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Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2022 12:42 am

ashmire13 wrote in New Candidate: Silliest Auction Price of the Year:This seller has several items priced very high at the moment

How fair do you think the price is on this white box identified as a 'Collector's Edition'?
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That is, how much should condition affect the price in a market where prices have risen so dramatically? Are all of our trashed & previously unsalable items now worth crazy money in an already crazy market?

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Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2022 6:59 am

He also has an item listed for $10k. I was just highlighting he has a few high priced items for sale, not saying they were unrealistic or not.

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Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2022 7:43 am

ashmire13 wrote in New Candidate: Silliest Auction Price of the Year:A fool and his money…

Surely this is true...today. Way things are going it might not be so a few years, or even months, from now.

This thread's title still holds but what 'silliest' is has become a moving target,

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Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2022 10:15 am

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

How fair do you think the price is on this white box identified as a 'Collector's Edition'?
** expired/removed eBay auction **

That is, how much should condition affect the price in a market where prices have risen so dramatically? Are all of our trashed & previously unsalable items now worth crazy money in an already crazy market?

WD1 $650. Dragon1 $1750

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All seems a bit heavy to me, even in the current market trend

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Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2022 1:42 am

A $75.00 Buy It Now for a rubbed-smooth copy of the commonest of Grenadier AD&D Gold Box miniatures, the Wight from the Tomb of Spells box, described here by a hopeful but clueless seller as an

grenadier ogre troll storm cloud giant goblin 1980 WIGHT Miniature D&D fig Ad&d!


	$55.00 (fixed price) Buy It Now

	Seller: ghelderode

"Here honey, I bought you one of those Storm Giants you want! Bit small, isn't it?"

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Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2022 3:51 am

That's because its an ogre troll storm cloud giant goblin - a cross between an ogre and a goblin, trolling players by dressing up as a storm cloud giant.

This week I've been mostly eating . . . The white ones with the little red flecks in them.

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Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2022 8:57 am

That's some serious lead rot!

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Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2022 9:15 am

Looks like someone carved fingers onto a walnut.

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Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2022 5:21 am

It looks a lot like a cloud.

Ive never seen a cloud mini before - maybe thats why its so valuable

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Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2022 6:10 am

It could just as easily be an Ent if it were painted green. You could have it walk through town giving apples out to all the kids.

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Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2022 1:27 pm

I take back what I said about the seller being clueless. Looking at their offerings, they're selling a lot of common '80s miniatures in mediocre or worse condition for $45-$75 a pop, all under similar keyword-spam titles. I guess this is just the way they do business. :roll:

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Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2022 5:54 pm

What happened to these miniatures? Almost every miniature the seller has listed look like they were sandblasted, then painted with a latex house paint!

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Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2022 4:28 am

I've not looked at the others, but I'm beginning to suspect the ogre troll storm cloud giant goblin isn't made from lead.
I think they had their grandfather's balls stuffed and painted those.

This week I've been mostly eating . . . The white ones with the little red flecks in them.

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Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2022 5:12 am

mbassoc2003 wrote in New Candidate: Silliest Auction Price of the Year:I've not looked at the others, but I'm beginning to suspect the ogre troll storm cloud giant goblin isn't made from lead.
I think they had their grandfather's balls stuffed and painted those.

This would actually be worth $70 to someone though. Real life balls!

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Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2022 8:02 pm

mbassoc2003 wrote in New Candidate: Silliest Auction Price of the Year:It could just as easily be an Ent if it were painted green. You could have it walk through town giving apples out to all the kids.

Or a piece of shit if you painted it brown.

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Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2022 5:03 am

This week I've been mostly eating . . . The white ones with the little red flecks in them.

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Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2022 8:20 pm

This is a tad high...

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Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2022 12:52 am

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Can anyone explain me why on earth there is someone bidding up to nearly 60 bucks for a book that he could get new for 26$ here: DriveThruRPG.com

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