Kaskoid wrote:White Box Tactical Studies Rules (IM001813) No rips, cuts or tears on box, v. clean With Charts M Men & Magic 1st Printing NM Monst. & Treas. 3rd Printing April 1975 M Under. & Wilder, 1st Printing M
faro wrote:Thank you, Scott. Just in time, too! ===Just like to point out, that if the following is http://www.acaeum.com/images/WhiteBox2.jpg , I'd recommend annulling any bids on that, Tim.Kaskoid wrote:White Box Tactical Studies Rules (IM001813) No rips, cuts or tears on box, v. clean With Charts M Men & Magic 1st Printing NM Monst. & Treas. 3rd Printing April 1975 M Under. & Wilder, 1st Printing MThat is one strange chimaera!The M&T appears to be a 3rd, judging by the guillotining, but the others are 5th+ not 1st (sorry ): M&M doesn't appear to be a 7th and U&WA's relative color looks more like a 5th, although it could be one of the 6ths.Tim; from a dollar perspective, I'd strongly recommend swapping the two white boxes around so that the best box would go with the 4th print books and what appears to be the 4th print ref sheets (partly hidden).As it is, you've got the good books in the poor box and the mishmash remainder books in the good box.
Kaskoid wrote:While I know that you guys have spent hours at this, what says that they are not what I think they are? And I stress the word Think...
Kaskoid wrote:If there were covers left over from a previous run that were the same art-wise, they were used up first on the nexrt run. Every run of the small books I ever saw had miscuts and minor color variations.
Kaskoid wrote:If there were unused folios (large sheets printed, folded and cut into smaller ones) that did not contain errata, they were used first. Any printer will tell you that when they set out to produce/sell a given number of folios and covers, they plan to produce a number that exceeds the number ordered. This allows for press errors, cutter errors, collating and binding errors and the like.They were produced by a great guy that owned a small printing shop in Lake Geneva that became inadequate for our needs. Of course he used up old stock before producing new.
M&M - stock list on back page: how many items priced and list the first few.
U&WA - sketchy or redrawn dungeon map on page 4 (compare with that other 4th print you have)
Tim; from a dollar perspective, I'd strongly recommend swapping the two white boxes around so that the best box would go with the 4th print books and what appears to be the 4th print ref sheets (partly hidden). As it is, you've got the good books in the poor box and the mishmash remainder books in the good box.
Kaskoid wrote:M&M - stock list on back page: how many items priced and list the first few.Duh... my face matches this ink. Of course it couldn't be 1st with reference to Dragon... My bad.
Kaskoid wrote:U&WA - sketchy or redrawn dungeon map on page 4 (compare with that other 4th print you have) Neat, clean drawing, much neater than other one.
Kaskoid wrote:Tim; from a dollar perspective, I'd strongly recommend swapping the two white boxes around so that the best box would go with the 4th print books and what appears to be the 4th print ref sheets (partly hidden). As it is, you've got the good books in the poor box and the mishmash remainder books in the good box. [color=green]Will swap boxes, but why? Isn't the nice quality box with the thoroughbred set a better piece? I'm SOOO confused....
Kaskoid wrote:I can sell the "mish-mash" books singly if the box is trash. or throw in the old woodgrain.
deimos3428 wrote:Second bit of advice: If you have a woodgrain box floating around, it's worth money on its own, with or without books. Big money.
deimos3428 wrote:First bit of advice: Listen to everything faro says. He's rarely wrong on this stuff.
U&WA page 14: 5th, pic titled Nazgul; 6th/7th, untitled. From the color on the cover, if it's a 6th/7th my money's with 6th.
6th ends with Dragon and Complete Catalog
faro wrote:deimos3428 wrote:Second bit of advice: If you have a woodgrain box floating around, it's worth money on its own, with or without books. Big money.Some people are just too helpful! *jk**points back to the second post on this thread*
killjoy32 wrote:i dont know what OCE stands for either....guessing its Original Collectors Edition?Al
bclarkie wrote:killjoy32 wrote:i dont know what OCE stands for either....guessing its Original Collectors Edition?AlBingo.
Kaskoid wrote:U&WA page 14: 5th, pic titled Nazgul; 6th/7th, untitled. From the color on the cover, if it's a 6th/7th my money's with 6th. Titled Nazgul... it is.
Kaskoid wrote:6th ends with Dragon and Complete CatalogOK, it does...
Kaskoid wrote:Pardon my ignorance, but what exactly does OCE stand for?
Kaskoid wrote:OK, the pure set of 4ths in good box, remainder in broken box, and woodgrain by itself.
Kaskoid wrote:Which ref sheets go where?
Not so happy if that means someone has walked-off with your original set, though
I think you have the correct 4th sheets as displayed. Those are unique to the 4th print owing to the way the correction page is "pasted" on the front -- and cannot be replaced by any other correction/ref sheet set.
Does it have an address label pasted over the address at the foot of the stock list?