invincibleoverlord wrote:*puts fin above water and circles*
red_bus wrote:Oh yes indeedy - I agree with whoever here said that in the end it might just go over the $2,000 .
bclarkie wrote:Sorry. Dont feel too bad, I havent got much left either. I am almost positve a certain someone who *winks* at you when he talks to you here has a snipe high enough to take care of me.
harami2000 wrote: Have absolutely no interest whatsoever in paying ~$1,500 just for a box which is perhaps 1 1/2 grades better than those I've got!(And then having to find a replacement set of ref sheets...).All I can say is that I hope no idiot pops in 10 minutes before the sale ends, sees "1st Edition 1st Printing Woodgrain D&D set" on the top line and bids a crazy price without reading the full description. Enjoy, y'all.
afoolandhis$ wrote:David, you're not saying you're out of it, are you?
harami2000 wrote:afoolandhis$ wrote:David, you're not saying you're out of it, are you?Looks like it from those "predictions". Am half tempted to throw in a better 2nd print U&WA to replace the one in that set, though.(Picked up a few spare 2nd print booklets at $20/25 each, not that long ago).
I always intended to "complete" the set by buying a 1st ed. 1st print book to replace U&WA, but tracking down a good condition single book like that was a daunting task. *sigh* Whoever wins the set will have a good excuse to tackle that quest with more conviction than I could muster!
invincibleoverlord wrote:BTW, I was under the impression that this variant cover was a 1st anyway
invincibleoverlord wrote:...; just the cover is different to make up for a shorter cover run of the U&WA. I'm going to compare our 1st / 2nd like Peters to a 1st and true 2nd and compare the differences. From memory I know for sure that all the 1st including the variant are cut to the same size.
invincibleoverlord wrote:All the 2nd prints are about ¼" larger top to bottom. We're getting ready to display everything so I'll dig them out of the storage boxes a little early and try a shed some light on this.
invincibleoverlord wrote:One more quick thought, as far as the errata sheet being present, maybe these were just added in as sales carried through 74. Or they were just acquired by the original owners through the mail, conventions, or such over the early years. Anyone buying a true 1st would have been closely involved in gaming at the time and would have tried to acquire such sheets for games they purchased.
invincibleoverlord wrote:Any other thoughts on this gang?
harami2000 wrote:*waits for one of two other board members I know who can provide observations on all the above*
bclarkie wrote:harami2000 wrote:*waits for one of two other board members I know who can provide observations on all the above*Are you waiting on me David?
All the 2nd prints are about ¼" larger top to bottom
EGG @ Manga wrote:The next run of 3,300 was sold in white wrapped pre-printed boxes, but hand assembly was also done, that in the basement of the house I lived in. In fact, I personally toted all the cartons of booklets, 9,000 in all, from the truck tailgate down into the basement storeroom. It was a hot June day in 1975 that I remember well today
invincibleoverlord wrote:I had another thought:Do you think the variant 1st was printed to make up for the noted "lack of 1000" needed to complete the 1st print run, or may be there was a surplus of M&M's and M&T's; say 100 or so of each, and a few more U&WA were whipped up to further sales or carry over to the second prints?
The latter sounds more likely to me.
The third book is a 1st ed. second printing. All research has lead me to think that this was a very late 1st ed. 1st printing. Most likely, the set was cobbled together when the first run of the third book was out (hence the addition of the errata sheet.)