clangador wrote:What is this? I've never seen or heard of it before I saw this auction.



http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... Track=true

   I don't know, but look who is bidding on it and how high it is going.



   Must be something worthwhile.  

And what I thought would be my final snipe is already well beat.  Time for a rethink.  Now how much is that Otus signature going to add?

grodog wrote:

johnhuck wrote:And what I thought would be my final snipe is already well beat. Time for a rethink. Now how much is that Otus signature going to add?

That's the question of the hour! grodog ponders a trip up to Erol's home before leaving the bay area to get some books signed....

Wait!  Let me send you some of mine first!  

I think you meant me. I got Booty and an Arduin boxed set.

mdr003 wrote:Yeah, it was Deadlord. The auction was for a couple of RPG items, but nothing valuable or uncommon. But in the picture you could see Booty tucked in to the mix.

I thought Allan picked up his in that manner- rather than as a stand-alone copy- at ~$100-125 rather than the "usual $200-300"?

(Was around about March 18th, but I can't find my copy of the eBay page just now).



Frank's was BIN'd from France later on, no?



*waits and listens*

Deadlord36 wrote:Oh, that is possible. I don't know.

*g*. Aha, I found the auction...

(Along with that Necromican I won, too).



OK, not technically "BIN'd"... Same difference!

grodog wrote:In any event, the B&B prices have been reaching into the realm of Warriors of Mars, in the past year+

With or without the assistance of a certain reseller?

I haven't exactly seen that many other copies in the past year of either...



Thanks for the confirmation, Allan.

killjoy32 wrote:

harami2000 wrote:
With or without the assistance of a certain reseller?

me?

For a change, no.

Was <keepontheborderlands> (r.i.p. ) that time; Warriors of Mars



What was a $100-150 item suddenly became a $300+ item largely thanks to his repeated attempts to captialise on a single resale.

A large enough number of people were finally convinced in their minds that the book was now "worth" that, because they'd "seen it before" at that price (in reality one of his several failed attempts to sell before he finally snagged a sale).

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I presume the next one up would automatically follow suit. (What d'ya think, Stephen?).

What I'm curious about is that the Fantasy Art Enterprises books seem to fall into the following frequency pattern, from most common to least common:

1. Necromican
   
2. Booty & the Beasts
   
3. Magical and Technological Items Cards [tie]
   
4. Geomorphic Mini Dungeon Modules [tie]

I've seen multiple copies of both 1 and 2, only one copy of 3 or 4 ever sold (not counting the other set that Frank bought---I'm only counting the ones that I failed to bid on at that time).



Does that square with everyone else's perceptions?

Deadlord36 wrote:Sounds right. I would guess the reason is that a book is easier to keep/maintain that separate sheets, and a lot of people probably cut up their cards.

You know, I think my card sets are signed, too, as well as my Necromican. I'll have to check.

I'd definitely interested in the geos and cards if you decide to get rid of them Frank