seeyouinescrow wrote: he said that the box contained no artwork whatsoever on the box top...and that it was just a plain woodgrain box with no distinguishing markings on it whatsoever...he purchased it from the wife of the now deceased (crap..the name escapes me) but anyway..he was one of the original guys who died of a heart attack over 20 years ago..crap, why can't I remember the name...
seeyouinescrow wrote:All right, on to other happier thoughts....now this I found of extreme interest...per Dave (and maybe he is confused about this), he says that he had bought a set of original rules in a woodgrain box back in 1973 (again, maybe he has the year wrong)...but he said that the box contained no artwork whatsoever on the box top...and that it was just a plain woodgrain box with no distinguishing markings on it whatsoever...he purchased it from the wife of the now deceased (crap..the name escapes me) but anyway..he was one of the original guys who died of a heart attack over 20 years ago..crap, why can't I remember the name...anyway they were trying to sell these new box sets, but weren't having any sucess, due to the fact that it they were unmarked, and so shortly thereafter, they placed the paper cover on it for identification, and sales improved...now I am highly skeptical of this accounting, but maybe Foul will have something to add to this, but if this IS true, and there are actually "True First Print" woodgrains out there...now that would be something. Again, although DSL III seemed certain of this detail, I really cannot believe it to be true.
Ralf Toth wrote:seeyouinescrow wrote: he said that the box contained no artwork whatsoever on the box top...and that it was just a plain woodgrain box with no distinguishing markings on it whatsoever...he purchased it from the wife of the now deceased (crap..the name escapes me) but anyway..he was one of the original guys who died of a heart attack over 20 years ago..crap, why can't I remember the name...Was it Don Kaye? The guy with whom Gygax and Blume started TSR? Very interesting news. Next time you talk to him, please ask him to tell more about the old days.
seeyouinescrow wrote:I'll close for now by saying that Dave will be sending me "Paladin in Hell" original in the next few days, so that I can market it for him. My plan is to 1st bring this item here, and to open it up to bids amongst Acaeum members only
Ralf Toth wrote:Just checking your hp, muaddib. Nice photos of Lake Geneva! You should have taken that "TSR Inc." sign and put it on eBay ...