TheHistorian wrote:Assuredly rare, but I still thought this was waaaaaay too much:** eBay auction listing blocked. Please enable cookies in your browser for this site and for eBay! **By way of comparison, I bought a regular 1st print set in December, in nicer shape, with the original dice, for about $80. So that's about a $400 signature tonight.
mnw wrote:I've bought and sold a few of these now and this price is about $100 down on the norm, the last four all went for over $500. I agree, the exclusivity does tend to raise the price well beyond the regular ten-a-penny standard boxes, I guess somebody wanted to complete their collection. Good luck to them, hope they enjoy it. Some call it silly, others call it supply and demand.
xRalphx wrote:Any idea how often these come up ? It was the first one I saw on ebay and would have loved to have this in the collection but came in second unfortunately.
lokiwookie wrote:The only one I have seen during the last 3-4 years IIRC. I was astonished by the price. The last one I remember sold for 120-130£, long time ago... (so I was rather confident with my 136£ bid )The sole 1st ed. boxed set that I remember going for over $400 is the 1st 1st print ever made, sold 3 years ago (more?).
Gnat the Beggar wrote:One would think for such a rare and expensive item the seller could manage to post a picture that did not make your eyes water looking at it.Though I suppose given the theme of the game it somehow... fits.
Gnat the Beggar wrote:Dont know what equivilant you might have for a superstore chain in the UK, but my palm sized digital camera was purchased about 5 years ago for under $100 at Walmart.Of course after that much time it is obsolete now, but it still takes decent pictures.And it even has a closeup feature, though I have never been able to take close up pictures of Miniatures like most mini sellers on e-bay do.They must have a better newer camera (surely)... with much better optics.I think a similar camera to mine could be bought for much less now and would probably be better.Just saying...
Dull, blurred or cropped photos tend to indicate the seller either has no interest in the item they are selling (and therefor is unlikely to take care with packaging or protecting the item), or is trying to hide damage and will package badly to be able to pass off damage as postal damage.
mnw wrote:Last 3 prices were all just shy of $600, 2 in 2007 and 1 in 2008. £120-£130 would have been a steal, I'm surprised I missed that one.
Here in the UK we have Walmart too, but it's called Asda.Walmart. They sell cheap stuff to the lower socio-economic occupants in society, and can be hilarious if you like to see the types of freaks that bread at that end of the spectrum. It's one only store I know of where you can find shoppers in dressing gowns dragging their spawn around by the hair, or a drunk guy giving his bitch a slapping. They open '24 hours' here, but Asda.Walmart define '24 hour opening' as 'between '6am and Midnight'. That's because most of their clientelle cannot read or count anyways.
lokiwookie wrote:I didn't remember how many years ago it was. Perhaps 3-4 years. More ... 5-6 year actually.. I can't remember, time is running too fast. Market price was very high for D&D related items but not for CoC. Insane prices were rather rare. Or perhaps I found the only cheap DX box