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What is the Gallagher's guide to the galaxy? Is it an rpg supplement or other?

sauromatian wrote in Interesting Non-TSR Items Currently on eBay:
It examines the data yielded by throwing watermelons at stellar objects.

That has got to be the funniest reply ever! Well played!

I'd pay $200 for it.
I wouldn't be surprised if it goes for double that.

The only positive thing about shrink wrap is that (if it is original) it shows at a distance that there is no writing/highlighting inside. If the module can be removed from the shrink wrap, and then reinserted then there is absolutely no value to it. The flimsy plastic coating is not magical.

A chance to play with Stefan Pokorny:

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mbassoc2003 wrote in Interesting Non-TSR Items Currently on eBay:Yes. It's been removed from shrink and then slid back inside it. Deliberate act by the seller to mislead in the sale, but I suspect it's complete and undamaged. And there is always chargeback if it turns out to be not mint inside. If you buy it and want a discount, you ask for a 50% refund and if he won't give it you file a complaint with eBay asking for a 50% refund pointing out that it was advertised as new, and that the seller had the opportunity to photograph the insides and chose to conceal the contents during the sale, leading the buyer to believe that it is brand new, complete, mint etc. A less than honest buyer could use the seller's tactics of deceit against him and make an easy 50% saving on his purchase of what is a surprisingly rare item in great condition.

I may consider throwing in a $200 bid just for investment/resale value, but its not on my radar as something I'm looking for, and I suspect it'll go a fair bit higher. I wouldn't be surprised to see something like this selling for $500 in a couple of years time. That sort of ROI is something that's hard to find in traditional investments.

That is a lot of money.

But do someone on the forum knows something about the real content value of this vintage adventure?
Even if it is super rare, it may be crap after all and unplayable (yes, i WOULD expect to play a module if i plan to spend 200 or 500 bucks for it).

Also because, from the actual photo the module seems to consist of a few pages.

Usually the super rares modules are not the best ones in term of quality... This aspect at the moment of publication made them not a great item to buy, hence the rarity... I dont know about this one but for others this mechanism fits well...

Well, I’d certainly not grade it highly based on utility. As a playable product it’s somewhere in the lower 40% with the majority of TSR and JG published product above it in utility.

That said, if I picked it up for $200, I suspect I could sell it for $400 in two to three years. If one had to pay $400 to snag it this time round, I suspect your looking at a five years before you could double your money on it. Who knows? I suspect we won’t know where it goes or get the chance to see it’s resale.

In regard to wear on the bottom edge, I do not see that as significant enough to exclude it from VF. We’ve certainly seen a good amount of product passes as VF on a regular basis with equal or greater rubbing away of the edge of the paper. The problem is there is no universally agreed upon thresholds. Good clear photos seem to be the surest way of reaching agreements as to what condition things are in. In this case the seller could have at least been honest and slipped the thing out and given us honest photography. He leaves himself open to the automatic 50% compensation eBay will give on his behalf to a suitably disgruntled buyer.

Yep.

Maybe, somewhere along the line, the Acaeum community could assemble a grading guideline based on photographed examples of what is and what isn’t, in the community’s opinion, Mint, Near Mint, Very Fine and Fine condition. Below Fine I don’t really consider to be ‘collectable’ unless it is a unique item. For me, below Fine graded (and a lot of what I would consider Fine too) is just reading material to be read and enjoyed and then passed along to others.

But a page description of each grading, replete with photographs would be a great reference tool. Assuming a consensus can be reached that is. Otherwise most people defer to the grading norms one sees repeated ad infinitum in the marketplace at large.

In regard to value, that is a personal thing between the buyer and the seller. My guesstimate is purely gut instinct based on the experience I had trading in these things when I was active, and the observations I have made in how the items I dealt with have traded over the subsequent years since I cashed in my chips. I could easily be wildly out on my estimate, and I’d always encourage others to form their own informed opinions.

It’s academic really for me. If it remains as is to the close, and I remember, I may put in a sniping bid, because I’d be happy to sit on it for two years at $200. Not so at $400. But wouldn’t be buying it to read it or use it. It’s only utility to me is as a low risk investment that will do well in an economy of high inflation. I already got the enjoyment I sought from this product the first time I owned it.