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Blackmoor
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Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 11:51 am

bombadil wrote:
Blackmoor wrote:
bombadil wrote:Congrats on that woody, Jeff! Nice fight. Well done.

Heart was beating heavily towards the end!

Go celebrate with a stiff drink. The Canadians have some decent whiskey, if you don't mind blends.

Yes a drink! Is winning one of these what drove Red Bus to the bar

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Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 11:59 am

Well I don't think the sellers will consider whoever offered them $75 to be their closest friend from now on.

blackmoor wrote:

Yes a drink! Is winning one of these what drove Red Bus to the bar

Just as long as there's enough money left to buy a drink when you get there and it doesn't mean you have to live on beans for a month :lol:

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Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 12:03 pm

wow

well done jeff! now THAT is what i call committing yourself to buying an item!

is that now a record for one item?

man is that seller going to one very happy camper!

Are we nearly there yet?

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Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 12:05 pm

Congrats indeed - a real fight at the end. Well done, you deserve a drink now.

In an hour I will be off to meet some people at the Boot & Flogger
http://www.london-se1.co.uk/restaurants ... enueid=312

...for a glass or two of wine. I will raise a toast to your victory!

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Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 12:15 pm

Is the Boot & Flogger next door to the Foot & Blogger?

Man, I love the names you guys give your pubs. How could a wife get pissed at a guy for hanging out at a place like that? That's probably part of the strategy involved in naming them, isn't it?

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Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 12:24 pm

It certainly helps!

Apparently a Boot & Flogger is an old fashioned method of opening a wine bottle (pre-corkscrew). You literally do attach a wooden 'boot' and use a 'flogger' to whack the cork in. I think that is - perhaps the person who told me was having me on.

It is an interesting place - a bit like an old gentleman's club with ancient big leather armchairs and lots of old wood panelling. And it is just across the road from an old plague graveyard (which has been concreted over, but no-one can build on it, so it is just left empty...

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Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 12:26 pm

Sounds like just my kind of place. I'll be there around 6-ish. The graveyard is what did it for me.

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Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 12:27 pm

killjoy32 wrote:wow

well done jeff! now THAT is what i call committing yourself to buying an item!

is that now a record for one item?

man is that seller going to one very happy camper!

Al

No IIRC the last one went for $4200.00 (Red Bus), so I imagine that is what it is worth now!

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Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 12:28 pm

I was just under that - I think that you have the record now.

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Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 1:00 pm

red_bus wrote:I was just under that - I think that you have the record now.

well either way - that is two quality prime collectibles now in very safe homes, where they will be equally treasured.

so well done to you both!

Al

Are we nearly there yet?

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Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 1:53 pm

Congrats Blackmoor on this fine set indeed!

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Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 2:24 pm

red_bus wrote:I was just under that - I think that you have the record now.

Oh God I have the Record

That was unintentional

Everything will sure look cheap after this one gets paid though. I will let the you all know what it really looks like once it arrives.

Jeff

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Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 6:33 pm

Congrats Blackmoor! I look forward to reading you report on the condition!

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Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 9:27 pm

Here we go again, and I wasn't even one of the top bidders:

Hello,
You are one of the bidders on my auction:Dungeons & Dragons Rules For Medieval Wargames(Item number:8807084030) for US $2,800.00.
I begun this second chance offer because the winner of my auction backed up from the transaction. There are lots of bidders who bid on the auction for fun and I hope you are serious and that we can make a clear deal.
Now for the start, I will explain you some steps for finish this transaction. You can see in the rules that the price is your last bid! To learn more about Second Chance Offer go to: http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/personal_offer.html.
So, if you are really interested, now all you have to do is to confirm the following info:
eBay ID:
Item number:
Your exact bid price:
First name:
Last name:
Address:
City:
Country:
Post Code:
I need the details exactly like I have requested, because I have to forward them to eBay.
In short time, they will contact you with an Invoice in order to complete this transaction safe!
I am only dealing through eBay.
Thanks and let me know ASAP.

And from another:

Hello,
Regarding my auction :

Dungeons & Dragons Rules For Medieval Wargames (3)
Item number: 8807084030

I'm willing to speed the sale process, so please contact me A.S.A.P. : [email protected] and I'll provide you with further details about this.
Thank you,
pepperannie2

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Posted: Sat May 13, 2006 9:29 am

I need to stop at more garage sales.

Now let's see if any more come out of the woodwork. $4k should raise some interest.

Clearly the high side limit for woodies has not been set. (I know I won't be the one setting it, either).

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

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Posted: Sat May 13, 2006 1:28 pm

bbarsh wrote:I need to stop at more garage sales.

Now let's see if any more come out of the woodwork. $4k should raise some interest.

Clearly the high side limit for woodies has not been set. (I know I won't be the one setting it, either).

That's up about 3% in 6 months, assuming we're treating the last two as equivalent. The next one should be around $4264.05 using no particular logic except linear extrapolation over time.

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Posted: Sat May 13, 2006 2:14 pm

I have a REQUEST.

Gary has mentioned to me that he believes that in the product catalog for the TrueFirst brown there is no mention of D&D Prints for sale. He belives those were added for an additional run (1st+? but with no mention of "Second Printing" being added however).

I have not yet seen a photo of that page, either posted on the sale or sent separately by the seller. Neither have I personally seen a 1st booklet (with the distinctive cover) that lacks the mention of those prints.

The catalog data seem to be unspecified in the official Acaeum description.

Blackmoor, lemme know PLEASE.

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Posted: Sat May 13, 2006 3:00 pm

ExTSR wrote:I have a REQUEST.

*chuckles*

Frank; I presume you're asking because that set doesn't appear to have a correction sheet?

Well, I couldn't tell for certain from the auction pic since the books are rather clean (!), but the red/green colors on the covers could be of the darker variety which might tie in with what I have earmarked as the earlier release (as sent out to Dave Arneson & co., so presumably not tail-end 74!).
Would need Jeff to check the book heights to the nearest 1/4 mm to see whether the pattern tallies.

As to any copies w/o the print catalog; hey, who's to say why not?
*
Pretty much everyone was happy to go with the 1,000 collated box sets sitting on the floor at once from a single printing, when that's obviously not the case.
And like I have various questions to EGG (or poss. RJK?) in return, re. actual first copy sold date and things like that. Definitive data, y'know.

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