harami2000 wrote:Good; managed to pick up the lot I particularly wanted at a reasonable price; http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 8738636970Cheers Steve & Paul
afoolandhis$ wrote:Congratulations on that win, David. You really scored there. Well done!
harami2000 wrote:(Maybe I'm still feeling a bit spoiled after paying a more down-to-earth amount for that EGG->Andre Norton 1st MM, too).
afoolandhis$ wrote:And by the way (I just noticed), congratulations on picking up that OB3, David! Nice one!
afoolandhis$ wrote:harami2000 wrote:(Maybe I'm still feeling a bit spoiled after paying a more down-to-earth amount for that EGG->Andre Norton 1st MM, too).That IS a gem, isn't it?
afoolandhis$ wrote:Yes, the character sheets WERE the sleeper. Aside from their research value, imagine holding in your hands something that may well have lain on Gary Gygax's kitchen table during an enthralling adventure or two.
afoolandhis$ wrote:Other than Rob Kuntz's dice and Tim Jiardini's Arrarat character sheets, I can't think of anything else in these that would fit in that category (correct me if I'm wrong).
mbassoc2003 wrote:Did I miss something or was IO notably absent?
harami2000 wrote: Hey, Bombadil. I don't think I posted a scan of that beat-up pre-pub (;)) T1st Greyhawk I picked up for twenty bucks from a well-known dealer.(middle line of address edited for privacy)
afoolandhis$ wrote:Have to smile at that Elkhorn, WI address. I know it well...
harami2000 wrote:Anywhere you've not been to, Stephen? Would certainly be interesting to try to work out the various geographical interconnections in RPG history.Steve; you covered a good few of those with your PBMs, of course!
afoolandhis$ wrote:By the way, speaking of RPGs and geography, there were some interesting details in that essay Richard Snider included with the copy of "Adventures in Fantasy" I bought from him a few months ago.
afoolandhis$ wrote:Ah, it's not all that far from where I grew up. I knew a guy in the '70s who raced motorcycles near there.
harami2000 wrote:Oh, Ian, you're going to love your win; http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 8738633238 (And yes, it will help to tie up more than a few odds-and-ends with regards to your copy of the Revenaunt.You might be missing some pages: if so, please let me know).
mbassoc2003 wrote:harami2000 wrote:Oh, Ian, you're going to love your win; http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 8738633238 (And yes, it will help to tie up more than a few odds-and-ends with regards to your copy of the Revenaunt.You might be missing some pages: if so, please let me know).David,PM me or e-mail me, please.Ian
harami2000 wrote:Deadlord36 wrote:David, you're up to number 36 already?I had to start in the middle owing to that time factors involved in checking out the pages in Steve Marsh's auction; http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 8738633238 The in-depth connections & content for that later material makes a lot more sense to me, now, even though the framework I'd worked out after the first set of auctions was essentially correct. Excellent timing: thank you, Frank! Just finished scan-reading the whole bundle: 3,000-3,500 pages or thereabouts? Now has lots of paper markers in it! Some intriguing material/comments to follow up on, too...
Deadlord36 wrote:David, you're up to number 36 already?
mbassoc2003 wrote:From the personal collection of Steve Marsh, over 120 pages of articles and notes mostly from 1978 through 1983. Complete with a letter of authenticity signed by Steve.