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bombadil
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Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 4:17 am

Huge congrats to Steven on this Chainmail:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... :IT&ih=020

Could turn out to be an interesting copy. The seller told me it has card-stock covers.

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Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 5:33 am

Thanks. Yes, and as to condition, he was quite reassuring about the inside, although he did mention a few spots of rust on the interior of the staples.

My snipe was just high enough, I was hoping that it might remain a wee bit overlooked because of the 'other auction' finishing at the same time. How LAUGHABLY OPTIMISTIC that turned out to be... :lol:

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ScketreWhisp®
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Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 6:36 am

I had to turn in a 15 min early bid instead of waiting to the end... sucked.. but I wasn't letting it get away for too cheap if I wasn't going to get it... maybe next time

Rakeesh sah Tarna
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Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 8:21 am

ScketreWhisp wrote:I had to turn in a 15 min early bid instead of waiting to the end... sucked.. but I wasn't letting it get away for too cheap if I wasn't going to get it... maybe next time

you are the hidden w****r on bid list?? thought had already won one @ $425.

good snipe red_bus. no hiding from you

bclarkie
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Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 9:57 am

bombadil wrote:Huge congrats to Steven on this Chainmail:

** expired/removed eBay auction **

Could turn out to be an interesting copy. The seller told me it has card-stock covers.

Well, no matter what, it seemed like a very nice looking copy. Congrats Steven.

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Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 10:44 am

Cheers. Have been looking for one for a while. I saw both Brian's and Stephen's place-bids when I forst looked, but if I recall correctly you guys already have copies*, so I thought I might get lucky this time...

* In fact, Stephen has ten or so :wink:

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Magelin
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Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2007 3:19 pm

Woohoo! In shrink, no less - and it's got that innane Jack o' Bear that people have been talking about in it, too! WOOT!

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Original 28mm fantasy gaming miniatures at http://www.centerstageminis.com

ddt58
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Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2007 12:54 am

I found an OCE in a thrift store. I was quite surprised when I found it under a couple of computer game hint guides in a bin. The box is seriously thrashed, but the books and reference sheets are at least VF. And when I opened it up, there were 5 books instead of three. The box held a decent 12th print Greyhawk and 7th print Blackmoor as well! $12 well spent.

Magelin
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Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 10:42 am

A friend - and fellow Acaeum member - pointed this out to me. So the box is a little whacked, for the price........

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!!!!

Original 28mm fantasy gaming miniatures at http://www.centerstageminis.com

g026r
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Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 10:45 am

For that price, I'd be willing to buy it without a box. :wink:

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red_bus
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Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 6:18 pm

Very very nice condition Petal Throne box set (2nd print? 3rd?) won today by an acaeum member. Nicely done!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... :IT&ih=007

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Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 7:48 pm

red_bus wrote:Very very nice condition Petal Throne box set (2nd print? 3rd?) won today by an acaeum member. Nicely done!

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3rd - number in top right is the major give away.

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MichaelC
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Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 8:14 pm

I don't have it in front of me, as I've not purchased it yet, but I got a copy of the Dark Sun boxed set (I think it's the revised version, not the original) with the first booklet autographed by a TON of people including Troy Denning sitting in my "stash it away" area at work. Once I have it, I'll post a scan here in the hopes that somebody may be able to help identify who all signed this sucker; I'm terrible at deciphering handwriting and signatures of people with whom I'm not familiar.

Figured that might be worth a mention in this thread.

g026r
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Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 8:19 pm

If it was autographed by Denning, I'd be more inclined to guess that it's the original boxed set.

Does it have a pair of coil-bound flipbooks? If so, it's the original.

Or, even easier: Original.
Revised.

"Reader, Carthegena was of the mind, that unto thoſe Three Things, which the Ancients held Impoſſible, there ſhould be added this Fourth ; To find a Book Printed without Errata's."

sauromatian
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Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 1:13 am

Received this today:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... :IT&ih=014

A 1982 sewing kit by TSR's Greenfield Needlewomen subsidiary. A weird obscure footnote of the era, considering the target market at the time thought of D&D as a form of devil worship.

Mars
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Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 5:14 pm

sauromatian wrote:Received this today:

** expired/removed eBay auction **

A 1982 sewing kit by TSR's Greenfield Needlewomen subsidiary. A weird obscure footnote of the era, considering the target market at the time thought of D&D as a form of devil worship.

Does this one mention TSR on the package? Greenfield Needlewomen was a pre-existing company before TSR bought them so some of their products were not intended for the D&D audience. The only ones I have seen with the TSR listed on the package are the 3 D&D related ones but I'd be interested to know if there are others.

sauromatian
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Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 6:25 pm

It's not a D&D-related pattern, but it does mention TSR in all the fine print, including the Lake Geneva PO Box.

HermitFromPluto
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Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 2:09 am

You are one serious collector Sauromatian - a floral baby bonnet!!!!

Do have the full Greenfield Needlewoman product list? And do you plan to collect them all!! :brilsmurf:

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