...tnx everybody for the opinion!

one last question (of course, personal): do you think then i can sell the items i had in mind? or would it be anyway better to wait for the end of the month?

bombadil wrote:
I'm certain there's a product out there with JG style paper fold-out maps of ships.  Maybe I'm thinking of Sea Steeds and Wave Riders.

Ring any bells?

http://www.acaeum.com/jg/Item0066.html

Sea Steeds and Wave Riders does, not sure if there is some non-Judges Guild product that is similiar.

ShaneG.

Aia, I don't recall you listing the "items you had in mind".
Regardless of what they are, it is always a crap shoot. RPG collecting is definitely the wrong hobby to get into if there is a concern about making a few bucks more on a sale. Just throw them up there.

If you are concerned with unsold items, you could always list the items for sale in the classifieds here and see what kind of offers you get and avoid the whole Ebay thing.

JohnGaunt wrote:A few new names (and none that I recognize as Acaeum members) have consistently started winning auctions for miniatures, even loose miniatures.  Are they collecting for personal use or speculating for future reselling?

You'll see most of the same eBay names bidding on miniatures again and again.  A few of them are Acaeum members with different handles but they're generally not outspoken here.  
I've been following Grenadier, Ral Partha and Heritage minis on eBay for a few years now, and their prices are consistently on the upswing.  I think there are a number of reasons for this, one of course being nostalgia for the classic sculpts.  Two being the proliferation of plastic in today's minis market is making people pine for the lead, pewter and ralidium of old.  Three being you can't PDF a mini, either you buy the originals or you're out of luck (unless one goes through the laborious process of recreating the mold from an original).

aia wrote:so, could you pls give me an idea of the present value for a SW box for example of these items:

* ral partha - denizens of ravenloft
* ral partha - planes of conflict

I honestly don't know.  Dragonlance, Ravenloft, and Planescape miniatures are items that I don't generally buy.  And I don't write down the prices of auctions that I don't win.  Hmmm, time to start doing that.



That said, non-shrinked boxed sets of the Heroes of Dragonlance were going for $30 - $40+.  Maybe the prices were affected by the upcoming Dragonlance movie?



Ravenloft sets were also going for similar amounts.  Hamilcar has Denizens of Ravenloft New-In-Shrink (4 days, $3.25) up for auction now. I imagine that it could go to $15 or $20.  That's just a Wild-Assed Guess on my part.  Hallowe'en is coming up, so maybe it will get a bump from that.



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Planescape miniatures seem to be hit-and-miss.  I got some Mint-in-Package Planescape singles for $0.99 apiece or thereabouts, and I missed out on some that went for $5 or more.  Taking a WAG, Planescape boxed sets are on a par with Dragonlance and Ravenloft; I wouldn't expect them to be any cheaper.



Those are my impressions, anyway.  Feel free to correct me.



FYI: I generally bid on auctions that have 6 - 60 used figures and shoot for $0.50 to $1.00 apiece; I win only a small percentage of those auctions.  If I bid on MIP auctions, then I may spend $3.00 for a package that has multiple miniatures.  Anything beyond a used Grenadier or Ral Partha boxed set is out of my price range.

VermilionFire wrote:You'll see most of the same eBay names bidding on miniatures again and again.  A few of them are Acaeum members with different handles but they're generally not outspoken here.

Yeah, this is a Pen-and-Paper site.  Miniatures are a whole different animal, as I have learned the hard way.  Identifying an unknown miniature is not easy.  Buying a manufacturer's catalog from the 80's to aid in IDing minis is also difficult and expensive.

VermilionFire wrote:I've been following Grenadier, Ral Partha and Heritage minis on eBay for a few years now, and their prices are consistently on the upswing.

Nooo . . . I am not through buying mine yet!  

VermilionFire wrote:I think there are a number of reasons for this, one of course being nostalgia for the classic sculpts.  Two being the proliferation of plastic in today's minis market is making people pine for the lead, pewter and ralidium of old.  Three being you can't PDF a mini, either you buy the originals or you're out of luck (unless one goes through the laborious process of recreating the mold from an original).

Agreed, though one post from another site (TheMiniaturesPage?) mentioned that the larger scales of modern minis made his miniatures obsolete and unusable.

I'll pay $100 for a Selune still in the pack if you have another, Jeff.  

Blackmoor wrote:I do have another one, it occupies a spot in my collection (Not for sale)

Well, if you ever come across another one...