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Ralf Toth
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Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 8:31 am

I have seen that, too! However, the price for the fighting wheel has dropped quite dramtically in the last few months. The current value of a NM copy is only $40 in my opionon.

I think this is due to the fact that this item is not sought by gamers, only by collectors. The demand has decreased, the offer is the same.

Let's watch Paul Stormbergs Fighting Wheel. It is in similar condition:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 3177623624

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Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 7:42 pm

cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem& ... 3175773547

That auction for the 15 book lot including the Ringbearer.... it ended up at $511. Is the assortment worth that much? I know the Ringbearer is pretty rare, but even so....

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Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 8:19 pm

I'm not shitting, it is definitely time to sell. Maybe there were more cows in that mad cow herd than they thought, and some slipped into the markets. I'm wearing pretty thin on RPG collecting anyways.

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Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 8:33 pm

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| That auction for the 15 book lot including the Ringbearer.... it ended up at $511. Is the assortment worth that much? I know the Ringbearer is pretty rare, but even so....
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No, this doesn't make much sense to me. From just the pictures you can definitely tell that the Greyhawk is not a 1st, the Arduin Grimoire #1 is not a 1st and all 3 boxed set books are probably 4th+ printings. Plus, they're probably VG at best, with price sticker marks.

It's nice to see the value of my current collection go up - except that I'm still trying to make it larger.

SInce no-one's mentioned it yet - here's the choicest collection to go up on e-bay in many years:

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Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 8:33 pm

mdr003 wrote:cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem& ... 3175773547

That auction for the 15 book lot including the Ringbearer.... it ended up at $511. Is the assortment worth that much? I know the Ringbearer is pretty rare, but even so....

That's really bizarre... I don't see any big ticket items in there that would up the price that high. Am I missing a rarity in there?
It just makes me glad that I picked up Ringbearer on a whim all those years ago...

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Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 8:40 pm

I had a $200 bid all lined up for that lot, thinking I could keep that book plus 3 or 4 others that looked interesting, and sell the rest individually. But $511???

I agree about Paul's auctions... some very, very nice items in there.

What would the Ringbearer be worth on its own?

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Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 8:55 pm

I have seen several Ringbearers sell for around $50 by themselves. I was wanting several of the items in that lot and figured I could recoup some money by selling the rest.

BTW:What is up with all these newbees paying crazy prices? Did a national news show do a piece on RPG collecting?

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Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 9:27 pm

Don't know but now is the time to sell! Could it be that all of the old-timers are feeling a bit nostalgic and trying to recapture a piece of their youth? Maybe D&D is regaining some of its old popularity? Or is it just an anomaly?

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Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 9:31 pm

Shit, when Rhea's Crypt of the Smoke Dragon sells for $52, and I paid $2 for mine, it's time to break it up.

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Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 9:34 pm

I bought a stack of them for $10.00 a while back...

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Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 8:01 am

Very nice 1st print Monster Manual - currently $61 :
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 3176451613

He's also selling a 2st print PHB (not true first) :
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 3176452242

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Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 10:51 am

C2 mono went for under 1K. Anybody else surprised?

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

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Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 10:57 am

bbarsh wrote:C2 mono went for under 1K. Anybody else surprised?

Yes, I was very surprised. Then again the end time of the auction was a poor choice... early Tuesday morning is not conducive to last minute bidding unless one is using esnipe or some other sniping service.
I had figured it was going to go for $1,500 or so. What happened to pitttbulll and davidvanwie and all the other new big bidders?

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Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 11:21 am

I am surprised, too. Considering recent events, this auction is very much against the current trend, especially considering the condition it seems to be in. Most of us expect the top items to rise in value in future years; in this light, dbartman is to be congratulated on this auction.

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Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 12:35 pm

Thanks, I was pleasantly surprised to get it at that price, in light of recent events. Maybe everyone expected it to go for much higher? Of course, just a few years back a couple of them went for quite a bit less - I missed out on those. I had an opportunity to pick up Ghost and Tamoachan for $850.00 but that's a long story... Anyway this one is a documented existing M copy and that's good enough for me!

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Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2004 3:40 am

1981 TSR AD&D 4 Complete Sets Rub-Down Transfers sealed
Rare! 4 Sets sealed in original packaging - Unused!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... gory=44115

7 day auction with a reserve. Opening bid is $0.99.

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Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2004 4:12 am

1974 Original Dungeons & Dragons White Box Set
5th Printing! Refers to Hobbits & Ents! Mint Booklets!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... gory=44113

7 day auction with a reserve. $9.99 is the opening bid.

AD&D Monster Manual 1st print 1977
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 3177886775

7 day auction with an opening bid of $19.99. Water damaged.

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Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2004 6:05 pm

1974 Dungeons & Dragons White Box Full Set
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... gory=44114

10 day auction with no reserve. Opening bid is $9.50.

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