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Post Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2018 10:49 am 
 



Someone found a golden ticket within those books!  Many thanks to Mr. Wonka.
  

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Post Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2018 1:34 pm 
 

Ah, I think I see. It finished with a Best Offer of $25. Private sale. Set it up so high no one in their right mind would bid, then accept a pre-determined offer from a specific buyer.


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Post Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2018 7:46 pm 
 

SimperingToad wrote in New Candidate: Silliest Auction Price of the Year:Ah, I think I see. It finished with a Best Offer of $25. Private sale. Set it up so high no one in their right mind would bid, then accept a pre-determined offer from a specific buyer.



Ahh okay, ya good catch and that makes sense now.

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Post Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2018 11:30 pm 
 


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Post Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2018 10:05 am 
 



Impressive.   8O


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Post Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2018 10:21 am 
 

And here I was thinking that ~300 Euros for a fourth or fifth print basic set without dice and a box in not-too-good shape was way overpriced... The offer of a 1st print for 3900 $ shows that I´m wrong there, apparently.

BASIC SET 1979 AD D 1st EDITION ADVANCED DUNGEONS DRAGONS GUT EHALTEN | eBay
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Post Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2018 2:39 pm 
 

I will readily admit that it is a beautiful copy of a 1st print DM's Screen and love that it is getting the "white glove" treatment. But that's a hell of a price.


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Post Posted: Tue May 01, 2018 7:03 pm 
 

Mister Yuk wrote in New Candidate: Silliest Auction Price of the Year:I will readily admit that it is a beautiful copy of a 1st print DM's Screen and love that it is getting the "white glove" treatment. But that's a hell of a price.

1979 First Edition 1st Print Dungeon Masters Screen 9024 Dungeons Dragons TSR | eBay


As a bonus, it comes with FREE shipping!
  

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Post Posted: Mon May 07, 2018 12:56 am 
 

TM2 THE EASTERN COUNTRIES TRAIL MAP DUNGEONS DRAGONS TSR 9404 2 NEW IN SHRINK | eBay

Marked up about 5x
  

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Post Posted: Mon May 07, 2018 6:19 am 
 



The Eastern map generally goes for $50-$70 USD without shrink ...so given the perceived value of shrink these days, this doesn't sound unreasonable to me.
  

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Post Posted: Mon May 07, 2018 8:54 am 
 

It's 5 times more than the same shrink map that closed auction style a week ago. And you'll never find one sold, shrink or not, more than 75.
  

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Post Posted: Tue May 08, 2018 11:54 pm 
 

Skullhammer wrote in New Candidate: Silliest Auction Price of the Year:


The Eastern map generally goes for $50-$70 USD without shrink ...so given the perceived value of shrink these days, this doesn't sound unreasonable to me.


I agree with Skull. It might never sell (and probably won't sell for that price) but with shrink adding so much to the value of some items, I can easily see a seller trying for the stars on anything they can get their hands on in shrink. The seller can always go back to the item and lower the price later.
That seller, Ingo, has been selling D&D for years. He knows what he's doing and sells stuff all of the time for a lot more than I'm willing to pay - so that doesn't make him wrong.
  

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Post Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2018 2:27 am 
 

Last time I had any of these to sell, they went for about $55 each. Who knew?!?


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Post Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2018 10:55 am 
 

Could be some confusion here on what they have...


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Post Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2018 2:22 pm 
 

All you have to do is search for highest price and there are pages of "silliest prices" right now.


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Post Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2018 3:37 pm 
 

SimperingToad wrote in New Candidate: Silliest Auction Price of the Year:Last time I had any of these to sell, they went for about $55 each. Who knew?!?


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They'd probably go for $100 each now...


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Post Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2018 6:21 pm 
 

As I recall, the original BIN was well into four digits. Looks like they lowered it a bit.


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Post Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2018 11:50 am 
 

I'll gladly sell my copies for $4000 to anyone!!! 8O  8O  8O  8O


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