Just out of curiosity, has anyone else here (other than maybe Frank) seen one of these:



It was one of the first fan-style items I ever got. I've since misplaced the letter that came with it, but it was sent to me by Gary's assistant/secretary when I sent him a fan letter in 1981 or 82, IIRC. I've never seen them elsewhere.

It's 8 pages, and was apparently designed as an insert for Toy & Hobby World magazine (?). These kinds of things apparently were ride-alongs with an issue, or were the center signature, and publishers would print extras to give or sell to the company being features.

What would something like this be worth?

Neat item. Thanks for posting the picture. It'd would be cool if the Acaeum had a subweb for such 'periphera'...of course, that would require a motivated individual to create it.

Mark's estimate sounds good to me, but I'd ask Faro. Could go higher if it sparks a certain interest. I sold a copy of the 1980 TSR Module Submission Guidelines (about 5 pages with the same "TSR Face" logo as above) for about $50 in auction. It was not signed, though.

I searched Ebay and Abebooks quickly for "Toy and Hobby World" but didn't find a single back issue, so I assume it'll be pretty hard to find another copy of this, even assuming it is found in the May 1981 issue.

You could ask Gary over on Dragonsfoot if he remembers signing a lot of them.

Yup; neat item not to sell, James, and looks to be genuine on the signature.



I'd edge fractionally above Mark's guess ($30-40) as the sort of money people might pay for a "nice to have" that ties into the business. Unsigned, would probably be of much lesser interest in this case, although I cannot see the inside pages!

zhowar wrote:Mark's estimate sounds good to me, but I'd ask Faro. Could go higher if it sparks a certain interest. I sold a copy of the 1980 TSR Module Submission Guidelines (about 5 pages with the same "TSR Face" logo as above) for about $50 in auction. It was not signed, though.

$53; http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 8798648367 (I'd reckoned $40-60, although my snipe was higher)

Reasoning being rarity, not mass-produced, good condition and eye-appeal, plus a clear link into published material - with a large bonus for relating to modules rather than The Dragon (*g*). Date was just early enough, IMO (c/w http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 8799169876 )



Looking good, btw. Thanks

jamesmishler wrote:muttering about how I got gypped selling my Judges Guild collection...

yeah mega disaster that!

mind you that sig "James Mishler

My opinion is my own. If you wanna use it, you gotta pay me. " really made me laugh

Al