The Acaeum Forums  •   Collecting General
Poll:  Which of the Rares do you own?
Post new topic Reply to topic Page 1 of 2 • 1, 2
Poll: Which of the Acaeum listed 5-score Rares do you own?

1st Print Chainmail 0%       0%  [ 0 ]
1st Print Dwarven Glory 0%       0%  [ 0 ]
Domesday Book Issue 1 9%       9%  [ 1 ]
Lost Tamoachan, ltd or DM copy 0%       0%  [ 0 ]
Inverness, ltd or DM copy 0%       0%  [ 0 ]
Jade Hare with cover 9%       9%  [ 1 ]
Fazzlewood 27%       27%  [ 3 ]
1st Print Daystar Rahasia 0%       0%  [ 0 ]
1st Print Character Archaic 9%       9%  [ 1 ]
I'll PM you my complete list of multiple copies of the above, anonymity assured. 45%       45%  [ 5 ]
Total votes : 11

Author

bombadil
Long-Winded Collector
Acaeum Donor

Posts: 3807
Joined: Feb 23, 2005
Last Visit: Oct 10, 2023

Post Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 6:44 pm 
 

Based on the feedback so far on the Rarity of the Rares poll, here are the entries for the rarest of them all. Which do you own? I want to put some numbers on these items so we can get a feel for which is the rarest of them all.

If you think something should be added to this poll, post it below.

(edit.  Two problems right off the bat:  I'm not sure you can cast more than one vote, and I had to limit the poll to the listed number of entries.  So a few things got left out, and I can't add more.)
  

bclarkie
Grandstanding Collector
Acaeum Donor

Posts: 6455
Joined: Dec 13, 2004
Last Visit: Apr 20, 2023

Post Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 7:06 pm 
 

NOTA. :)


"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." -Neitzche
  

bombadil
Long-Winded Collector
Acaeum Donor

Posts: 3807
Joined: Feb 23, 2005
Last Visit: Oct 10, 2023

Post Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 7:14 pm 
 

Okay, this isn't going to work the way I wanted it to.  I've been PM'd that you can't cast more than one vote.  

I could post 8 or 9 separate polls on whether or not you own each item.  Is that worth a shot?  I'd really be interested in getting some numbers that would allow us to rank the Rares based on real data.
  

bclarkie
Grandstanding Collector
Acaeum Donor

Posts: 6455
Joined: Dec 13, 2004
Last Visit: Apr 20, 2023

Post Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 7:23 pm 
 

Why not just have people post what they have and if they are not confortable posting themselves have them PM someone who they trust to post if anonymously for them. :)


"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." -Neitzche
  

harami2000
Sage Collector

Posts: 2639
Joined: Jan 23, 2003
Last Visit: Jan 11, 2006

Post Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 7:33 pm 
 

*lol*. Fazzle is suddenly the most "common"... :P

How times change! :D
  

bombadil
Long-Winded Collector
Acaeum Donor

Posts: 3807
Joined: Feb 23, 2005
Last Visit: Oct 10, 2023

Post Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 7:44 pm 
 

bclarkie wrote:Why not just have people post what they have and if they are not confortable posting themselves have them PM someone who they trust to post if anonymously for them. :)


I like this suggestion.  Let's do it.
  

bclarkie
Grandstanding Collector
Acaeum Donor

Posts: 6455
Joined: Dec 13, 2004
Last Visit: Apr 20, 2023

Post Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 8:06 pm 
 

afoolandhis$ wrote:
bclarkie wrote:Why not just have people post what they have and if they are not confortable posting themselves have them PM someone who they trust to post if anonymously for them. :)


I like this suggestion. Let's do it.


Okay, well I am just going to list all of my 5's then:

10th Anniversary Collector's Set
1 10th Anniversary Combo Pack
1 Adventurer's Guild module
Original D&D Set (woodgrain, 1st print)
Palace of the Vampire Queen (4th)
Strategic Preview issue #3
Strategic Preview issue #5
Strategic Review issue #7
Hex Sheets (TSR)


"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." -Neitzche
  

harami2000
Sage Collector

Posts: 2639
Joined: Jan 23, 2003
Last Visit: Jan 11, 2006

Post Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 8:23 pm 
 

bclarkie wrote:
afoolandhis$ wrote:
bclarkie wrote:Why not just have people post what they have and if they are not confortable posting themselves have them PM someone who they trust to post if anonymously for them. :)

I like this suggestion. Let's do it.

Okay, well I am just going to list all of my 5's then:

10th Anniversary Collector's Set
1 10th Anniversary Combo Pack
1 Adventurer's Guild module
Original D&D Set (woodgrain, 1st print)
Palace of the Vampire Queen (4th)
Strategic Preview issue #3
Strategic Preview issue #5
Strategic Review issue #7
Hex Sheets (TSR)

Neat list, Brian, especially those nicely-slinked SPs! :D

*lol*. Just realised I'm up to four woodies plus 4 2/3 (I think) spare sets of 1st, 2nd & 3rds.
Could've been a lot more given at least four underbids on woodies back when... (plus my original nicked 3rd print :cry:)

Gotta get a life... :lol:
  

User avatar
bbarsh
Long-Winded Collector
Acaeum Donor

Posts: 3865
Joined: Feb 21, 2004
Last Visit: Jul 20, 2023
Location: Milford, Michigan

Post Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 10:30 am 
 

Tomoachan
Inverness
Tsjoconth
10th Anniversary Set - just one
Jade Hare - no cover

Most of my rare stuff is in the cat 4 range. I also have no desire to buy non-TSR stuff.


And I could've bought these damn modules off the 1$ rack!!!

New modules for your Old School game http://pacesettergames.com/

Everything Pacesetter at http://pacesettergames.blog.com/
 WWW  

User avatar
dbartman
Sage Collector
Valuation Board

Posts: 2498
Joined: Nov 16, 2002
Last Visit: Apr 24, 2024
Location: Ohio, The land without sun

Post Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 10:32 am 
 

bbarsh wrote:Tomoachan

My preciousss...
  

User avatar
bbarsh
Long-Winded Collector
Acaeum Donor

Posts: 3865
Joined: Feb 21, 2004
Last Visit: Jul 20, 2023
Location: Milford, Michigan

Post Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 12:41 pm 
 

dbartman wrote:
bbarsh wrote:Tomoachan

My preciousss...


And I am gonna be honest here. My copy is poor at best. I picked it up second hand way back before anyone could have guessed it would be worth anything. It was purely for playing and it got lost in a pile of stuff I did not look at for years and I even forgot I had the thing. Unlike my other stuff which was bagged and boarded because I was...well...my preciousss....

Gives away why I am on the lookout for a clean copy.


And I could've bought these damn modules off the 1$ rack!!!

New modules for your Old School game http://pacesettergames.com/

Everything Pacesetter at http://pacesettergames.blog.com/
 WWW  

User avatar
killjoy32
Grandstanding Collector

Posts: 8241
Joined: Jan 21, 2005
Last Visit: Mar 24, 2024
Location: Wallasey, Merseyside, UK

Post Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 3:53 pm 
 

i'm just utterly envious of you all  :(

Al


Are we nearly there yet?
  

guerret
Prolific Collector

Posts: 671
Joined: Dec 17, 2005
Last Visit: Feb 13, 2019
Location: Italy

Post Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 7:18 pm 
 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... %3AIT&rd=1



I just purchased this one. I guess it's quite rare, but I found no reference whatsoever (not even in the TSR stocklist). Am I the first one to find it?



BTW, I don't "have" this one. It has not been delivered yet, and I won't be able to say that I own it until I am sure that it has not gotten lost in mailing. Let's hope.
 ICQ  

User avatar
dbartman
Sage Collector
Valuation Board

Posts: 2498
Joined: Nov 16, 2002
Last Visit: Apr 24, 2024
Location: Ohio, The land without sun

Post Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 7:49 pm 
 

collectorsatthemall has been selling them off for a while. It is rare, although it pertains to Top Secret and not D&D.
  

Xaxaxe
Sage Collector
Acaeum Donor

Posts: 2884
Joined: Nov 04, 2004
Last Visit: May 09, 2020

Post Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 7:52 pm 
 

Not a single one — never had any of them, never will.

The only one that holds the slightest bit of interest for me is the orange B3, but I would need to find a seriously poor eBay listing (misspelled title, poor description, wrong category, etc.) to even have a shot ... my pocketses just ain't that deep.
 WWW  

blackdougal
Prolific Collector

Posts: 288
Joined: Nov 07, 2002
Last Visit: Apr 24, 2024
Location: Texas

Post Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 10:42 pm 
 

Hmm... just going straight through the category 5 rares list I come up with:

10th Anniversary Combo Pack (just one)
Adventurer's Guild Modules (around a dozen)
Dragon Dice (should these really be category 5?)
Dwarven Glory (1st print)
Lost Caverns of Tsojconth
Lost Tomoachan
Palace of the Silver Princess (orange)
Palace of the Vampire Queen (1st print)
Quadrille Graph Paper
Quest for the Fazzlewood (1st print)
Strategic Review #7
To the Aid of Falx (pre-publication)
  

User avatar
Blackmoor
Long-Winded Collector
Acaeum Donor

Posts: 3601
Joined: Dec 20, 2003
Last Visit: Apr 19, 2024
Location: Canada

Post Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 10:46 pm 
 

Xaxaxe wrote:Not a single one — never had any of them, never will.

The only one that holds the slightest bit of interest for me is the orange B3, but I would need to find a seriously poor eBay listing (misspelled title, poor description, wrong category, etc.) to even have a shot ... my pocketses just ain't that deep.


I used to same the same thing, now I own a few rares and am going to go after more when they come available.

J


Games can get you through times of no money but money can not get you through times of no games!!
 WWW  

User avatar
beasterbrook
Sage Collector
Acaeum Donor

Posts: 2472
Joined: Nov 06, 2002
Last Visit: Dec 31, 2023
Location: Queensland, Australia

Post Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 11:24 pm 
 

Believe it or not I do not have a single rate 5 item... geez have to pull my finger out eh;) (with the execption of...
blackdougal wrote:Dragon Dice (should these really be category 5?)
... prob not, I'm sure i got this one with a heape of others on here, someone was selling a whole box or em one after the other on ebay a year or so ago, got mine for a buck or two...

Brette:)
 WWW  
Next
Post new topic Reply to topic The Acaeum Forums  •   Collecting General Page 1 of 2 • 1, 2