mbassoc2003 wrote:Improv seems to have very deep pockets. * Remembers $7K+ on the Kuntz auctions. *

You speak too soon ... anyone know who Firen is?  Please note these copies are as minty as you going to find them.  Howard has kept these nicely stored away for many years.  



Relatively speaking our *rares* are cheap. Just saw an aboriginal painting (Lundari by Rover Thomas) on the news valued for over 1 million dollars.  Not bad for a peice of canvas painted 20 years ago in the middle of a desert.  :roll:

mbassoc2003 wrote:It seems that 'what Mike wants, Mike gets...' and that goes for IO too. Maybe IO and Improv are the same person? One rich dude with a house in the States and another in Oz?

If only this was true ... sadly the truth is far different.  Hmm.. IO and Improv the same ... lets see:



1. We both are obsessed by gaming

2. We both collect rares

2. We both have the same name

3. We live in separate countries on the opposite side of the world



Yep, I think the evidence is overwelming we must be the same person.  :wink:

bclarkie wrote:

mbassoc2003 wrote: It seems that 'what Mike wants, Mike gets...' and that goes for IO too. Maybe IO and Improv are the same person? One rich dude with a house in the States and another in Oz?

Maybe its the name "Mike". I know of at least 2 other folks around here with the name Mike that have seriously large collections.

well maybe "Mike" did a multiplicity experiment and it actually worked eh

bbarsh wrote:I think Howard is dumping one of these about once year or so.

*nods*. Was the impression I received, too.

bbarsh wrote:I am guessing it will go for around $1,350.

The second GenCon auction copy would've done me. (Ever so slight premium for "mint", there).

harami2000 wrote:The second GenCon auction copy would've done me. (Ever so slight premium for "mint", there).

I would say the premium is a bit higher now... $1,601.45  8O

oh well i just logged into the auction to maybe stick another bid on as a last go, until i saw what it had gone up to



awww feck



well i hope the winner REALLY likes it



Al

killjoy32 wrote:oh well i just logged into the auction to maybe stick another bid on as a last go, until i saw what it had gone up to



awww feck



well i hope the winner REALLY likes it



Al

Not a good bclarkie day.   I hadnt even looked at the auction again before I put my previous post.  Dude, $1,601.45!!!   Well that eliminates any inklings I had of placing another bid in there at the end.  

bclarkie wrote:Who are these people anyway?? 1st some guy named gutboy.barrellhouse with a 7 feedback wins the 1st/2nd print woody auction for a seeming ridiculous price and now some mark11777 guy shows up and has this Tsojconth auction at a riduclous price. WFT?!

And I get stirred by you guys for my bids  8O  Hell, I am tame compared to these.



It is now $600 more than the one I bought last year!



 8O  8O  8O  8O  8O  8O  8O  8O  8O  8O

harami2000 wrote:*watches Deimos to see whether he makes a move*

Deimos made a move.



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bclarkie wrote:

deimos3428 wrote:

Deimos made a move.



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D, I know its not listed, but the spine is not torn and the outside cover is together right?

The cover fold is 90% intact, with the exception of the tear on the bottom and a smaller one threatening to break in the centre. It is not "torn in half"  And that was scary how fast you noticed the auction!