Ace stuff this - I think I prefer it more now as a 40 year old than I did back in the day.

So are these original art or something else, and what's your connection (if any?) to them?

(I'm only in Burnham by the way, so you're only up the road - I could pop over with a fiver if you like :lol:  :wink: )

gyg wrote:(Read the other thread so ignore the idiot question about your connection!)

I'm good at that too, mate...
These could be anything from a few quid to a hundred maybe, (total guesstimate) as they are original comic art, which from memory had a mixed reaction when first printed.
I'll make it £4.50 purely on the basis I have slightly further to travel..

Hiya,

unfortunately the only way to gauge the value of a unique item is to sell it...  

Ebay
Gencon Indy Auction
UK Dragonmeet Auction

Or decide on a price you want for it and advertise it at that fixed price.

Good luck with them!

Cheers,
Malc

If there were still a good sized gaming/fantasy art auction over here then it wouldn't be so much of a problem working out a fair value for unusual items.

The GC UK Saturday night (may it rip) used to be a great way of judging the UK market. Unfortunately there isn't really a replacement for that any more. Did the Dragonmeet one a couple of years back and tbh was surprised at the limited numbers there. Dragonmeet itself is great - loads of action/people enjoying themselves but the auction isn't a major part of the event.

'How to' isn't so much the problem, its more about getting an idea as to what something like this might be worth - wouldn't have the first idea as to what a fair guesstimate would be for these.

J

Thanks for the suggestion 'ashmire' - sounds like a plan.

Might end up swamping it with the amount of odd 'stuff' lying around but definitely a plan  :)

J

I seem to recall a couple of Tom Wham original cartoon strips selling at Gencon not long ago - within the last 2 or 3 years. They were the originals for a couple of full or half page strips that he did for Dragon - I think one was a one-off featuring a small party of adventurers in a jungle type setting, and the other was a strip he did related to AGTFOS, Floating in Timeless Space or perhaps Outside the Znutar. From memory each sold in the region of $300. I would guess that original cartoon art from Imagine would get something approaching that - maybe not quite that much depending on whether the artist is as well known as Tom, but you could reasonably expect $150-200 I would say.

I'd venture to say that pretty much all your odd stuff is going to be worh something - generally, the odder it is, the more valuable it will be. My suggestion would be to do a big 'collection' type sale, in the style of how Paul Stormberg handled selling off large quantities of relics from luminaries such as Ernie Gygax, Steve Marsh, Tim Jiardini etc. Specifically:

- Collate everything
- Find out as much provenance about each piece as possible
- List it all on ebay in separate lots
- Make sure you emphasise the history of each lot (the TSR-UK/Imagine connections will boost the price significantly)
- Advertise the sale on as many boards as you can (Acaeum, Dragonsfoot, Tomes & Treasures etc)
- Time the auctions to finish at a time suitable to North American buyers.

Otherise, do as Ashmire suggests - list what you have in the classifieds and ask for offers. For items like you have, coming up with a dollar value for each will be too difficult - the only way to gauge it would be to offer it for sale and see what you're offered. On ebay you're committed to then sell, but here you can ask for offers and then decide whether or not to part with it.

Hope this helps...

Regards

Mike