bbarsh wrote:You had more insight than me, that is for sure. At the time there was no internet yet so I wasn't even sure there was a market. I seemed to be one of the few people buying old modules at Gencon. I would buy to fill holes in my collection or upgrade copies. That was in the late 80s or possible very early 90s.
bbarsh wrote:I will go so far as to say there was virtually no collector market - other than the stuff like orange B3 which used to sell at Gencon auction for $75 (and I thought that was insane). Like I said earlier, I don't remember too many people buying them at Gencon with any regularity. There would be piles of them at the auction (actually, in the auction store).I also saw scads of Marvel Super Hero modules and Star Frontiers modules at a dollar store once. Passed on those, too.
darkseraphim wrote:Now we have both demand and awareness, and the items are 10-20 years older. It would have taken some intense 20-20 foresight to buy into the market c1993. I got in a bit too late; I could have made a LOT more money if I'd heard about the coming "Internet" revolution 15 years ago. But c'est la vie, the fun is what matters. It is a game after all.
Xaxaxe wrote:I think this is dead-on accurate: there simply was not a marketplace. You either had the modules or you didn't, and the best way to fill in your collection was at conventions. Totally hit-and-miss.
deimos3428 wrote:I would imagine some of the current value of the items today comes from the fact that many, many people were ditching their collections in the 90s. Very few people were getting into the market in 1993, most were getting out...
harami2000 wrote:Blame 2E, too... why not?
improvstone wrote:Well done <Desuma> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 5932882265Bet you are glad you didn't take my offer
Desuma_Malevois wrote:Did I miss a message/PM, or has Alzheimers set in early for me?
improvstone wrote:Desuma_Malevois wrote:Did I miss a message/PM, or has Alzheimers set in early for me? No ... Alzheimers seems to be setting in early for me ... I mistook the offer I am to <deimos> for you .... ... <Improv> rolls a 1 and fails badly on a save against a spell of forgetfulness ...Now if I could only remember which forum I am on ...