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Post Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 9:19 pm 
 

sleepyCO wrote:Let's see now . . . OK, if the description is right on the condition of the books, I guess I can see $600.00 for all three (althought I can only imagine if the books had been signed by Gygax and/or Arneson what they would be worth! 8O ).

BUT:
>  "Selling for a friend .";
>  $20.00 USPS Parcel Post shipping;
>  Winner must pay within ONE HOUR of auction end :?: ;
>  No returns allowed :!: ;
>  No payments for three months(??). (sounds like an ad for buying cars!)

Is it just me, or does this set off all sorts of red alerts & BS detectors?

$600 for that printing, in any condition short of gold-plated, is ridiculous.  You could probably score two sets in top condition for that amount, with a little luck.

The supplements aren't early printings, either.  The Greyhawk is a 7th/8th printing, and the Blackmoor is a 4th.  As you mentioned, the auction particulars are pretty shady.

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Post Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2006 9:28 am 
 

Deadlord39 wrote:Troll and Toad has 2 [Lost caverns of Tsojconth] available. Shipping is a mere $45 for smoking-fast and secure Media Mail too!
2 available makes me think Kinko's.




Kinko's  :?:   :?:  



High price, for sure, but considering other Troll and Toad products...



...2 k$ for a Magic card, even a black lotus

... 16 k$ in a Beta Booster Box   8O

People who collect Magic Cards are maybe crazier than us... Sorry if some of you are both Magic and RPG collectors, really :wink:



And it looks like Black Lotus are very common in Troll and Toad's garden.

Bunch of Lotus

  

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Post Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2006 11:18 am 
 

Troll e-mailed ma and said he had 3. Sold one a while back. He claims he got them from the people who made it.
Wasn't there some broad a while back who had 3 of them? Or was that Fazzle?


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Post Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2006 4:55 pm 
 

Deadlord39 wrote:Troll e-mailed ma and said he had 3. Sold one a while back. He claims he got them from the people who made it.
Wasn't there some broad a while back who had 3 of them? Or was that Fazzle?


Both, actually.  I noticed that the claims these came directly from the maker were absent on this round of auctions.


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Post Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 1:00 pm 
 

Well, I'd be checking for copier toner on them if I got one.
The problem is this: If you get one and it is a forgery, what do you do? It would be difficult to deal with a court case, since they could claim they "got them from the maker".


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Post Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 1:08 pm 
 

In theory you could subpoena their record of the purchase.  You could also subpoena "the maker".  I can't see either of those being worthwhile over a couple of thousand dollars.

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Post Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 9:45 pm 
 


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Generally this is the hardest to find of the mini games.


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

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Is there anything Hamilcar does not have?


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

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Post Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 9:36 am 
 

Guidon Games Hardtack.  6 days, 15 hrs.  Opening bid is $39.99.




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Bloodstone Pass.  6 days, 12 hrs.  Box is in really good condition as well.




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Warlocks and Warriors.  Shrinkwrapped (kind of).  3 days, 10 hrs.




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Red Arrow, Black Shield.  Unpunched.  2 days, 12 hrs.  Seller has a lot of other BECMI modules as well.




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Wrath of the Immortals.  12 hrs and no bids yet.


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Post Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 10:25 am 
 

Fifth print white box set.  Only 4 hrs. and 33 minutes left.



http://cgi.ebay.com/1st-Edition-Dungeon ... dZViewItem



Am I missing something?  Even with the fact that the starting price is $100 and the seller only has 6 total feedback with only 1 sale in the last year I would still think that this is a bargain with the recent prices for the 4th and 5th printings.  Is this the market taking a downturn or will the newbie's not even go near this one?  :)

  


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Post Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 10:56 am 
 

It might be the picture that's killing it.  Would be nice to see all corners of the box and books.


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Post Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 11:02 am 
 

Not sure what to make of this:  Dragon #2 through 199 (with only a few issues missing).  Listed in "Books", zero feedback seller, 6 hours to go and issues #2-13 are three hole punched . . . but, if someone isn't too concerned with condition  :D  they might never find another opportunity to get them this cheap . . .



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Post Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 11:06 am 
 

Kingofpain89 wrote:Fifth print white box set.  Only 4 hrs. and 33 minutes left.


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Am I missing something?  Even with the fact that the starting price is $100 and the seller only has 6 total feedback with only 1 sale in the last year I would still think that this is a bargain with the recent prices for the 4th and 5th printings.  Is this the market taking a downturn or will the newbie's not even go near this one?  :)


White boxes (including OCEs) are "jumpy".  The price depends entirely on how many newbies gotta have it, and how many resellers have spare cash in a given week.  In short, the prices on them make no sense at all.  That's a nice one, though.

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Post Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 12:08 pm 
 

A sealed Knights of Camelot board Game from TSR. Ending in 2 hours.




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Post Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 3:08 pm 
 

Kingofpain89 wrote:Fifth print white box set.  Only 4 hrs. and 33 minutes left.


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Am I missing something?  Even with the fact that the starting price is $100 and the seller only has 6 total feedback with only 1 sale in the last year I would still think that this is a bargain with the recent prices for the 4th and 5th printings.  Is this the market taking a downturn or will the newbie's not even go near this one?  :)




This newbie would have gone for it but the seller wanted to "stick to the continental US" as this was his first sale. :?



And I was sniped at the last second in the early hours of this morning by the same winner, 'the collector's trove', on a nice fifth (I think) print box set complete with supplements. :(



One day, I'm going to find a shrinkwrapped 4th print and I'm going to open it. :twisted:

  


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Post Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 5:01 pm 
 

Chainmail 2nd - that is, 2(a).  With some interesting variances...



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Post Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 5:53 pm 
 

red_bus wrote:Chainmail 2nd - that is, 2(a).  With some interesting variances...


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In other words, a copy?


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Post Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 2:14 am 
 

bombadil wrote:
In other words, a copy?


...well, not properly... i'd say its "AN ORIGINAL DEFIANTLY"!!! :P


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