Blackmoor wrote:Kind of low for this one ** expired/removed eBay auction **I just about got it with a few seconds left
red_bus wrote: so are presumably not the fabled (mythical) D&D Prints (which are supposed to be 8.5" X 11" reproductions of some of art from the rulebooks).
bombadil wrote:Not so sure about that, which is why I also had a hard time deciding how high to go. I have a sneaking feeling they might actually be the prints...
zhowar wrote:Is this 3 original Greg Bell artworks, 1 Sutherland (the Stirges) and 1 other (looks like Jeff Dee boots on that swordsman...)? Or are these copies?
Mars wrote:I think these might be the "Prints from Dungeons & Dragons" set 2: Witch, Hippogriff, Wizrds Fighting, Barbarian, Werewolf. They are listed in the catalog pages of a number of GK logo'd early books. So I don't think they are original drawings but rather larger prints.
zhowar wrote:This is a possibility, but there are some significant discrepancies. First, the top picture is from Blackmoor (pg 15) and is labeled "Hell Hounds" (this label appears replicated in the above "art print"). This could possibly have been used as a "Werewolf" art print. The second picture on the left is from Blackmoor (pg 25) and is labeled "Harpie". I suppose TSR could have used this as a "Witch", but I find this doubtful. The bottom left one is of Stirges (similar to the Monster Manual picture, but larger - I think I've seen this somewhere - Dragon magazine?). The second picture on the right could easily be a Barbarian, although the style of art looks quite different from the other pictures. Finally, the bottom right picture is from Blackmoor (pg 5) and shows a single "Wizard" rather than "Wizards Fighting" as listed in the "art print" set. A much more likely candidate for "Wizards Fighting" would be Bell's picture on the very last page of Men & Magic.
Mars wrote:Anything is possible. The D&D art prints sets are just suppose to be 8.5 X 11 reproductions of some of the art pieces from the rulebooks. These looked like that is where they were from and a couple matched the description from Set 2. The page sizes in this auction look proportional to 8.5 X 11 in some cases but the barbarian is not as wide.I don't really know if the art prints were ever even sold. Is this a research item here somewhere on the Acaeum? The art prints are only listed in a few early GK logo TSR books and if some of the ones pictured are from Blackmoor then they could very well be too late to be them.
red_bus wrote:If they are the prints - that would be very exciting, since as far as I have heard, no-one in the online D&D collecting community has ever actually seen these before. There is always a first time for any rare collectible to show up, but as the years roll by, it does make it less likely that these are the once advertised prints. The original ad refers to these as prints "from the rules booklets", which would likely rule the supplement Blackmoor out. I will email the seller to ask what the dimensions the pictures are.
red_bus wrote:Regarding the woodgrain. Seller seems a nice and certainly helpful guy. Here is his response on the prints: "They all fit nicely in the box, that is no larger than the books. Probably average 4" x 6"." That might reduce the probability that they are the once advertised TSR prints. Thought worth mentioning for everyone.
zhowar wrote:I'm of the same opinion that RedBus states above - they are cut-outs - some from a Blackmoor supplement.
Kingofpain89 wrote:Maybe the seller will screw over the current bidder who has some horrific feedback for someone who has only been on Ebay a few months.
red_bus wrote:There is of course nothing special at all about this auction of 3 Al Qadim books. But the images in the auction reveal how great some of the Al Qadim stuff is. ** expired/removed eBay auction **