ScketreWhisp® wrote:I doubt she is a member and was only looking to sell off some of her dad's old gaming stuff. I would presume that whoever came to her house, might have bought it all, but who knows. I did suggest that if she has additional RPG stuff to sell, I'd be more than willing to look over photos and help identify the items and suggested she sell them at RPG MarketPlace for a less painful experience...

She has/had a woodgrain for sure, but it sounds like not too much else of note.  FWIW, I didn't recognize the names of her father or the other ex-TSR person she mentioned.

ScketreWhisp® wrote:Aneoth...


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I canceled the auction and sold the item to a gentleman from Wisconsin that came to my home over the weekend. I had 81 questions on the auction, and as I am a flight attendant, and travel often, I am not available to answer them all. A few from one particular ebayer were even abusive telling me I was committing fraud. It was very hurtful as this item was from my late father who never hurt anyone. I am sorry for any confusion and for canceling your bid (if you did bid). Selling on Ebay is a pain in the neck. Regards, Beth

- torchcaller321
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Fascinating...a flight attendant named Beth, mysterious and anonymous dude from Wisconsin, a woody, a rushed and sweaty encounter that ends suddenly and unexpectedly with elements of disappointment and release while in the background abusive interrogation from some suspicious guy from Texas rains down on the whole scene...sounds a lot like a typical weekend back in my youth.

Gnat the Beggar wrote:
How is it possible that the Acaeums list can be 500 percent off on the value of this item?

Good point. I notice this a lot for many items. Is it updating?

Gnat the Beggar wrote:I have noted SMALLER confusion in values, but very seldom more than 50%...
Certainly not 500% or more.

Dont understand where the posters above are getting the data for the values they are posting at well over $125 for this item when the Acaeum shows the value at (MINT) $27....

Not saying its not true....

What are those opinions based on?
Speculation?
Some other Price Guide?
Private Sales?
Actual sales, on E-Bay, or Yahoo, or some other Auction site?
If so, where are the links to all those high dollar sales?

I am not a member of the valuation board, so nothing I say is official, but if I were the valuation board, I would be pretty slow to make changes to the value of items.  I have looked at stated values for items in the past and wondered what in the world is going on, but after watching silliest auction price of the year for a while and watching my own eBay sales dip and soar all over the place, I feel better about what I see.

The bottom line is that an item is worth whatever a person will pay for it at the time and has little to do with what stores sell things for (look at Troll and Toad).  The time of day, the time of year, the brief mention on these threads all influence sales, and we often mention/notice only the really big sales.

I am not defending the valuation board, and I don't even know who they are, but their methods are not as slow as I first thought.  Do I think they could update more often?  Yes.  Are there items I think are way off?  Yes.  But it's still a solid, low-bias resource which I find invaluable.  It's a great place to start and anyone who only uses the Acaeum valuations to determine values in making a mistake.  

And for what it's worth, if the value of your collection is important because of it's monetary value, there's a good chance your collection is owning you more than you are owning it.  Not only that, the more "valuable" your collection, the more likely your identity can get wrapped up in your collection.  Possessions can possess.  I have to watch out for this in my own life, so I am not pointing fingers.  

http://cgi.ebay.com/1970s-Dungeons-Dragons-Reference-Sheets-TSR_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp3286Q2ec0Q2em14QQhashZitem3ca4bd0e79QQitemZ260461891193QQptZLHQ5fDefaultDomainQ5f0QQsalenotsupported




Fifth Print?


Dont know, but they are  OD&D Reference Sheets.


Starting at $9.99




I know several members are looking for these.


Good luck.




Seller also has each book listed seperately for an OD&D Set.    


Perhaps a good move really with no box and each book has issues.


Might get more for them sperately than together?




Seller says he thinks the books are Fifth Print...


Vol. One looks a bit rugged.


Vol. 2 and Vol. 3 are also less than Mint.




Seller has a bunch of other nice stuff...


Has all but Greyhawk of the OD&D Supplements in individual Listings.


and has Chainmail (3rd Edition, 5th print)




An Orange Tegel Manor Booklet L with two other installments (I and J), but no maps....




A 1/3 complete Tac Card set Second Edition. (Has 56 of 140 Cards)




Empire of the Petal Throne box set that (IMO) he grades far higher at VF to NM... than I would


The box is beat to hell and back with 2 torn corners on the box bottom and one side all but totally ripped away for the box top....and stains on the book... etc...


But he posted a LOT of pictures, so you can grade it for yourself...


Nicely done that was.




Crap.... I could be here all night...


This seller has enough stuff listed to make an entire collection.


Some in VN Condition, a few not so much....




http://shop.ebay.com/lurch-deeann/m.html




Go and look for yourself.

Gnat the Beggar wrote:This seller has enough stuff listed to make an entire collection.

http://shop.ebay.com/lurch-deeann/m.html

*g* No less than 1.5 Geoffries? (semi-official unit of collection size)




Had been wondering if/when they'd be back and is more-or-less a year to the day like they say.


Previous purchases from that collection were in pretty good nick IIRC.




d.

Gnat the Beggar wrote:http://cgi.ebay.com/1970s-Dungeons-Dragons-Reference-Sheets-TSR_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp3286Q2ec0Q2em14QQhashZitem3ca4bd0e79QQitemZ260461891193QQptZLHQ5fDefaultDomainQ5f0QQsalenotsupported

Fifth Print?

Dont know, but they are  OD&D Reference Sheets.

Starting at $9.99

I know several members are looking for these.

Good luck.

Yeah, I just put a bid in. Any ideas on worth? Also, are there any real differences in printings? I was under the impression they were pretty random as far as number of pages.

Not on ebay...



















Some old school arcade goodness     Who's got an empty corner in their game room?




http://sudbury.kijiji.ca/c-buy-and-sell-video-games-consoles-Dungeons-Dragons-Tower-Of-Doom-Shadow-Over-Mystara-Arcade-W0QQAdIdZ147700904

There are things I'd like to buy, but when you add in the cost of the item, with the cost of shipping abroad, insurance against damage, needing to inspect the goods prior to shipping overseas, and the cost of the divorce, it all becomes prohibitive.