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Post Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2004 9:52 pm 
 

Anyone have a clue as to the auction value of Dungeon Mag. #1 (excellent/near mint)?

Have not seen one on ebay in forever.

I am thinking of dumping to finance other stuff. Got rid of my other Dungeons year ago, but kept #1. Probably should have held on to all of them 2-15 or so. :?


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Post Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2004 11:40 pm 
 

One of them have recently been sold, but it was in France (so was sold, i think, at a higher price), mint and signed:

http://cgi.ebay.fr/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie ... egory=2545
  

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Post Posted: Sun Feb 29, 2004 5:32 pm 
 

Actually bbarsh,

I have one up right now on ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 3178944705

:!: :roll:

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Post Posted: Sun Feb 29, 2004 5:37 pm 
 

Guys, you can reach me at:

[email protected] on monday if you're wishing to forego the yahoo addy.

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Post Posted: Sun Feb 29, 2004 6:18 pm 
 

Bill, several of these have been sold over the last few months. Currently, you should expect to get around $150 for your copy of #1 Dragon, if in collectable condition.


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Post Posted: Sun Feb 29, 2004 6:52 pm 
 

Thanks Sage. Will watch to see what happens.

Ralf... 8O ...that was Dungeon #1 - not Dragon. Thanks, anyway. I think Dragon #1 has been hovering around that number for  years.


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Post Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2004 3:10 am 
 

Well, yeah. That would be pricy Dungeon!!! Seriously. I haven't seen one of these on eBay, too.


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Post Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2004 8:16 pm 
 

It seams to me that # 2 - 5 are more rare than #1, Everybody I know has a #1 but #3 and #5 are more elusive.  I have seen # 1 go for about the $20 - $35 range depending on condition.  I remember when Dungeon #1 came out, many of my gamer friends were buying multiple copies of it.  Nobody I know bought multiples of #2 and up :roll:


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Post Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2004 9:23 pm 
 

That is generally the case with most series items. Though the print run on these items were the same, but eventually #1 will star on top.


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Post Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2004 10:16 pm 
 

#3 is in my opnion the hardest to come by...

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Post Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 3:57 am 
 

My understanding is that we had distribution problems with #4 in the UK and hence this is difficult to get hold of over here.  Which is why I bought mine from the USA.  :wink:
  

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Post Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2004 12:36 pm 
 

Thanks for waiting, and, thanks for the bid Grodog and others. It made me feel much better having those from the forum look into my auction.

Unfortunately, I ended this auction this morning because of an outside source giving me an offer I couldn't refuse yesterday: $44.00! I was beginning to feel that this may not climb over $25.00  :(

I have seen the same problem with many of the dungeon magazines as well - #3 through #5 are hard to come by, Blackmoor. I think the ring of truth here is that the maiden voyage of most items, (ie issue #1's), are the chance for the best interviews anbd insights! These will be the crown of the magazine's run. :wink:

BTW: I always bought multiple copies as well...I do have an another extra Dungeon #1, #3 and #4(I think, lemme check) - if anyone would like to trade sometime... :?:

Thanks again all,
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Post Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2004 6:04 pm 
 

Hirward's Task and Trouble at Grogs number among my favorite adventures written in the latter stages of 1e.  If you have copies of those issues, Rick, I'd be happy to trade.

I used to own Dungeon 1-20, but sold all of them when I quit playing D&D upon the release of 2e (and, more importantly in my case, when I discovered Ars Magica!).   In fact, Paul bought many of my oldest Dragons, SRs, my OCE set and supplements, etc., back in 1995 or so, as did Jason Zavoda ;)


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Post Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2004 6:44 pm 
 

I just picked up #1-6, and considering I have 1-3 already, my extras will have to go too.
There are a lot of cases where issues #2+ of a certain magazine are scarcer, simply because people will buy a first issue, decide they don't like/want it, and not buy subsequent issues. Besides, first issues are heavily marketed prior to release.


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