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Ralf Toth
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Posted: Sun May 23, 2004 3:24 pm

Must be a record:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 3193688440

$67 for 1984 for a TSR catalog.

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Posted: Sun May 23, 2004 8:29 pm

Ralf Toth wrote:Must be a record:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 3193688440

$67 for 1984 for a TSR catalog.

It's a nice item and a good pick-up. 1984 Retailer catalogs are pretty rare I imagine.

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Posted: Mon May 24, 2004 5:05 am

And given that cougarretard was the 2nd highest bidder at $66, I reckon he must think there will be someone willing to pay around $150. So, probably a bargain.

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Posted: Mon May 24, 2004 7:33 am

Catalogs have no set value. The same catalog that goes for $5 today, might go for $30 in the next auction. It happened before, it's going to happen again. Therefore it's hard to say if it was a bargain or overpaying.

Nevertheless, probably a record for a catalog.

Cougarrinard's high bid was a surprise to me. He either had a buyer or wanted it for his own collection. Or maybe he wanted to help Ciro a little? (No offense meant.)

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Posted: Mon May 24, 2004 8:47 am

Ralf Toth wrote:Catalogs have no set value. The same catalog that goes for $5 today, might go for $30 in the next auction. It happened before, it's going to happen again. Therefore it's hard to say if it was a bargain or overpaying.

Nevertheless, probably a record for a catalog.

Cougarrinard's high bid was a surprise to me. He either had a buyer or wanted it for his own collection. Or maybe he wanted to help Ciro a little? (No offense meant.)

Or maybe Cougarrinard is trying to keep prices at levels he feels are appropriate for his quest to be the only AD&D seller on ebay. He throws high bids on an awful lot of items. Most of which seem a bit high to try and make money off of.

"What can I get for $10?"

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Posted: Mon May 24, 2004 9:15 am

I agree he does this on several items (H1 being an obvious example). I think, it would be a waste of time with the 1984 catalog, simply because this thing is so rare.

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