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Post Posted: Thu May 13, 2004 4:46 pm 
 

Hey bbarsh,
Here's the really scary stuff. That auction went through a complete 7 day cycle with a starting bid of $50 and a Buy-It-Now for $150 with no takers 8O . The seller relisted with a lower starting price and it finally got a bid from someone I've never seen before. When my brother(Shawn) found that auction there was only one minute and thirty-seven seconds left. 8O  He thinks it was just fate.

I noticed a price of $75 written in pencil on the back of the "black plate"/painting. It looks like the seller may have taken a loss on this one.

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Post Posted: Thu May 13, 2004 8:23 pm 
 

... 8O ...

Like Spike Lee said in those great commercials...it's gotta be the shoes...

And some people don't believe in Karma...

Again, congrats. It is a wonderful item and a real piece of history. Even though I am not an art-guy, that painting is really a part of TSR history and lore, much more so than our mint copies of B2!

Now I am off to scan for my steal of the century.... :D


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

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Post Posted: Fri May 14, 2004 7:49 pm 
 

Wow.. Then that seller is probably the worst/most-unlucky seller in the history of Ebay.

Having that twice and no one buying it?  Heck... I'd have doubled your bid Burnie! (and lost, I know... but still!)


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Post Posted: Fri May 14, 2004 10:21 pm 
 

Howdy All,


Here's my great grab:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 3191304979

Seller states the item didn't work. I put a new battery in, cleaned the button contact, and voila - it works! Considering one went for nearly $70 a month ago, a pretty good deal :D Now I have a red one and a bone colored one, for nearly $40 although:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 3191313140


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Post Posted: Fri May 14, 2004 10:36 pm 
 

That's a great pick-up on the art by Burnie.  Hopefully not all that module cover art ended up in a landfill.  
Nev's AuctionSieve must have missed it.  Usually he points out these kinds of items.   :(

  


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Post Posted: Mon May 24, 2004 1:53 am 
 

Two recent fun finds on eBay for me:

JASMINE: BATTLE FOR THE MID-REALM CARD GAME
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... %3AIT&rd=1

and a lot with some very nice stuff in it:
Big Lot Of Original D&D Books, Modules, etc
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 3191928346

I've looked for a copy of Jasmine on and off for years, and just remembered it the other night, so I searched and found viola, it was actually being listed.  Fate, I'm sure :D

The second one I got a little mixed up in my head over:  my main interest in buying the lot was the Heritage set, but I thought it was one of the Dungeon Dwellers scenarios, but it wasn't, it was just a Random Monsters collection.  That said, the lot's contents were NM in most cases, and included a first printing D&DG, an almost-mint Hexagonal book (there's a line or three on the back cover page), the modules are NM, the 3rd printing GH folio has the Minifigs listing, and the Grenadier boxes are NM and include the figure listing sheets too.  I'll swap/sell out the duplicates later, I imagine....


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Post Posted: Tue May 25, 2004 10:41 am 
 

Howdy Allan,


grodog wrote:Two recent fun finds on eBay for me:

JASMINE: BATTLE FOR THE MID-REALM CARD GAME
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... %3AIT&rd=1


Cool item!

Reminds me of the Sqwyrm (sp?) game I picked up a few years back. It is a triangular card game where you play cards to build a dragon, fight knights, and capture princesses. It was advertised in Dragon Magazine in the early eighties and was produced by Top Secret's designer Merle Rasmussen. It might have had Sutherland artwork too. Can't remember.

Anyway...  Nice grab!


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Post Posted: Tue May 25, 2004 11:04 am 
 

Howdy All,


Nothing rare but a rare deal. Went into my usual haunt, searched, found nothing but 2e and 3e stuff. On my way out one of the employees at the place says, "Hey Paul, there is some AD&D stuff you might be interested in on the counter." I glanced over and saw 4 magazine slipcases filled with modules. I said, without even looking through them, "I'll take 'em all!"

The kid was stunned that I'd just buy them like that. He said, "Wow! O.K. since you are buying them all at once, I'll give them to you at cost. $12.50."

I said, "For all of them?" He says, "Yeah." One hundred and two D&D and AD&D modules for $12.50. I said, "You can't be serious, you guys typically sell this stuff for $6-8 each!" He says, "Well O.K. let's just say $48." I just say, "Great!"

Apparently he was told to not pick up anymore used 3e stuff because it just wasn't moving. He got confused and thought they meant all D&D stuff!

Here is some of what came in the hoard, (please sit down):

A1-4
A1
A2
A3
A4
C1
C2
C3
C4
C5
D1-2
D3
DL1
DL2
DL4
DL5
DL6
DL7
DL8
DL9
DL10
DL11
DL12
DL14
DL15
DL16
DLC1
EX1
EX2
FR1
FR2
FR3
FR4
FR6
FRC2
FRE1
FRQ1
G1-3
H4
I1
I2
I3
I4
I5
I6
I8
I10
I11
I12
I14
MV1
N1
N3
N4
N5
Q1
REF3
REF5
S1
S2
S3
S4
T1
U1
U2
U3
UK1
UK2
UK5
UK6
UK7
WG4
WG7
WG9
WGS1

I still can't believe it. When I went to my AD&D game last night the guys invariably kidded me, calling me a bastard and stating it was highway robbery, that I was taking candy from children. Then in the same breath they wanted me to sell them the stuff at an equally cheap price. I just laughed.

The sad thing is that whomever sold them, gave them away for a $12.50 pittance - too sad.


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Post Posted: Thu May 27, 2004 10:42 pm 
 

DAAAMMNN!

Nice one.

Got all those though.. :)

(Except I paid WAY more than 48 bucks!)


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Post Posted: Fri May 28, 2004 7:28 pm 
 

That was sweet!

How come stuff like that doesn't happen to me...

  


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Post Posted: Sat May 29, 2004 11:35 am 
 

Hi Paul---

stormber wrote:Howdy Allan,

grodog wrote:Two recent fun finds on eBay for me:

JASMINE: BATTLE FOR THE MID-REALM CARD GAME
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... %3AIT&rd=1


Cool item!

Reminds me of the Sqwyrm (sp?) game I picked up a few years back. It is a triangular card game where you play cards to build a dragon, fight knights, and capture princesses. It was advertised in Dragon Magazine in the early eighties and was produced by Top Secret's designer Merle Rasmussen. It might have had Sutherland artwork too. Can't remember.


That sounds interesting, especially the DCSIII artwork.  Do you still have the game?


Anyway...  Nice grab!


Thanks :D  It arrived yesterday, and is in beautific condition, although the seller charged $5 shipping and the USPS only charged him $1.98 :/


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Post Posted: Sun May 30, 2004 10:37 pm 
 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... :EOAB:US:6

And if it wasn't for the Foulmeister I'd have paid $40 or so...........
Were we the only ones who saw this?


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Post Posted: Sun May 30, 2004 11:39 pm 
 

Deadlord36 wrote:http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... :EOAB:US:6

And if it wasn't for the Foulmeister I'd have paid $40 or so...........
Were we the only ones who saw this?


Very nice pick up.  
I totally missed it... where were muaddib and nev when I needed their expert search skills?   :wink:

  

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Post Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 12:44 am 
 

Shit, I was hoping EVERYONE would miss it. Thank God muaddib is on sabbatical at Arrakis. Looks like only 3 of us were on it (I don't count Cougarretard, I knew his top bid was like $50).
This just reaffirms what I've always said and practiced about collecting. Patience. EVERYTHING will show up eventually, and if you are patient you can usually get it for a really good price. I'm not talking just eBay, I mean bookstores, yard sales, etc.
Foul, why didn't you throw more at it? I had $550 as max. You missed it by $30 or so. And it's certainly worth more than $550.


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Post Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 2:43 am 
 

Even at $515 I would have been hurting.  The disposable income is not what it used to be.  :(  Even so, you got it at a fantastic price -- congratulations!

  

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Post Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 2:46 am 
 

Thank you, thank you. When did you see it?


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Post Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 9:02 am 
 

By the way:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... :EOAB:US:6

Where was everyone on this one? People, people..... Don't get lazy just because muad'dib is out crusading!


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Post Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 9:51 am 
 

It looks like several items have been slipping through lately. Here are a couple of items we just snagged:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... %3AIT&rd=1

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... %3AIT&rd=1

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