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TrishTelesco
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Post Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 6:09 pm 
 

Hi everyone. First I'd like to thank the person from another site who pointed me in the direction of this forum (smile). Second, I just put up an item in the sales forum but I'm not sure the pricing is "ok"...

I am selling it for my godfather who typically sells a few of his collectibles around this time of year for Yule money... having said that, I tried to research the boxed set as best I could and THINK it's total value is around $225 conservatively... but, I would really appreciate other people's opinions so that I do right by this fellow (who, by the way, has a ton of D&D books he's talking about next!)

Any help you all can be is much appreciated. Here's the description:
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Post Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 6:19 pm 
 

*waits for david to apply his expert opinion*

opens the door for Harami2000, the master of all things OD&D :)


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Post Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 6:26 pm 
 

killjoy32 wrote:*waits for david to apply his expert opinion*

opens the door for Harami2000, the master of all things OD&D :)

:)  Yeah, he's the master.  But of course without pictures, he's just guessing, anyway.
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Post Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 6:28 pm 
 

yeah TT do some nice pic and stick em on Photo and image hosting, free photo galleries, photo editing or something like that and put the links to here so all can see them.

ppl will give you a lot more feedback then...

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TrishTelesco
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Post Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 6:51 pm 
 

no ability - have to borrow a digital from someone. But the books are pristine . the box shows no creasing and only a little darkening at the edges. If there are specific questions - just ask... (sorry!)
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Post Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 7:24 pm 
 

Check out this thread TT:

Research question: OD&D Supplements :)

Maybe help to state what version of books you have.

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Post Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 1:08 am 
 

Hi Trish, I'm glad to see you found your way over :D


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Post Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 7:15 am 
 

thanks everyone we're working on getting a scan of the items covers.
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Post Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 4:35 pm 
 

Well here's the information from our local expert (smile - thanks again):

Yes, 5th printing as expected :)
Can usually tell from the shades of red/green/blue on the covers of the books, even without knowing the contents (other Tolkien references still present, but no $3.50 cover price on each volume).

The contents do indeed look very fresh: especially unusual for 5th print books, but the supplements are very good, too, even if they're relatively late printings.

Unfortunately the discoloration of the box lid is fairly noticeable. More likely from damp reacting with the gum used in the box construction than from any staining, even though I cannot see much in the way of foxing.
(I can see very light creasing and bumping around the edges but otherwise that's about as good as it gets).

Your $160 asking price is still fairly reasonable, I think.

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