red_bus wrote:

tfm wrote:I've been watching the barents1234 auctions close all day.  Did Cthulhu awaken and I wasn't told?

Well, clearly the Daystar West Pharaoh went for $30 too much.    

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Or perhaps $530 too much.

tfm wrote:I've been watching the barents1234 auctions close all day.  Did Cthulhu awaken and I wasn't told?

Looks like it!

I think I'll just sit back and watch. 'Tis a good spectator sport and I'm sure the seller must be loving every moment, too.

bclarkie wrote:I guess this is what you get when you play around with a newbie:
http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 8767050321

*wonders whether the Monkey God's Curse is dormant mildew, in addition to that "Cover is worn from storage and has some (food?) stains"*



Brian; congrats on not winning, again!

$83 was crazy, IMO. I picked up a F/VF copy for $20-odd (IIRC) from a reputable collector via eBay last year: don't recall much competition, either.

Add two more non-TSR items to the list of barents high sale prices:



$90 for

http://cgi.ebay.com/Lair-of-the-Spider- ... dZViewItem

and $125 for  

http://cgi.ebay.com/Lord-Farricks-Keep- ... dZViewItem

mbassoc2003 wrote::D  I've spent about $500 on his stuff.

You'll get that back soon enough, I presume?

Not quite the same as actually having to spend and not recoup the monies paid.

I wanted the Mercury Games stuff too and that's why you ended up paying quite a bit for it

But I guess having Bane of Bryreville to go with the Minotaur (from a few months back) will have to have to do for now.  At least is saves me some money for now.

I have been tracking these items for a while too and as far as I know these are the only copies that have shown up in the past couple of years.

Is there a history of Mercury Games stuff selling on Ebay?  The latest ones are the only ones that I have seen go.  When/What did the previous ones sell for?

I think Warriors of Mars is a pretty hot comodity too.  I would be willing to pay much more for it than the Mercury Games stuff.

Mars wrote:I think Warriors of Mars is a pretty hot comodity too.  I would be willing to pay much more for it than the Mercury Games stuff.

You might have yourself quite a fight on that one.  I am still quite sour about the last one that was up and I didnt win.  I am almost at the point of "at any cost" to win one.

mdr003 wrote:

bclarkie wrote:

Mars wrote:I think Warriors of Mars is a pretty hot comodity too.  I would be willing to pay much more for it than the Mercury Games stuff.

You might have yourself quite a fight on that one.  I am still quite sour about the last one that was up and I didnt win.  I am almost at the point of "at any cost" to win one.

I remember that one....    I think you let the acaeum collective talk you out of that one, as being overpriced. They may well be right, but I figured it was still within the bounds of being reasonable.

Regards

Mike

Thanks Mike, rub salt in the wound why dont you.

I am looking for a Warrior of Mars too and I seem to be getting more desperate as time goes on.  I remember passing a few a couple years ago that were in the $90 range but now I would go over $200.  Did my scare tactics work?

It is the one early TSR supplement that I really need to add to my collection.  I also need a second print War of Wizards and maybe a first print Tricolor (will have to check that one) but they aren't so crutial.