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Cushionsnbeans
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Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 11:18 am

Yes I have bought a couple of items from him in the past.

As has been said he doesnt inflate the carriage, and the items I purchased were very reasonable.

I do agree though some Bins are quite steep!

D.

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Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 12:11 pm

Wait a sec...why would Gary Gygax autograph a 3.0 PH? I was under the impression he despised 3rd edition, and so do many of his contemporaries. Something fishy here...

In any case, wouldn't buy ANYTHING "Autographed" on Ebay anyway, unless the seller could provide me COA signed in blood by Sotheby's.

You can take a marker and make a squiggle on anything and say it's autographed. 99% of the "autographed" stuff on ebay is utterly fake.

copycat
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Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 12:22 pm

As I recall, EGG was at GenCon when the 3e PHB was released, at the request of WotC (and being paid for it, I believe.) He did sign the PHB, as did numerous others who were there, as part of the big sale... I know, because I had one (it was later broken in half but that's a story I hate relating.) I've since bene looking for a replacement, but that price is insane.

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g026r
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Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 12:26 pm

Agent Cooper wrote:Wait a sec...why would Gary Gygax autograph a 3.0 PH? I was under the impression he despised 3rd edition, and so do many of his contemporaries. Something fishy here...

In any case, wouldn't buy ANYTHING "Autographed" on Ebay anyway, unless the seller could provide me COA signed in blood by Sotheby's.

You can take a marker and make a squiggle on anything and say it's autographed. 99% of the "autographed" stuff on ebay is utterly fake.

I can make two guesses: one is that 3E was released in 2000 and the seller claims the signatures are from GenCon 2000, so it's possible that Gary Gygax (and others) hadn't had a chance to see the new edition in any detail yet.

The other option is just that GG (and others) may have felt it would have been far too impolite to refuse.

Edit: Or it's more likely to be what serleran said.

TheMilford
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Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 12:57 pm

I just remembered this one...

should be viewable for few more days:

** expired/removed eBay auction **

I mean, I like old dice but this price is just REDICULOUS!

g026r
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Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 1:01 pm

Sealed Dragon Dice "Random Number Generators" packs are a 5 on the rarity scale, so not entirely surprised.

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Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 1:02 pm

g026r wrote:Sealed Dragon Dice "Random Number Generators" packs are a 5 on the rarity scale, so not entirely surprised.

What about the Percentile Generators?

Still seems crazy... although the red I've never seen before, maybe that's what drove the price up too.

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Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 1:04 pm

Percentile generators? Hrm...

The values over on the price index are actually higher for sealed packs of those.

Code:

         Dragon Dice        Apr 13 05        5        $6         $11         $15         $19         $23         $25          
          Dragon Dice Percentage Generators        Apr 13 05        5        $10         $18         $24         $30         $36         $40

I don't pay attention to the auctions of them, so I can't say what current prices are though.

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Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 1:06 pm

I have seen those dice go for higher than that price recently. And the auction winner is improvstone who is a long-standing member of The Acaeum. I think he has a thing for dice though. :wink:

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TheMilford
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Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 1:15 pm

Kingofpain89 wrote:I have seen those dice go for higher than that price recently. And the auction winner is improvstone who is a long-standing member of The Acaeum. I think he has a thing for dice though.

Well... I have a thing for dice too.

I guess 5--6 years of not collecting has really messed me up a bit.

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Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 2:20 pm

serleran wrote:...I know, because I had one (it was later broken in half but that's a story I hate relating.)....

Now that's a tough table...

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Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 5:37 pm

Hmmm, since dice seem to be the rule of the day, I've got a nice sealed pack of 5 dice back from when they used to sell the OCE boxed set...remember when you'd walk into the store, buy your books, and they had the little plastic-sealed pack of dice....ca. 1978-79, I believe?

Improv, they're yours for only $25...that's half the price of your dragon dice.

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Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 8:17 pm

Agent Cooper wrote:Wait a sec...why would Gary Gygax autograph a 3.0 PH? I was under the impression he despised 3rd edition, and so do many of his contemporaries. Something fishy here...

In any case, wouldn't buy ANYTHING "Autographed" on Ebay anyway, unless the seller could provide me COA signed in blood by Sotheby's.

You can take a marker and make a squiggle on anything and say it's autographed. 99% of the "autographed" stuff on ebay is utterly fake.

I saw him sign one at the Gencon just past....as a matter of fact, saw Tim Kask sign the SAME one later in the convention. The guy had tons of other sigs also in the 3E PHB. Some guys just like to get whatever they have handy signed I suppose....

Mike B.

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Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 8:26 pm

Badmike wrote:
I saw him sign one at the Gencon just past....as a matter of fact, saw Tim Kask sign the SAME one later in the convention. The guy had tons of other sigs also in the 3E PHB. Some guys just like to get whatever they have handy signed I suppose....

Mike B.

i am gonna take my 40th book again next time and add sigs to it. i want to get 2 blank pages filled with sigs of the artists there

Al

Are we nearly there yet?

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Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 12:29 pm

not an ebay auction, but still pretty funny...

http://product.half.ebay.com/Sinister-S ... QprZ488726

-dave

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Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 12:01 am

Center_Stage_Hobbies wrote:Hmmm, since dice seem to be the rule of the day, I've got a nice sealed pack of 5 dice back from when they used to sell the OCE boxed set...remember when you'd walk into the store, buy your books, and they had the little plastic-sealed pack of dice....ca. 1978-79, I believe?

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Improv, they're yours for only $25...that's half the price of your dragon dice.

I just bought a set from Advancing Hordes for $12...

Now my Holmes set is complete

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Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2007 4:45 am

I just grabbed five sets of these from ebay for $31.00, so about 6 bucks a piece. Can't decide whether this was a decent price or not, but I've been after some sealed sets for ages, so, y'know, when you've gotta have them, you've gotta have them...

Now just need to snag me some of them Dragon Dice...

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Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2007 2:34 pm

Wow...I was actually KIDDING with my post. I had a dutch auction offering those dice sets for only $3.95 each...and only sold one set.

I would have given my left arm to sell a set for $12...

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