Guys;

ATM, some hard to find items are going for less. It seems like the only time I sell something is if they are part of my never-ending 15% off sale (maybe because it appears to be on sale people jump all over it).  Auctions seem to be going stupid cheap lately, but Ebay store prices are still steady.  If you are a reseller, or just someone that doesn't mind buying lots to get 1-3 items you want out of it, you can do really good placing the items you don't want in your store for a slight markup.  The trick is you may have to sit on the item for a bit. Especially around the holidays when people have a bit of cash (maybe a lot less than years earlier, but people still have a few bucks) they don't want to bother with an auction and prefer to buy it outright, so a store or one of those 30 day Buy it now auctions might do a lot better for you.

As for Gurps stuff, it seems to have really hit the skids. The only items that can reliable do well are Prisoner or Horseclans, and even those are relatively cheap from their heydey.  I sold a Gurps Prisoner for $40 recently, and that is a $75 item from years past.  Anyway, if you wanted to complete your Gurps library now is the time!

Mike B.

Quivering Trid-Nodes!

cgi.ebay.com/Full-Color-Jorune-Poster-f ... 3a55b98bbb

While I'd rather have paid the initial $4.95 bid, at least I beat out the sniper. Anyone here?

Gratz!  That's awesome.  Missed it too!

Didn't even know I wanted a Dragonbone, but at that BIN, I figured it had to be a good deal:  
** expired/removed eBay auction **


Ah, the thrill of checking ebay in the morning before the rest of you get there...  

The auction was the original.  The picture you found is the second generation from the same folks.

Check out old ads in Dragon (none of which I seem to be able to find online at the moment, although I had them a few hours ago...) and you'll see.

Wonder if I'll get the case it's supposed to come with, as this guy has:

beasterbrook wrote:There is almost something wrong about that picture you know...

Brette:)

Whaddya mean, "almost"? Gives new meaning to the name "dragonbone".

As if I would have bothered posting it otherwise...

It was just another week of gaming and they were all crouded around the table overflowing with coke, chips, dice and books..

The DM sys "I've just bought the most amazing thing that I'm dying to try out".. he reaches under the table and pulls out a long red velvet bag. He unties the string and the dragonbone slips neatly into his hand...

The DM sighs "Its a beautie isn't it..". He looks up and smiles at the players sitting at the table "Ok who wants to try it first?" he says..

Silence greets him as we nervously glance at each other...

Found the ads I was looking for.

We can see the address in the first one.  The second is cropped (it appears in Dragon 112, and probably nearby issues), but the full ad shows the manufacturer as DBE, Inc. in Lemont, IL.  I just google mapped it, Crestwood is about 15 miles from Lemont.  So it seems pretty likely that it's the same company (or at least they're related).

Since the rectangle also does d3 and d10, I'm assuming that's the later version.  Out of all of this, I'd bet the Dragontooth is the hardest to find. What buyer back then would have said, "I want it, but I'll never roll d100, so I'll just save the $5."  I doubt they sold many of those.