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Post Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 9:03 pm 
 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... :EOAB:AU:6

Was very happy to snap up Space Gamer issue 1 - first one I've seen on ebay ever. Seller was Ben Ostrander - SG editor from #8 to #26. Mag arrived today and it is in absolutely MINT condition - looks like it just came off the press. I doubt it has ever been read, and apart from a minute amount of staple rust you would think it was produced yesterday.

It's possible that the item also belongs on the silly auction price thread, but there were a few of us bidding $300+. The seller also has a number of other issues up right now from 5 to 14, if anyone needs any of those.

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Post Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 9:08 pm 
 

mdr003 wrote:cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem& ... :EOAB:AU:6

Was very happy to snap up Space Gamer issue 1 - first one I've seen on ebay ever. Seller was Ben Ostrander - SG editor from #8 to #26. Mag arrived today and it is in absolutely MINT condition - looks like it just came off the press. I doubt it has ever been read, and apart from a minute amount of staple rust you would think it was produced yesterday.

It's possible that the item also belongs on the silly auction price thread, but there were a few of us bidding $300+. The seller also has a number of other issues up right now from 5 to 14, if anyone needs any of those.

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Cool. :)  Looks like David took a liking to that auction also. :wink:


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Post Posted: Wed May 25, 2005 2:25 am 
 

mdr003 wrote:http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... :EOAB:AU:6

Was very happy to snap up Space Gamer issue 1 - first one I've seen on ebay ever. Seller was Ben Ostrander - SG editor from #8 to #26. Mag arrived today and it is in absolutely MINT condition - looks like it just came off the press. I doubt it has ever been read, and apart from a minute amount of staple rust you would think it was produced yesterday.

It's possible that the item also belongs on the silly auction price thread, but there were a few of us bidding $300+. The seller also has a number of other issues up right now from 5 to 14, if anyone needs any of those.

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That was a great find, those are truly hard to find. I auctioned off the first 20 issues or so about 10 years ago on rpg.marketplace, and I think I got $300 for the entire lot!!! :( But they were in very used condition, still, if I had hung on to them...oh well. If I had hung on to a lot of stuff I'd be better off now (maybe my waist when it was size 36 or so....)

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Post Posted: Wed May 25, 2005 2:56 am 
 

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mdr003 wrote:cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem& ... :EOAB:AU:6

Was very happy to snap up Space Gamer issue 1 - first one I've seen on ebay ever. Seller was Ben Ostrander - SG editor from #8 to #26. Mag arrived today and it is in absolutely MINT condition - looks like it just came off the press. I doubt it has ever been read, and apart from a minute amount of staple rust you would think it was produced yesterday.

It's possible that the item also belongs on the silly auction price thread, but there were a few of us bidding $300+. The seller also has a number of other issues up right now from 5 to 14, if anyone needs any of those.

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Cool. :) Looks like David took a liking to that auction also. :wink:

Erm, I kinda got the feeling I was gopher for that auction; trying to find out what <kent_allard_jr>'s bids were, solely so that Mike could pounce.
Even with the bid he put in right at the start, the closing price would've been $305.

Far too rich for me, sorry.

Persistence with the seller was still worthwhile, though.
Picked up #2 for $24; mint, of course
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 5195763136

(and then arranged for a signed run of #3-9 to go with that, which is why I've been quiet on the topic! :)
I only just asked/rec'd a response in time before the others were listed, and even had to have #6 "pulled"...).

Ben's great to talk with, btw! :D
Did a excellent job putting that 'zine together, back in the "dark ages"! 8)

(Steve Jackson took over at #27 and Ben went on to many other things)

  

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Post Posted: Wed May 25, 2005 3:43 am 
 

harami2000 wrote:Ben's great to talk with, btw! :D
Did a excellent job putting that 'zine together, back in the "dark ages"! 8)

(Steve Jackson took over at #27 and Ben went on to many other things)


hey david....totally off topic, did you get that parcel i sent? tried to PM you but its prb not got there....

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Post Posted: Wed May 25, 2005 3:48 am 
 

killjoy32 wrote:hey david....totally off topic, did you get that parcel i sent? tried to PM you but its prb not got there....

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Heya, Al!

Oops... Is here, but not opened yet. :oops: (Got a two-week backlog delivered at the weekend).

Have you gone and sent two "L" installments, instead of two "I"s, by mistake?

*looks at clock*. will investigate later... ;)
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Post Posted: Wed May 25, 2005 3:50 am 
 

harami2000 wrote:Steve Jackson took over at #27 ...


Ah, the memories ... SG #27 was the first gaming purchase I ever made with "my own money" (money I had earned myself, in other words; my dad had paid for some earlier D&D purchases). For many years thereafter, a monthly (or bi-monthly) purchase of SG was built into my meager gaming budget ...

Ack, I'm veering off-topic! Quick, someone post something relevant! :)

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Post Posted: Wed May 25, 2005 4:27 am 
 

harami2000 wrote:Have you gone and sent two "L" installments, instead of two "I"s, by mistake?

*looks at clock*. will investigate later... ;)
Thanks for checking! :D


LOL i bloody well hope not :)


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Post Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 6:09 pm 
 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 5195824645

really pleased with this purchase. i had a spare player map in minty mint condition to replace the one with writing on it, so left with a really NICE condition item!!

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Post Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 4:58 am 
 

killjoy32 wrote:really pleased with this purchase. i had a spare player map in minty mint condition to replace the one with writing on it, so left with a really NICE condition item!! :D

Wow. I missed that one. :(


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Post Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 5:06 am 
 

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killjoy32 wrote:really pleased with this purchase. i had a spare player map in minty mint condition to replace the one with writing on it, so left with a really NICE condition item!! :D

Wow. I missed that one. :(

Interesting seller, there...

Sorry 'bout the lowball snipe, Al! £4 would've been absurdly cheap... :P
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Post Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 5:42 am 
 

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killjoy32 wrote:really pleased with this purchase. i had a spare player map in minty mint condition to replace the one with writing on it, so left with a really NICE condition item!! :D

Wow. I missed that one. :(


aww sorry man, but then i guess you missed this one too....

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 5195824663

:D  :D  :D

bout time i get a bargain for a change :)

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Post Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 5:45 am 
 

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mbassoc2003 wrote:
Wow. I missed that one. :(

Interesting seller, there...

Sorry 'bout the lowball snipe, Al! £4 would've been absurdly cheap... :P
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lol yeah i saw that david :)

mind you if your snipe was in the region of £30, you still wouldnt have won it, as my bid was £35.55 :)

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ps.... nice avatar pic btw - very amusing :)


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Post Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 5:54 am 
 

killjoy32 wrote:mind you if your snipe was in the region of £30, you still wouldnt have won it, as my bid was £35.55 :)

heh, heh... wouldn't have wanted to cost you that much money, would I? :P

killjoy32 wrote:ps.... nice avatar pic btw - very amusing :)

*grins and winks* ;)

  

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Post Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 3:54 pm 
 

Good haul. Those slipped me by, but I wouldn't have gone that high so they'd have been your anyway. There can't be much missing from your personal JG collection now. What are you after?


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Post Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 4:25 pm 
 

am after quite a bit of stuff actually. want to get my hands on all the old instalments...most of what i have are 2nd or later prints, bar for a smattering of 1st i have - i have tons o stuff as you know, but starting at the start, i am certainly after:

2 Dungeon Tac Cards
8 Dungeon Level Maps I: Levels 1-5
28 Judges Shield
36 Character Chronicle Cards
87 Character Codex
600 Pegasus 1
610 Pegasus 2
1021 Fantasy Game Aid Pack
1022 Fantasy Adventure Pack
1023 Fantasy Campaign Booster Pack  
1024 Fantasy Campaign Pack
1025 Treasure Pack
1026 Adventure Module Pack
1052 SciFi Game Aide Pack

getting them will prb give me at least 1 of everything (bar for t-shirts and buttons etc) that they put out. but i would like to beef up my JG 1-30 or so really....

so if you wanna offload any of that, then lemme know.

i shoulda been more aggressive on your TAC cards the other month....

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Post Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 5:25 pm 
 

mbassoc2003 wrote:Good haul. Those slipped me by, but I wouldn't have gone that high so they'd have been your anyway.

Al's a one-man inflationary spiral. :D

killjoy32 wrote:am after quite a bit of stuff actually....
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i shoulda been more aggressive on your TAC cards the other month....

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Erm, that's not a particularly long list...

(And I still don't know why you didn't jump the whole of <m03>'s $310 offer, since you noticed that first... ;))

  

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Post Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 5:46 pm 
 

killjoy32 wrote:
so if you wanna offload any of that, then lemme know.

i shoulda been more aggressive on your TAC cards the other month....

Al


Me Too !!  :evil:  :x  :roll:  :cry:

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