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Post Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2014 7:44 pm 
 

Nice clean looking small collection - might have a go at this if I was local.


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Post Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2014 4:51 am 
 

For those who missed a similar auction some weeks ago (price is bit higher than the previous one though):


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Post Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2014 6:50 pm 
 

gencon 1976 poster


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Post Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2014 6:49 am 
 

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I think I just missed out on one of these TSR Dungeons & Dragons Poster 8.5" x 34" 1979 at one of the Gen Con auctions in Milwaukee.  Maybe this time I'll be more lucky  :mrgreen:



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Post Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2014 4:13 pm 
 

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Holy mackerel, these posters jumped up since I put them in my watch list!  Ouch.

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Post Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2014 3:31 pm 
 

Big decent looking lot


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Post Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2014 3:36 pm 
 

SoulCatcher78 wrote in Interesting Items Currently on eBay:Big decent looking lot


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Great for someone looking for a bunch of decent play modules, but nothing really stands out.


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JasonZavoda wrote in Interesting Items Currently on eBay:Great for someone looking for a bunch of decent play modules, but nothing really stands out.


I think that translates into, standard 1st Ed D&D stuff that is fairly easy to move and won't have much trouble getting 3X what the lot is currently at.

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Post Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2014 7:11 pm 
 

Mars wrote in Interesting Items Currently on eBay:
JasonZavoda wrote in Interesting Items Currently on eBay:Great for someone looking for a bunch of decent play modules, but nothing really stands out.


I think that translates into, standard 1st Ed D&D stuff that is fairly easy to move and won't have much trouble getting 3X what the lot is currently at.


Really, standard stuff was always a slow and difficult sell on ebay. Has it changed in recent years? Common modules were always readily available.


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Post Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 12:39 pm 
 

JasonZavoda wrote in Interesting Items Currently on eBay:Really, standard stuff was always a slow and difficult sell on ebay. Has it changed in recent years? Common modules were always readily available.


You must be pricing yourself out of the market place.  I have never had any trouble selling ToEE, Desert of Desolation, CM series, D, DA, H, I, M, N, X series stuff.

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Post Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 2:22 pm 
 

Mars wrote in Interesting Items Currently on eBay:
JasonZavoda wrote in Interesting Items Currently on eBay:Really, standard stuff was always a slow and difficult sell on ebay. Has it changed in recent years? Common modules were always readily available.


You must be pricing yourself out of the market place.  I have never had any trouble selling ToEE, Desert of Desolation, CM series, D, DA, H, I, M, N, X series stuff.


ToEE and Desert are probably the high points and both are the low end supermodules. They also need to be complete and undamaged. The DA and H modules don't command the interest that they did years ago. The more sought after X modules aren't in this collection. I'd say most resellers would have multiple copies of most of these modules. You can take a look on ebay and see a dozen or more of most of these up for sale or auction. Unless the condition of these are excellent and complete then this looks to be a bunch of slow selling modules, but if you can move them more power to you.


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Post Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 3:01 pm 
 

Mars wrote:You must be pricing yourself out of the market place.  I have never had any trouble selling ToEE, Desert of Desolation, CM series, D, DA, H, I, M, N, X series stuff.

Praps since JZ considers all these "Worthless Items," that shows in his listings?  :lol: (See thread in Appraisal).

  

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Post Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 3:20 pm 
 

ExTSR wrote in Interesting Items Currently on eBay:
Mars wrote:You must be pricing yourself out of the market place.  I have never had any trouble selling ToEE, Desert of Desolation, CM series, D, DA, H, I, M, N, X series stuff.

Praps since JZ considers all these "Worthless Items," that shows in his listings?  :lol: (See thread in Appraisal).


Depending on condition many of these could be worthless. Many of these modules were produced in quantity back when D&D and AD&D were incredibly popular. I remember the massive liquidation sales from Toy's R Us and later K-B Toy and Hobby and you could wall paper your house with all the low grade copies of TSR modules.

I'm pointing out that the highlights of this collection aren't exactly luminary items while the bulk is common.

I'd just like to see what dollar value these would bring. My own experience says low dollar, slow sales for common items. Mars says different, but I do not see it from scanning ebay. Are these modules all easy $10 or $20 sales?


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Post Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 3:38 pm 
 

These seem to me to be the common items:

A2 -Secret of the Slaver's Stockade (spine damage and 1 ripped corner on module page)
A3 - Assault on the Aerie of the Slave Lords
A4 - In the Dungeons of the Slave Lords
B2 - Keep on the Borderlands (module dust cover is split @ spine)
B3 - Palace of the Silver Princess
B4 - The Lost City
C1 - The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan
C2 - The Ghost Tower of Inverness
CA2 - Swords of Deceit (a Lankhmar Module)
CM1 - Test of the Warlords
CM2 - Death's Ride
CM3 - Sabre River
D1-2 - Descent into the Depths of the Earth
D3 - Vaultof the Drow
EX1 - Dungeonland
FR3 - Empires of the Sands
G1-2-3 - Against the Giants
I1 - Dwellers of the Forbidden City
I2 - Tomb of the Lizard King
I4 - Oasis of the White Palm
I5 - The Lost Tomb of Martek
IM1 - The Immortal Storm
IM2 - The Wrath of Olympus
M2 - Vengeance of Alphaks
N2 - The Forest Oracle
N4 - Treasure Hunt
O1 - The Gem and the Staff
Q1 - Queen of the Demonweb Pits
S1 - Tomb of Horrors
S2 - White Plume Mountain
S3 - Expedition to the Barrier Peaks
S4 - The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth (some spine wear and cover wearing)
T1 -The Village of Hommlet
U1 - The Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh
UK1 - Beyond the Crystal Cave
UK3 - The Gauntlet
X1 - The Isle of Dread (significant spine wear)
X2 - Castle Amber
X3 - Curse of Xanathon
X4 - Master of the Desert Nomads
X6 - Quagmire!
X7 - The War Rafts of Kron
XL1 - Quest for the Hearthstone
The DragonLance Series:
DL1 - Dragons of Despair
DL2 - Dragons of Flame
DL3 - Dragons ofHope
DL4 - Dragons of Desolation
DL5 - Dragons of Mystery
DL6 - Dragons of Ice
DL7 - Dragons of Light
DL8 - Dragons of War
The Complete Priest's Handbook printed 1990
The Rogues Gallery printed 1980
Monstrous Compendium - Greyhawk Adventures Appendix printed 1990
Dungeon Geomorphs printed 1980
AC9 - Creature Catalogue printed 1986
REF4 - The Book of Lairs II printed 1987
Dungeons and Dragons Basic Rulebook printed 1981
Dungeons and Dragons Expert Rulebook printed 1981
Dungeons and Dragons Players Manual printed 1983
Dungeons and Dragons Dungeon Masters Rulebook printed 1983
Dungeons and Dragons Players Companion printed 1984
Dungeons and Dragons Dungeon Masters Companion printed 1984
The Dungeon Master's Guide printed 1979
Monster Manual II printed 1983
Player's Handbook printed 1989
Deities and Demigods printed 1980
Monster Manual printed 1977

These are the uncommon:

CM5- Mystery of the Snow Pearls
CM6 - Where Chaos Reigns
CM8 - The Endless Stair
DA2 - Temple of the Frog
DA3 - City of the Gods
H2 - The Mines of Bloodstone
H3 - The Bloodstone Wars
I7 - Baltron's Beacon
I11 - Needle
X12 - Skarda's Mirror
X13 - Crown of Ancient Glory

Softbound Modules:

I3-5 - Desert of Desolation
T1-4 - The Temple of Elemental Evil
WG7 - Castle Greyhawk

Box Sets:

Kara-tur (like new, opened once, never played all maps, modules etc are glossy!)

The seller says that everything is in great condition. If so you could make more out of both common and uncommon items, but this seems like a workhorse of a collection rather than something you could turnover easily for $600 or so


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Post Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 4:07 pm 
 

Condition is king when it comes to the more common TSR stuff, even older items.  If I have a damaged or handouts/maps missing 1E item they go into my con box for $5 or less apiece.  Excellent condition or SW items from the same era, even commons, will do well. Average condition commons do well in lots or sets.  Generally at this point I don't like to purchase a "common" item unless it's above average condition, pristine/SW, or dirt cheap (say $1 apiece for a worn or used item). Unless you do volume, selling anything on ebay for less than $5 a pop is a mug's game.

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Post Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 4:18 pm 
 

Badmike wrote in Interesting Items Currently on eBay:Condition is king when it comes to the more common TSR stuff, even older items.  If I have a damaged or handouts/maps missing 1E item they go into my con box for $5 or less apiece.  Excellent condition or SW items from the same era, even commons, will do well. Average condition commons do well in lots or sets.  Generally at this point I don't like to purchase a "common" item unless it's above average condition, pristine/SW, or dirt cheap (say $1 apiece for a worn or used item). Unless you do volume, selling anything on ebay for less than $5 a pop is a mug's game.

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This goes for Dragon Mags as well. Several years ago I picked up a collection of pristine Dragon Magazines and they sold very well listed as individual copies where copies with any sort of wear or damage would not sell at all except at bulk dirt cheap prices.


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