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Post Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 4:00 pm 
 

Ha! Interesting... well he's already got a $25 bid so I guess he came out ahead. Agreed his manner on here was quite... offputting.  :roll:

  

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Post Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 4:54 pm 
 

So after all that, I'm wondering: What ARE these RPGA pins worth?  Is there a consensus on that?  And are they a collectible thing?

I'm seriously asking out of curiosity, not trying to be a smartazz.


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Post Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 6:35 pm 
 

Agent Cooper wrote in Wanted: RPGA membership pin:So after all that, I'm wondering: What ARE these RPGA pins worth?  Is there a consensus on that?  And are they a collectible thing?

I'm seriously asking out of curiosity, not trying to be a smartazz.


Maybe someone else who's tracked more can chime in. Of the few auctions I managed to save above it seems like if there's a "name" attached to it (TSR employee), it'll go higher (around $55). I'm just guessing $20-25 is where it's at now. Difficult to say nowadays with prices having gone up on other stuff so much like shrink.

  

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Post Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 11:14 pm 
 

About $38, I guess.  I suspect Mr. Franke didn't get what he was hoping for.


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Post Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2016 12:03 am 
 

Probably went higher than it should due the exposure on this site!


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Post Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2016 9:25 am 
 

misterspock wrote in Wanted: RPGA membership pin:
Agent Cooper wrote in Wanted: RPGA membership pin:So after all that, I'm wondering: What ARE these RPGA pins worth?  Is there a consensus on that?  And are they a collectible thing?

I'm seriously asking out of curiosity, not trying to be a smartazz.


Maybe someone else who's tracked more can chime in. Of the few auctions I managed to save above it seems like if there's a "name" attached to it (TSR employee), it'll go higher (around $55). I'm just guessing $20-25 is where it's at now. Difficult to say nowadays with prices having gone up on other stuff so much like shrink.


Did they hand these out at tournaments or did anybody who joined RPGA get one?


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Post Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2016 11:15 am 
 

Agent Cooper wrote in Wanted: RPGA membership pin:
Did they hand these out at tournaments or did anybody who joined RPGA get one?


Membership, at least during the period I was a member. It came with the into pack and the sampler issue of Polyhedron, if I'm remembering right.


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Post Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2016 1:03 pm 
 

TheHistorian wrote in Wanted: RPGA membership pin:
Agent Cooper wrote in Wanted: RPGA membership pin:
Did they hand these out at tournaments or did anybody who joined RPGA get one?


Membership, at least during the period I was a member. It came with the into pack and the sampler issue of Polyhedron, if I'm remembering right.


iirc I got the intro pack, module, pin and membership card (I still have my card :))  all for like $20 or $25.  I think it also included a subscription to polyhedron but that may have been extra


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Post Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2016 11:19 pm 
 

Agent Cooper wrote in Wanted: RPGA membership pin:So after all that, I'm wondering: What ARE these RPGA pins worth?  Is there a consensus on that?  And are they a collectible thing?

I'm seriously asking out of curiosity, not trying to be a smartazz.

Well the dearly departed Joe Franke is of the opinion that his slightly dented one was sweet. Worth?  Well more than you can imagine, seeing as how it's metal and not made of paper, which evidently involves the snorting of cheese.


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