http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 84171&rd=1

This is so obviously a shill auction that my 3 year old would laugh if I showed him.

cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&a ... RK:MEDW:IT

You gotta be kidding me.  Sure, it's signed and all.  Either that or I really shouldn't have tossed the mint one I had a few years back...

Looking at the bid history, you can see that endzone04 pumped tosattearp all the way to $105.  Without endzone04, the item would have sold for about $7.

It's very possible that I'm suffering from fuzzy memory, but I don't think mine was signed.  I picked it up cheap (~$5) several years back, and sold it cheaper when I needed rent money.

WD #1 : $111 for a "Good" copy.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 5915979105

More than starting to push credibility price-wise, IMHO. (*desists from saying "crazy"*).

"Good", not "Excellent", or "Mint"... Heh... If my eyes don't decieve me, this one's possibly a bit grubby, edgeworn, slightly wrinkled, corner creased/worn, etc...
Does it pay for a seller not to provide too large/good an illustrative pic?
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Personally, given a choice between that copy and my "second run" copy which is laminated and thus A1-crispy-mint in appearance, I'd stick with mine despite what a purist collector's grading schema might indicate.

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Well; hopefully my copy of Wyrm's Footnotes #1 from the same vendor will prove to be better! (n.b. "Excellent", not "Good").
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 5915375172
(and certainly much better value for money, I think, despite "pushing out the boat", yet again... Was never gonna be "cheap" and has been on my "wish list" for a long, long, long time).

-- And I could buy "hundreds" of "other" White Dwarfs for that kinda money. *lol*.

d.

(and whilst on WD; this one is crazy!)

#72 "Talisman Expansion In White Dwarf No.72 / 1985 RAR(E?)"

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 5916234116

$40 & sold...  

(would they have paid more if it wasn't for that crease, I wonder?)

C'mon they can't be serious. It can't be THAT rare, not even closely. A true candidate for the silliest auction price of the year.

PS: We should name a few nominees and run a poll for the silliest auction price.

improvstone wrote:No , it is true that I rushed those last night ... however in my defence I never expected them to have that much interest.  When the bids were set the prices were far more reasonable eg around GBP$5.  At least I didn't go for #1 at GBP$91.

Possibly a better copy than my better one. But still very heavy money, IMHO.

Hey, we've both been stung a bit recently, no?

improvstone wrote:I see you were spending big last night as well...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 00415&rd=1

The heavy use and occassional coffee stain on that one worried me a little.

M.

*nods*. Me, too... but I was looking for a set for my brother after the browsing and later oblique references I got when he was here, last.
Had originally set £125ish limit, but upped that by £20 when I got a near-perfect mesh with other recent "bulk purchases" from #37 upwards, and this morning by another £30 when I found out I'd been burnt badly by another auction. Came in right on the limit, and was probably somewhat OTT, IMHO. [ed: two other last-minute snipes within £20-odd helps, though]

(However, after seeing the latest prices, perhaps not too bad compared with purchase on an issue-by-issue basis; even with the stated condition disclaimers! Will see...).

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Hey; and no comment from yourself on:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 5916531510 , then? (aside from "Arrgh!" -- and likewise here).

d.

Ralf Toth wrote:C'mon they can't be serious. It can't be THAT rare, not even closely. A true candidate for the silliest auction price of the year.

PS: We should name a few nominees and run a poll for the silliest auction price.

Now that sounds like an amusing idea.
(Although unfortunately I'm on the "nominations list" at least once, I suspect).

Any booby prizes for the "lucky" winners?