Mars wrote:What is a Warriors of Mars really worth?  I have been looking for this one for the past couple of years now and a few have come up on Ebay.  I think about a year ago they were in the $100 range but since then there seems to be a number that have been selling in the multi 100 range.  Is this just a high point in the market for this item?

There is one listed right now

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 5938917952

where the seller probably has a reserve of $350 since that seems to be what the seller bought it for about a month ago (although they claim to have had it for 8 years and paid $350 for it then)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 5927133128

How long do I have to wait until it goes back down to $100?

Warriors of Mars is not worth $300.  You'll note the next lowest bid on the auction he bought it from was $155.  

The two bids on his auction are a couple of folks on here messing with the seller, there's another thread about it on here somewhere...ah yes, on pg. 82 of Interesting Items on Ebay.  

Thanks for pointing out it's the same Warriors of Mars as a couple months ago (even though the seller claims to have had the item 8 years!).  Sounds like I realizes he overbid and is trying to recover his loss.  Complete loss of credibility, if you ask me.  When I flip over the junk I've paid too much for, I won't be trying to leverage some lie about how long I've owned it.  

lol messing with mr B2 himeself....

As a Warriors of Mars owner, I'm in total agreement with those who said that this book isn't worth the amount the auction fetched.  I'd agree with anywhere between $60-$100, because most other non-D&D games and supplements in the early years (Boot Hill, Metamorphosis Alpha) seem to go for around that amount on Ebay.

If I was in the market for a copy of Warriors of Mars, it'd be worth the low end of the price range for me.  The copy I have was worth the price I paid, and it wasn't much.

And yes, it's rather odd that Deimos and Mars were talking about Warriors of Mars.  So where's Phobos?

I agree with Allan... I've been after a copy of WoM for a while, but refuse to pay the huge prices it's currently commanding. For the reasons Allan gives its worth more than most of the other early books. I've been consistently bidding anywhere between $100 and $140 when they've come up on ebay, but have yet to be successful.  

Regards

Mike

Did you get a 2nd chance offer from the seller?

I did.

> What!?
> Why did you bid if you did'nt want the item?
> Were you trying to be funny bidding 1 cent under?
> What's the story?

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1. $300 is way too much for Warriors of Mars.
2. You claim to have had it for 8 years, yet you bought it a month and a
half ago ago for $350.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 5927133128
3. The print run for this was between 3000 and 5000 copies, according to
Gygax. The 1st print Brownie had 1,000.
4. You state in your auction that if it didn't sell, you would just keep it.
Sounds like a petulant child attitude.

But mostly it's #2. Since the auction had deceptive info in it, I have no
way to be assured that the item isn't in far worse shape than stated, or
that it isn't a Kinko's special.
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His second e-mail and my reply.

Not possible, I didn't take the offer.
He's a nitwit, he's been e-mailing me with idiotic ramblings. Made the foolish mistake of a veiled threat too, but when I offered to rip out his liver and feed it back to him, he started whining. Also claims he has 2 copies of the book, and was selling his lesser copy. Right.....................
Supposedly has 2 cars, a $310,000 house, and a construction business that earns him $385,000 a year, undeveloped land worth $485,000, blah blah blah. And he's selling his collection for financial reasons. Right...............

Deadlord36 wrote:Not possible, I didn't take the offer.
He's a nitwit, he's been e-mailing me with idiotic ramblings. Made the foolish mistake of a veiled threat too, but when I offered to rip out his liver and feed it back to him, he started whining. Also claims he has 2 copies of the book, and was selling his lesser copy. Right.....................
Supposedly has 2 cars, a $310,000 house, and a construction business that earns him $385,000 a year, undeveloped land worth $485,000, blah blah blah. And he's selling his collection for financial reasons. Right...............

Offer him $309,999.99 for his house