So finally the world's probably biggest (A)D&D collection is being sold. Rhea, will you please let us know what were the reasons to sell and how it felt to have owned such a gigantic collection?

This will be the first major sales event this year for RPG collectors ...

Who will now have the biggest collection? Paul Stormberg? Adrian Newman? Aaron Leeder?

I'm looking forward to the event revitalizing the D&D collecting field.  One person is leaving the hobby, apparently, but the treasures there will be going to hundreds if not thousands of other devotees.  That, to me, is a good thing.


I'm not sure who has the biggest collection now ... the hobby is fluid and cloistered enough that not too many people put their lists online (you see wantlists, but not complete collection manifests).  Has anyone ever heard definitively what Frank Mentzer has?

His new super model wife and her live in twin sister need the space for their lingerie.

-Jon

Oh, well done, sir.

-PD

JonOakes wrote:-He's planning to go through the time warp/mystical portal anyway so won't be needing this stuff on Planet Zorgo.

-His new super model wife and her live in twin sister need the space for their lingerie.

-Jon

I hope Rhea drops us a line now and then in any case.  
I'd estimate that Frank Mentzer has the largest collection, though I can also imagine there is someone out there who has everything and then some but we've never heard of him.

JonO, you are one funny S.O.B.  I was DYING laughing.

Ah but if your suggestions were only true.  How great it would be if POGS came back.

I'm still here.  I'll probably never leave the hobby completely.  I still get phone calls from all over the world asking about this stuff.  I enjoy talking about it really.  It's one of the few things i really know anything about.  I enjoy reading these boards too.  Great group of like minded people.

There are a few reasons i'm selling; mainly, my wife wants to build a new house and we need a down payment.  I hate watching it go, but i'm glad you guys are grabbing it up.  Like darkseraphim said, i hope it revitalizes the hobby as well as fills out some of y'all's collections to make new choice collections.

The game room is in serious dismantle mode, but i'll try and get some pictures so you guys can see at least some of what it used to look like.  A few people on these boards have seen it in all its glory.  Adrian N. is one of them.  Chris R. (aka Riftvalleyman, aka The Guy Selling My Stuff) is the other.  I'm sure they can give a good outsider's opinion.

If any of you ever have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask.  Again, i will always love this hobby and will never leave it completely (shhh - i'm actually keeping a few crappy condition rulebooks and such - don't tell my wife)

Thanks for the support guys.  Best of luck on the bidding.


rhea..

Wow, guys.  That would be monumental.  Probably bigger than Rhea, right?  

Last I heard (when i was working out a price for a lot) was that his friend that was selling his stuff for him had to go out of state and that was the end.

Rhea was apparently very busy with work and his wife was pregnant and they had no time for anything else.  At least thats how the story went.

burntwire wrote:Haven't seen any auctions from Rhea for some time. Anyone know if he sold the rest to a single buyer? My bro and I are thinking about selling out and buying an island near Thailand and kicking back.

-Devon

Really? So let's see, $250 for a quickie divorce, $500 for a plane ticket....

I'd consider buying it, but you don't like my business practices.