Very nice, John!  I've seen other gold RP minis go for $50-ish!

Gold plating, almost certainly.  No idea what karat, though

Cool win, Mars. I was watching that one, but have cut back on spending dramatically... dang it.

Another small press fantasy RPG from the 1980s:  Real Wonders & Tremendous Gambits:

The Rules:
Tome of Treasures :: View topic - Real Wonders & Tremendous Gambits (1987)

Metaphysics (Book of Magic):
Tome of Treasures :: View topic - Real Wonders & Tremendous Gambits Metaphysics (1987)

Nice! I find any rare old cottage RPGs just about impossible to win these days. I think there are a lot out there with deep pokcets that have everything readily available and just fight it our for the strange and rare non-TSR stuff.

Sometimes I waste time doing peculiar searches, but whereas a couple of years ago I would pick up the odd item, now I give up after an hour or so  -- I assume the high rollers are trawling Ebay backwards and forwards and upside down with every odd RPG term conceivable, like big companies with driftnets turning the sea into a desert.

Only solution is to finish this (expletive) degree , get back to work, and then join the high rollers.

However, having just purchased the remaining stock of the Real Wonders & Tremendous Gambits, I do have a few extra copies if anyone is interested.

Count me in on that.

Mars wrote: However, having just purchased the remaining stock of the Real Wonders & Tremendous Gambits, I do have a few extra copies if anyone is interested.

Yep. Interested if not too late. Price is a factor though.  

I think I have a later printing of this one that has a grey/silver cover, but nice find!

I will see if I can find it and it might be different authors.  I remember it is also called Infinity and has the infinity symbol on the cover as well.