Very fun story  
Now a must-have !

The Collector's Trove wrote:Howdy,




Gary's woodgrain is indeed in the collection and as for original D&D material you are correct to some degree. All of the Greyhawk campaign materials are there and, while not Arneson's seminal 18 page document, it is the very proving grounds of D&D and all of Gygax's development of the game. For example, many of the illustrations drawn by Gygax in the original rules and the Greyhawk Supplement were player handouts for the Greyhawk campaign!

Be patient, there will be more to come.


Futures Bright,

Paul

When this stuff comes up expect some serious bidding action from up north  

xRalphx wrote:
Hey Allan,

did you get this one ?

It was pretty much the only item I was really interested in and I bid, what I thought, was pretty high. Still didn't get it but my bid was placed about 4 hours before auction end.

I bid on a number of items that were under $10 at that time and only one survived.  

Oh well, there's a thousand more items where that came from  

Hey Ralph,

There's still 20 minutes left in the auction for the item.
I tapped out at US$125.00 though

Best regards,
Ronald

Well, that was interesting.


At under 1200 I thot the O B3 went light.

The shrink'd White 5th at 545 is praps just a touch high.  

WoM 405? I had to go to 500 to get the one at GenCon... otoh T&T had one up last month @ 375 BIN and nobody bit. Gary's was only 30 more???

Holmes 3rd shrink for 331? Riiight.

WoG folio 6th shrink, nice, but 330 ? More than double norm...

1e DM screen in shrink is pretty rare, but again, 315 ? Really? (Well maybe; everybody opened 'em. The one Gary used is still in the archives; it comes out for GaryCons.)

The Lankhmar with autographs shoulda gone higher than 203.

Elven dice 203 ? Gary prolly touched 'em (maybe). :/

WoG boxed shrink for 203, again about 3x norm?

otoh the B5A shrink was a steal at 162.5

My two bits anyhow. ::shrug::

ExTSR wrote:Elven dice 203 ? Gary prolly touched 'em (maybe). :/

He certainly used some Q-Workshop dice at some point:  

http://cf.geekdo-images.com/images/pic516268.jpg

=)

Frank, what's your opinion on the M2 with Skip Williams Letter about WG7 Shadowlands?---it sold for $258.05.

kevin mayle wrote:I got the other set of dice for $127.50
Gary ever use those?

Don't mean to offend, and doubtless my attitude is skewed; Gary was a friend.

The thousands of dice that people donated or offered when he passed on
did show that Gygax = Weird Dice to a lot of mundanes, and furthermore that The Master's Dice -- which he actually owned and praps used -- command a premium. I'm sure all these fall into that mindset.

I did personally see him play with the 'crochet dice' sold for far less, btw.

GameTheory wrote:That was my sentimental bid.  It was always my favorite D&D accessory and its now my second copy.  Plus the proceeds going to Gail was part of it too.

We all spend our money on what we wish... and your reasoning is laudable.

Hey, take it to a con that Smarmy attends and open it to show him the pristine booklets. ;> (As a shrinkophile he'd prolly have a heart attack on the spot.) I opened an R1 at LGGC once and three people at the table screamed.

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btw, I may end up reselling some of these items eventually as an auctioneer, so I need to learn what perceptions are affecting values. Post your feelings, buyers! That's how the market gets defined.

Frex, the previous hypothesis of the value of the CoA has been fried pretty good, with various items going for less than $10. imho. Maybe so many items are coming up that the CoA is being rapidly devalued.

Hi,

isn't there supposed to be another Collectors Trove auction at Gencon this year as well?

Cheers,
Malc

rhynne wrote:
There's still 20 minutes left in the auction for the item.

Eh ? I could have sworn the auctions had ended at the time I wrote that.

I need more sleep.