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Post Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2018 10:05 am 
 

Now, if I could only translate this luck to my dice... ;-)

  


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Post Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2018 9:33 pm 
 

$825


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Post Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2018 11:02 pm 
 

Whew, this is a tough one.  I'll go with $1000-$1250

  

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Post Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2018 11:21 pm 
 

Nice one - $900

Damn, that guy has a buttload of shrink games.

  

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Post Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2018 3:34 pm 
 

Tszii wrote in Place your bets!!!:$825


** expired/removed eBay auction **


$1060


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Post Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2018 5:48 am 
 

Some people are mesmerized by the shrink!  :lol:  ... it may well go over USD 1,000 ... madness I say !! Even shrinked boxes can have mould or mildew inside after years of temperature changes.


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Post Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2018 7:59 am 
 

There is no way to know if this is a 4th or 5th print is there?

  

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Post Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2018 3:57 am 
 

Tszii wrote in Place your bets!!!:There is no way to know if this is a 4th or 5th print is there?


No, you have to assume it's the most likely thing (5th print). But there is a possibility that it will be the 4th print still in shrink that hasn't been confirmed yet or a 5th print box with 6th print books that is referred to in the description for the 5th print Box Set on here.

The best part is whoever wins will be paying a premium for this and then will have to compromise what made it extra valuable to know for certain if it is anything other than a 5th print. Anyone have see through cardboard scroll they can spare?  :D

  

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Post Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2018 4:15 am 
 

I was at a local Auction not long ago that had a similar situation. The auction had dozens of unopened boxes of Football Trading Cards. They were going for what they normally do (not much) until one came up and the bidding exploded on it. The collectors there knew that box had the possibility of containing a $500 card, or maybe even more than one. I think I remember them saying it was a John Elway rookie card, but my memory might be off. A couple of other higher dollar cards came out in that series too, if what one of the bidders was telling me was accurate. I think that box went for $200 or so.
I kept thinking at the time. You know if you open up all the packs and that card is not in there - you've established a low value on it. But keep it closed and it always has an inflated value just on a possibility of high value.

  

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Post Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2018 8:45 am 
 

A few years ago I bought about 3 sw Rappan Athuks, part of the fun was the mysterious Golden Ticket that may have been inside. Never did tear any open, the odds were long, but who knows?


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Post Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2018 12:52 pm 
 

Thunderdave wrote in Place your bets!!!:A few years ago I bought about 3 sw Rappan Athuks, part of the fun was the mysterious Golden Ticket that may have been inside. Never did tear any open, the odds were long, but who knows?


Look on the bright side - Schrödinger's Cat thinks (or doesn't think) that you have a 100% chance that it's in there.

  


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Post Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2018 1:16 pm 
 

red_bus wrote in Place your bets!!!:Some people are mesmerized by the shrink!  :lol:  ... it may well go over USD 1,000 ... madness I say !! Even shrinked boxes can have mould or mildew inside after years of temperature changes.

Which is of course the reason one should only be willing to overpay from a known commodity that has stored their things well.

Original Shrink is not a condition, it merely indicates all contents are present and unmarked.

Rewrapped items are anathema and should be opened immediately for the very reason red bus wrote.

my two cents.


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Post Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2018 8:59 pm 
 

Thunderdave wrote in Place your bets!!!:A few years ago I bought about 3 sw Rappan Athuks, part of the fun was the mysterious Golden Ticket that may have been inside. Never did tear any open, the odds were long, but who knows?


I think about that too whenever I see a Box of Grenadier AD&D "Solid Gold Line" Minis in shrink. Small chance it might have one of the coveted Gold Plated figures in it. A chance too, it's a box full of Lead Rot by now (yuck).

  
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