wasn't (afaik) fussed about the printing.

So D, are you saying that this is in fact a first printing w/o the Black Folder then?

I am not really worried about my current high bid, as I can guarantee that I will not win with what it is currently whether it is 1st or 3rd printing.

harami2000 wrote:

bclarkie wrote:So D, are you saying that this is in fact a first printing w/o the Black Folder then?

And what were you bidding on, Brian?

Like I said, no folder, plus no copyright/distribution sheet. And, as far as is understood, a "second printing" (like all other 1976 copies).

I put my bid in under the assumption that it was a third printing, and truthfully it is really a token bid at that. Considering, that the MI from Pete went for what 2 times my snipe was, I am not holding any false hope with my current high bid regardless of the printing.

harami2000 wrote:Thanks...

Am I sensing a bit of sarcasm there.

bclarkie wrote:Considering, that the MI from Pete went for what 2 times my snipe was, I am not holding any false hope with my current high bid regardless of the printing.

Hey, you were third at $223 and Giorgio barely scraped $150.
eBay.com Item Bid History
Neither of you asked about the cardstock, I presume?

bclarkie wrote:

harami2000 wrote:Thanks...

Am I sensing a bit of sarcasm there.

Just heavy irony

Adam Shultz wrote:Things we do know:
He has stated it is a third in his correspondence with I/O (see page 10).
It was a copy kept around the shop/storage that was designated not for sale or just went unsold originally. (House copy)
He never states anywhere it is some initial, early, extraordinary version of what has been floating around.

Sorry; from discussions with Pete I'll disagree with all three of those comments. All points already covered.

Adam Shultz wrote:Things we don't know:

Is the writing on the cover page? (but does it matter much from the publisher/author?)
Is it missing pages? (I am betting he doesn't really remember and I could understand if folks are leary about the value if he isn't able to follow through on researching it here.)

And given what I was told, it should be missing the copyright/distribution page.

Adam Shultz wrote:I wouldn't look for this particular copy to unleash the secrets of the PotVQ.

Alas, possibly only one or two minor points to be gleaned
It is however not a photocopy(!). And without the "protection" that the folder provides (albeit that can easily be stuffed with second-hand photocopies), that is a definite plus.

Adam Shultz wrote:It appears to be a great copy of this module directly from the publisher. Perhaps it isn't worth $1,500+ or perhaps it is. His Character Archaic fetched nearly double it's commonly understood value on the basis of origin alone so it wouldn't seem unlikely for it to happen again in spite of all the confusion.

Jeff understands Pete's Character Archaic to have been a "pre-pub".
Combined with the minty condition on what is often found only as an incomplete item, a premium was certainly to be expected.
And Jeff does not bid lightly!

Sorry; from discussions with Pete I'll disagree with all three of those comments. All points already covered.

Really? I just combed back through the end part of this thread and didnae find these discussed points. From your discussion with Pete you have concluded it is a special edition and not an unused copy? And he contradicts what he wrote IO in his quoted response earlier?

I am just glad I already have the fully vested black cover version.....whatever damn printing it is. So I shalln't be throwing any money at this regardless.

Adam Shultz wrote:

Sorry; from discussions with Pete I'll disagree with all three of those comments. All points already covered.

Really? I just combed back through the end part of this thread and didnae find these discussed points. From your discussion with Pete you have concluded it is a special edition and not an unused copy? And he contradicts what he wrote IO in his quoted response earlier?

*g*. I didn't "conclude". I just asked Pete the right questions and (only a few hours before auction close) he replied with full details explaining why the inner pages were from the stated-1974 1st print. (Would have been slitting my throat to have posted that on the board, so apologies for not doing so!).
Immediately after the auction closed, Pete checked with a friend who remembered the full history of this copy and sent me a profuse apology for having misled me.
Like I said, am greatful to him (and his friend) for checking this out and copying me in before I parted with the money. Would still have preferred to have been able to make the "fair market offer" which was "all he requested" for the mod, but that's by-the-by, now.

Because it was bagged as the "house copy" before the TSR distribution deal was sealed, it should be missing the copyright page as that was printed later.

Ah... the response to IO (page 9, not 10). That's the "hybrid copy" story with the incorrect Feb 1975 date. I'm a bit unsure, but I think Frank (quite fairly to be honest) said that sounded more like the third print (Acaeum listing), perhaps given that he suspected the date Pete had provided was wrong (as turned out to be the case).
That page of this thread is further confused by <tfm> giving a new definition of "3rd"

Adam Shultz wrote:I am just glad I already have the fully vested black cover version.....whatever damn printing it is.

No joke!!
*nods in agreement*. Perfectly happy with my black folder, too; and glad I held out for one, thankyouverymuch...

Adam Shultz wrote:Damn. I was just thinking about offering my Black Foldered version in trade for your Dragon11 original.

*chuckles*. Thank you, Adam!
Well, that wouldn't have been a million miles off the mark. William pushed me to within cents of my limit for that black folder (sorry!) and there hasn't been another good copy, since.
(Given the current situation, unless you've got a spare copy of the folder, you'd probably be best sitting very tightly on that.
Think you might've mentioned something along that line, before...?).

On a purely commercial basis, I still probably should've swapped it for that NM 2nd woodgrain (the $611 01/2002 copy on Page Not Found , IIRC) where I was underbidder to the person I sniped on the Dragon artwork.

(If someone wants to give me a really tough time they could wave a mid-grade Tamo or Inverness under my nose ^^).