I have recently started an Ebay account to start clearing out some old RPG magazines and other stuff (so I can buy all new stuff, of course).  

One of the items I have are five issues (Issues #2 to #6) of "The Apprentice" (subtitle: The Canadian Magazine of Mediaeval Fantasy Gaming), published in 1978 and 1979.  (I don't think I have any other issues, but who knows what will emerge from the boxes....)

I would call them very good to excellent condition, although I will probably try to get someone else's opinion on quality before I list them on Ebay - but I haven't a clue as to what they would be worth.  I noticed in the other thread that some of you have bid on (and purchased) such items in the past and wondered if you could give me an idea as to what I should expect to sell them for (and how active the bidding was on such items in the past).

Thanks.

Carl

Thanks for the info.  I'll just have to give it a shot on Ebay, probably with a reserve and hope I get lucky and someone wants it.  Of course - if I had gotten organized a bit quicker I could have tried to sell it at Gen Con...

Carl

Hi Syrsuro -

As Brett said, one seller on ebay had a few lots of issues 2-5 a while back - comicsrus. From memory she has a large lot of gaming supplies left over from her husband's store.

Unlike more mainstream stuff where you can get a pretty good idea of worth from previous auctions, zines fluctuate wildly. You can list them for $5 and get no bids one week, when the next two bidders can push the price up to $25. Impossible to predict how they'll go. But if you can find more issues from 7 onwards, I'd be confident they'd fetch a healthy price.

Regards

Mike

On a related question then  - as experienced Ebay collectable bidders and sellers - would you recommend I split an item like that up into separate auctions or sell them as a single lot?  


The same question would also apply to lots of other things.  When I get around to selling Dragon and Dungeon issues I'll probably do them all as lots just because I don't want to list 100s of auctions.  But things like early (example #s 13 - 17) issues of Polyhedron or issues 1-4 of Gryphon have the same dilemma.

Carl

burntwire wrote:Same here, we got issues 2-5 from Comicsrus for less than $1 each. The 1st issue must be very rare though, haven't ever seen one for sale. #6 might get some money considering it looks like several of us need it.

Shawn

I've seen Issue 1 sold once in a lot (which I lost, sniped again;) Role Player Independant #8 isn't worth a lot unfortunatly and never heard of Magic and Steel, it sounds more like a fantasy short story sort of mag, not really rpg rules mag/zine

Brette:)

I have issues 1-7 in great condition.  If anyone is interested in purchasing these, please email me at [email protected]

I have pictures to send as well.

Thanks.

Mostly to buy new stuff, not more old stuff.  I frankly never set out to be a collector of Old D&D Stuff.  I just compulsively bought lots and lots of stuff back in the day, and although I still consider myself a D&D player (as if I have the time), I don't really have a use for a lot of the old stuff.

That, is - of course - the greatest problem with selling it.  Most of my oldes stuff (I have nearly continuous Dragon subscription/issues back to issue 20something, etc) was bought to use and was used extensively.  It wasn't really until the late 80s that it even occured to me that this stuff might have value someday and I started taking better care of it.  So, ironically, the best condition items are the items I found the least useful.    

Where I will find any real value (if I find any real value) will likely be with items I bought (to use, not to collect) back in the late 80s and early 90s and which I thus tried to keep in good condition rather than my earliest possessions.  And stuff I received as prizes at conventions, etc. but didn't have a lot of use for and thus tossed in a box (this includes some old modules and the like).

I don't expect to get rich by selling this stuff, I just want to get an idea of what stuff is worth so that I don't undersell it too badly.  (And the wife wants my crates of Dragon and White Dwarf magazines out of the closet for other reasons. )

Carl

Hi,

i heard that on "The Apprentice" "Berman sought to create a meta-system that combined the best attributes of all current RPGs. He called this hybrid MFRP (Medieval Fantasy Role Playing)"

Someone knows what is this system?

Moreover, in the fanzine they developed the so-called "Spearthrust -A New Combat System". Initially, it was written  by Richard Best. They developed this system through issues 1-4 if i'm not wrong, so it should have been pretty detailed. I'm curious about this but i have no information.