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AdderMcOne
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Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 10:45 am

Arrived in the mail today after an anxious wait.

Condition listed as slight shelf wear but no marks evident and absolute mint condition (no marks, bends or creases, staples perfect etc). The SR (again mint condition) was a throw in 8O

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll ... B:AAQ:AU:1

And he had these lying around: Vol II - 7, 8 & 9 for an additional $12.00 (total)

Also picked up from the same seller:

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll ... IBSA:AU:11

Very, very happy!!

bclarkie
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Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 10:50 am

AdderMcOne wrote:Arrived in the mail today after an anxious wait.

Condition listed as slight shelf wear but no marks evident and absolute mint condition (no marks, bends or creases, staples perfect etc). The SR (again mint condition) was a throw in

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll ... B:AAQ:AU:1

And he had these lying around: Vol II - 7, 8 & 9 for an additional $12.00 (total)

Also picked up from the same seller:

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll ... IBSA:AU:11

Very, very happy!!

Wow, that is freakin awesome, and here I was all happy to have just won #2 & #4 for $121.50 last night. :wink:

"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." -Neitzche

AdderMcOne
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Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 10:53 am

Don't know how long it was on for, but my fingers couldn't type fast enough on the BIN button. :lol:

mdr003
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Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 10:19 pm

Hi Brendon -

Man, that's a fantastic pickup. Now I see why you didn't need issues 1 & 3 on our deal from last week!

Regards

Mike

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Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 11:30 pm

Lord, what a good pair of purchases! 8O

*Bows to recognize ye collector god of the moment*

Truly amazing, oh Tremendous One!

*Eyes both publications with jealous expression.*

"But I have watched the dragons come, fire-eyed, across the world."

harami2000
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Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 8:57 am

91 seconds

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 5239935096

(What was the BIN on Dragon #1, btw?

)

bclarkie
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Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 9:22 am

harami2000 wrote:91 seconds
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 5239935096

(What was the BIN on Dragon #1, btw? )

Ah yes, I knew it was coming after I saw the first few Dragons come up because he advertised he would be selling it.

Probably a bit high anyway, but I couldn't help myself even though I knew the last one went I beleive for $88.00. :wink:

As far as the BINs go, Dragon #1 was $399.99.

, Dragons 2-4 were $199.99 and Dragons 5-10 were $99.99. I am still looking to complete my Dragon collection. :oops:

"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." -Neitzche

GraysonAC
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Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 2:07 pm

Holy crud. Are you using some kind of program to check eBay every 6 seconds or something Clarkie? :lol:

Pointy Stick
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Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 2:23 pm

GraysonAC wrote:Holy crud. Are you using some kind of program to check eBay every 6 seconds or something Clarkie?

I know. I picture him as being in some subterranean lair 17 stories underground (not unlike Dan Akroyd at the beginning of Spies Like Us, on HBO this past weekend, vastly underrated :D ), compulsively doing nothing but checking ebay.

johnhuck
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Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 5:39 pm

Dungeon Geomorphs Set 2. In shrinkwrap. Although it had been carefully removed then replaced. Looks original and has a $3 price sticker.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 5235987438

deimos3428
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Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 8:53 pm

The UK Basic Rulebook in the lot was in even worse shape than I had feared, but it worked out in the end. 2nd from the left is a UK 1st PHB.

(And I finally am the proud owner of a B2!

)

cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&a ... T&rd=1

Does anyone recognize those character sheets, though? They're new to me.

bclarkie
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Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 9:02 pm

I was going to bid on this one myself, but I totally forgot. :oops:

1st print DMG and 2nd Print PHB & MM. Congrats to Julia:

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

"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." -Neitzche

deimos3428
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Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 9:40 pm

bclarkie wrote:I was going to bid on this one myself, but I totally forgot. 1st print DMG and 2nd Print PHB & MM. Congrats to Julia:

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

I was too, but I saw Julia (and others) going for it. I don't need multiples that badly...

johnhuck
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Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 2:45 am

One that got away.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 5237778091

I felt certain my snipe would win :cry:

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Congratulations (peut-Ãªtre je devrais dire des fÃ©licitations) to sleuth2000 if you frequent these boards.

mdr003
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Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 3:44 am

Hi John -

If it's any consolation (I know all about the pain on getting outbid after being certain your snipe is plenty), the set will come round on ebay again. I was lucky enough to pickup a woodgrain TSR Tractics set for $12 last year - it helped that it was out here in Australia and I was the only bidder.

Harami can probably correct me if I'm wrong, but I seem to recall a Guidon set on ebay earlier this year (or perhaps late last year) that went for about the same as your bid on this set. I think Stormber picked it up, or maybe Chromaticknight.

When you acquire the next set for $50, you'll be happy missing out on this one....

Regards

Mike

johnhuck
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Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 4:07 am

mdr003 wrote:I was lucky enough to pickup a woodgrain TSR Tractics set for $12 last year - it helped that it was out here in Australia and I was the only bidder.

Very nice price. I hope that was in US$. AU$ would be an incredible price.

mdr003 wrote:When you acquire the next set for $50, you'll be happy missing out on this one....

I would be very happy with $50

. Although I never knew I wanted one until they were listed on this forum! :oops: But that goes for a lot of the stuff I've bought

harami2000
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Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 5:07 am

johnhuck wrote:One that got away.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 5237778091

I felt certain my snipe would win

$120-140 sounds about right, IMHO; Guidon Games' Tractics by Reese & Tucker with Gygax

Paul's Guidon set I pushed to $140+, IIRC (as opposed to the $71 Mike guessed last time

).

I doubt a woodgrain set would go for as little as $50 in VG+ condition very often, since I've seen wargamers willing to bid well above that mark if they spot it.

*sigh*. And that's on top of your recent "miss" on the Cavaliers and Roundheads, too; http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 5237760573 (would have expected $50+, rather than $38 ).

And a fairly decent (and rare) "Fast Rules" which went for a sensible $21; http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 5236599670

Plus those other Guidon items which went higher. (Bit of a glut recently, but rather an exception and still only "one of each").

johnhuck
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Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 5:30 am

harami2000 wrote:And that's on top of your recent "miss" on the Cavaliers and Roundheads, too; http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 5237760573 (would have expected $50+, rather than $38 ).

And a fairly decent (and rare) "Fast Rules" which went for a sensible $21; http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 5236599670

Plus those other Guidon items which went higher. (Bit of a glut recently, but rather an exception and still only "one of each").

Was too lazy to place the snipe on the C&R. And my hopeful snipe on the Fast Rules never made the final.

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