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copycat
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Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 12:55 pm

It had to have gone to plan. You wanted to win it, and you did. It may not have gone for the amount you hoped, but you did get it...

I stopped looking at $55.

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bombadil
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Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 12:58 pm

Heck, half the guys bidding on that thing are nuts...

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Cushionsnbeans
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Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 1:22 pm

killjoy32
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Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 1:38 pm

bombadil wrote:Heck, half the guys bidding on that thing are nuts...

well i was gonna bid to about what the other guys did in the 60's...i didnt think it was even worth that, but there was the pre-pub only a 100 thing, which would have been nice, but in the end, its what a pre-pub of a 5th print....

glad i didnt get it in the end...

if mars has any sense he will already have offered the 2nd bidder by now

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bombadil
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Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 1:52 pm

Quite a jump though, eh, between 2nd and 3rd bidders.

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killjoy32
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Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 7:04 pm

bombadil wrote:Quite a jump though, eh, between 2nd and 3rd bidders.

yes 3rd and below are the sensible ones

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Magelin
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Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 11:18 pm

Reading that pre-pub Tegel Manor's description of the seller's grading - the poorest condition was defined as....

Poor: Badly rogered. Play copy.

I love it! That's brutal honesty in action on eBay. Very, very cool.

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Badmike
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Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 11:56 pm

bombadil wrote:Heck, half the guys bidding on that thing are nuts...

Its the heralded "Acaeum Effect". The item being discussed here has caused a rise in prices and interest on Ebay.

Speaking of which, wow, those DCC 51.5 modules look like GREAT modules, right???? You better check out Ebay now before they all disappear.....

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Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 3:14 am

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Planescape-Campai ... dZViewItem

er, what?

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killjoy32
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Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 5:19 am

flying_purple_monkfish wrote:
** expired/removed eBay auction **

er, what?

not even a picture either...how lame!

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Deadlord
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Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 5:58 am

Tx, centerstage. Not sure how I got that by eBay's censors. Wait, eBay HAS no censors!

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killjoy32
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Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 6:06 am

Deadlord39 wrote:Tx, centerstage. Not sure how I got that by eBay's censors. Wait, eBay HAS no censors!

they prb don't even know what it means

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seeyouinescrow
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Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 7:05 pm

This has gotta be a record...

** expired/removed eBay auction **

Ogreden
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Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 7:20 pm

I know it must have been done but has anyone ever posted an invisible stalker?

I would if it hasnt provided we were able to get it changed as a NPB and have the charges removed. LOL

I would hate to get nailed with a selling fee for like 9k or something.

Ahh no never mind I cant do that my luck they would invoice me the day it sold and I would be killed by my wife when they wiped out the savings. LOL or maxed my cards to cover the fees.

Still it would be funny.

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Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 9:11 pm

i wonder how much the "original artwork" for the Invisible Stalker would go for?

Ogreden wrote:I know it must have been done but has anyone ever posted an invisible stalker?

I would if it hasnt provided we were able to get it changed as a NPB and have the charges removed. LOL

I would hate to get nailed with a selling fee for like 9k or something.

Ahh no never mind I cant do that my luck they would invoice me the day it sold and I would be killed by my wife when they wiped out the savings. LOL or maxed my cards to cover the fees.

Still it would be funny.

-dave

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Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 12:01 am

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/D-D-1st-1979-B1-I ... dZViewItem

Jings - if a B1 goes for this, I'm selling up!!

You can never have too much of something you didn't need in the first place.

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Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 1:33 am

gyg wrote:
** expired/removed eBay auction **

Jings - if a B1 goes for this, I'm selling up!!

This con-man posts the same auction from time to time, fishing for Newbies.

The ad claims that only around 200 copies of the first print were ever made.

It also claims that most of the time this item goes for 300 Euros or more....which would beg the question why they are selling it for so much less.

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Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 6:57 am

I am glad that somebody finally bought this item since it is on my JG Valuation watch list.

It has been listed at least three times, but it is not worth the $1.00 that the bidder won it for.

** expired/removed eBay auction **

I would say that the item looks like it has been dog rogered, but that would be an overly kind description... perhaps an entire dog pack? :twisted:

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