Seller gamedesign4u has some really interesting JG items including a character codex, Installments K and I, Journal 8, and some unique items.

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leadjunkie wrote:I was very please to win the auction for the Judges Guild button.

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It is such a rare piece to come by for a JG collector.  I was bumbed when I got stomped in the auction for the first pin that Bill Owen put up.

Anyway, I recieved the pin today.  I was surprised to find it is about the size of a half dollar.  For some reason the photos I have seen have always left me with the impression that the button was much bigger.  Funny how you get such impressions without any real basis for them.

Wear it with pride, or well probably display it someplace safe.

ShaneG.

leadjunkie wrote:Any idea what Bill is offering here?

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There is no installment I.  The contents he lists don't match Initial Package (formerly identified as Initial Subscription).

Looks like the City State of the Invincible Overlord Playing Aid without the Thunderhold and Sunstone Caverns parts, the Player's City Map, or the Cover Sheet, plus the Men & Monsters Attacking Charts. See:

City State of the Invincible Overlord Playing Aid

This campaign setting includes:
Guide to the City State (Included in auction)
orange/brown Booklet I (Included in auction)
Huge City State Map (Included in auction)
Dungeon Level Maps I: Levels 1-5 (Included in auction)
Booklet J (Not included in auction)
City State Player Map (Not included in auction)
Thunderhold/Sunstone Cavern Map (Not included in auction)
Dungeon Level Maps J: Levels 1-4 (Not included in auction)
Men & Monsters Attacking Charts (Not in 0012, but included in auction)

By the looks of it, this is what Bill has left of his personal copy of 0012, minus the Thunderhold (sold separately in an earlier auction, IIRC), and the player's map (probably long gone in a game somewhere). And he threw in the M&M sheets as a bonus or because he had then filed with this and doesn't remember any different (after nearly 30 years, I can see that happening)...

Oh, and if it was his personal copy, he may never have had the cover sheet or plastic bag... he probably got the first off the press or out of the box...

Bill has put up a lot more unique pre-pub JG items. It would be worth copying down all the item descriptions as there is a lot of JG history in there:

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Another Judges guild button


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Check this out. Seller Ousmay is selling 100 + JG items starting at 99 cents. I bought a fair few items from him maybe three years ago and had not seen a listing for ages. Looks like he is going to sell off his stock in bulk:


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Shipping for fifty pounds of books to Australia is ....hmmmm.... let me see $200!  If I win the lot for 99c, I could probably fill some gaps in my collection and make it pay for itself as long I could sell the extras for about $5 each!  

Yeah, good starting lot..not so for breaking up to sell though.

Oh and shipping is only $25 for me

ShaneG.

Plaag wrote:Am asking Bill Owen about the sticker, mainly to see if its original or something newer.

The sticker should be genuine enough even if it's not apparently a perfect match from the low-res scan. It would be interesting to know where the seller got that from since at a casual glance in a miscellaneous lot it might be more likely to be taken for a homebrew item.
I'm guessing it might've been acquired at a con (interesting dating given their only other JG item listed?) but double-checking with them to see whether the other "distinguishing feature" matches with the possibility that it might be a "production run" (!) if those here are test copies.

Thanks for checking, Shane.

Plaag wrote:Owen said this about that sticker: "The main thing that makes the bumper sticker look fishy is the tight register ...the ‘g' is almost off the edge & not centered... And black ink. You can see a sticker I made for Bob just a few years ago at: https://www.cafepress.com/judgesguild.19057817 "

Hmm... didn't think to look there first! Rather smoother font, somewhat closer to the one up for sale.

Edited pics of known "genuine items", fwiw (was on the list to check for official vs. semi-official status, along with a few other bits-and-bobs). Will let you know if I hear back from the seller on those other queries for the record.