Frank Metzer signed Temple of Elemental Evil • Collecting General • The Acaeum

The Acaeum Forums • Collecting General

Frank Metzer signed Temple of Elemental Evil
	Page 1 of 1

Author

timrichter9
Collector

Posts: 7
Joined: May 18, 2009
Last Visit: May 23, 2013

Posted: Thu May 23, 2013 3:40 pm

Hey all-
Was wondering if collectors on this list care if an item is signed. To be frank, I am a player with a small collection of original modules, but certainly do not consider myself a collector. At GenCon 2012, I bought a pair of original T1-4 Temple of Elemental Evil supermodules (with maps) at the GenCon auction room.
I have to liquidate most of my gaming items as my wife is going through chemo and I just got downsized.
Is there any change in value to a used (but VG condition) copy of T1-4 if it is signed by an author? I cannot prove it was signed by him other than my word (since I was standing right there as he signed them).

Thanks for your 0.02.
Tim

mbassoc2003
Grandstanding Collector
Acaeum Donor

Posts: 7050
Joined: Jan 03, 2005
Last Visit: Jul 24, 2026
Location: UK

Posted: Thu May 23, 2013 5:10 pm

Well, Frank is a member here, a regilar visitor when time permits, and given that it was last year, and his name is in the thread title, I'm sure he may be able to corroberate.
Myself, I've never been one for signatures per se, but if something were mint or near mint, and it came signed and authenticated, I'd be willing to pay a premium. In any other condition though, I'd probably only pay over the odds if it were a copy coming from the artist/author's own collection.

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

Mars
Grandstanding Collector

Posts: 6172
Joined: May 03, 2003
Last Visit: Feb 10, 2026
Location: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Posted: Thu May 23, 2013 6:27 pm

It probably won't make much difference in price - Frank is too available, approachable and well ... still alive.

Gygax signed items have seen a bit of rise in price.

ExTSR
Verbose Collector
Acaeum Donor
Valuation Board

Posts: 1945
Joined: May 01, 2004
Last Visit: Aug 07, 2026
Location: Almost Lake Geneva, WI

Posted: Thu May 23, 2013 9:03 pm

Although I've signed a lot, it's all been done in explosive runes.
All my autographs will self-destruct when I expire.

F

dbartman
Sage Collector
Valuation Board

Posts: 2867
Joined: Nov 16, 2002
Last Visit: Aug 06, 2026
Location: Ohio, The land without sun

Posted: Thu May 23, 2013 10:20 pm

Now that's hilarious!

Badmike
Grandstanding Collector
Acaeum Donor

Posts: 8079
Joined: Jun 23, 2003
Last Visit: Jun 24, 2026
Location: DFW TX

Posted: Thu May 23, 2013 10:43 pm

I'd give it a shot, I bet someone out there is willing to overpay for Franks sig!

You gotta remember that as accessible as Frank is, he's only that accessible to those of us who regularly attend conventions, or live in population centers in Illinois or Wisconsin. For most others, a Mentzer signature would be more sought after.

I actually have not one but two T1-4s for Frank to sign in a couple of weeks; one is for my grandson, the other will eventualy go into a future NTRPG con auction (along with another copy we have by Frank already signed).
Mike B.

"THE MORE YOU THINK ABOUT WHY i DONE WHAT i DONE THE MORE i LAUGH" Cougar
"The Acaeum hates fun" Sir Allen
"I had a collecting emergency" Nogrod
Co-founder of the North Texas RPG Con
NTRPGCON

Toric
Active Collector

Posts: 50
Joined: Aug 23, 2006
Last Visit: Jun 23, 2024
Location: Colorado

Posted: Fri May 24, 2013 1:50 am

ExTSR wrote in Frank Metzer signed Temple of Elemental Evil:Although I've signed a lot, it's all been done in explosive runes.
All my autographs will self-destruct when I expire.

F

Now you have me warily gazing at my own signed T1-4, Rules Cyclopedia, Lich Dungeon and Roleplaying Mastery. Here's hoping your expiration date is still many years in the future!

aia
Long-Winded Collector
Valuation Board
Acaeum Donor

Posts: 3906
Joined: Nov 23, 2005
Last Visit: Aug 07, 2026
Location: Italy

Posted: Fri May 24, 2013 5:15 am

ExTSR wrote in Frank Metzer signed Temple of Elemental Evil:Although I've signed a lot, it's all been done in explosive runes.
All my autographs will self-destruct when I expire.

F

I was aware of that and this is the reason i cast a dispel magic on your signed 1E PHB...

stratochamp
Sage Collector

Posts: 2024
Joined: Feb 12, 2005
Last Visit: Jul 04, 2026

Posted: Fri May 24, 2013 11:59 am

you cast dispel magic, but was it successful? that's a high-level casting of the initial explosive runes.....

Shrink is not a condition

ExTSR
Verbose Collector
Acaeum Donor
Valuation Board

Posts: 1945
Joined: May 01, 2004
Last Visit: Aug 07, 2026
Location: Almost Lake Geneva, WI

Posted: Fri May 24, 2013 12:24 pm

Toric wrote:Here's hoping your expiration date is still many years in the future!

That's the trick really... if you hear of my demise and the autograph is still there -- suspect the news.

The Acaeum Forums • Collecting General

Page 1 of 1