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Brian2112
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Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2015 9:52 am

Has anyone seen this 'gem' yet?

Advanced Dungeons and Dragons 1st Ed Players Handbook V RARE Hardback 1978 | eBay

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Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2015 10:02 am

Shoot, you just beat me to it. I was just going to post this one...

Love the A. D. & D. part.

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Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2015 2:09 pm

Cute, but optimistic! :)
Better binding than the original UK edition, fine copies of which go way more cheaply than they should IMO, relatively speaking. Well, compared with the following from the same seller's sold list;

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"good condition of books, just some damages to boxes. Dieces included."

:?

And the (obligatory nowadays?) $30+ somewhat roughed-up Rahasia.

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Posted: Mon May 04, 2015 10:24 am

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Posted: Mon May 04, 2015 1:26 pm

Brian2112 wrote in Old Candidates: Silliest Auction Prices of the Year:Has anyone seen this 'gem' yet?

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I spotted this on Ebay earlier this morning and I wondered if this was an authentic item? I have a 1st print of the AD&D PHB and it looks nothing like this book? What is this?

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Posted: Mon May 04, 2015 3:26 pm

Zeus wrote in Old Candidates: Silliest Auction Prices of the Year:
Brian2112 wrote in Old Candidates: Silliest Auction Prices of the Year:Has anyone seen this 'gem' yet?

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I spotted this on Ebay earlier this morning and I wondered if this was an authentic item? I have a 1st print of the AD&D PHB and it looks nothing like this book? What is this?

It is just a re-bound book

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Posted: Mon May 04, 2015 11:44 pm

Wow:
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Even for NKG, this is nuts.

Mine was already in my sell pile... so if someone wants one at 75% off that price, it's yours! :D

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Posted: Sun May 10, 2015 7:05 am

TheHistorian wrote in Old Candidates: Silliest Auction Prices of the Year:Wow: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Die-Cast-Games-Insidious-1st-Printing-SC-EX-/361284056879?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item541e35372f

Even for NKG, this is nuts.

Mine was already in my sell pile... so if someone wants one at 75% off that price, it's yours! :D

Agreed. I'd take 25%.

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Posted: Sun May 10, 2015 2:08 pm

Chainsaw wrote in Old Candidates: Silliest Auction Prices of the Year:
TheHistorian wrote in Old Candidates: Silliest Auction Prices of the Year:Wow: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Die-Cast-Games-Insidious-1st-Printing-SC-EX-/361284056879?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item541e35372f

Even for NKG, this is nuts.

Mine was already in my sell pile... so if someone wants one at 75% off that price, it's yours! :D

Agreed. I'd take 25%.

me too...

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Posted: Fri May 22, 2015 1:13 am

I assume this is a rather silly price, but I also don't know pricing on Dragontooth that well:
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Posted: Fri May 22, 2015 10:15 pm

Allan, $1K is a silly price indeed. I went back through some of my Lead Market Reports, and it seems like $100-$200 is a fair price for some City of Magic sets. A few that were in pristine condition, 100% complete, etc brought $300+ here and there. But a grand is just crazy silly. In my opinion.

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Posted: Sat May 23, 2015 3:33 pm

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To top it all off, read the description. Pretty funny!!

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Posted: Sat May 23, 2015 5:05 pm

I was going to post several things, but realized that they're from the Holmes collection, only priced 2x-5x what I'd pay.
So I don't want to bash a fellow member. Y'all make up your own minds. :)
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Posted: Sat May 23, 2015 6:12 pm

ExTSR wrote in Old Candidates: Silliest Auction Prices of the Year:I was going to post several things, but realized that they're from the Holmes collection, only priced 2x-5x what I'd pay.
So I don't want to bash a fellow member. Y'all make up your own minds. :)
See link in Ads.

All that stuff is overpriced I don't care who owned it!

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Posted: Mon May 25, 2015 7:10 pm

Zenfinite wrote in Old Candidates: Silliest Auction Prices of the Year:
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To top it all off, read the description. Pretty funny!!

Zen

Yeah, but free EXPEDITED SHIPPING and you get a free Dungeon Masters Guide OR a free Players handbook.
Sheesh, some people... ;)

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Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2015 10:28 pm

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Available now from Die Cast Games: Night of the Black Swords by Allen Hammack (Author of C2-The Ghost Tower of Inverness) with artwork by Jeff Easley and Diesel.

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Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2015 7:41 pm

burntwire brothers wrote in Old Candidates: Silliest Auction Prices of the Year:
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These would go well with the $5000+ DMG in the other thread

( Aristotle's DMG on ebay for $5500 )

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Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2015 2:02 pm

These are funny, but I suspect are just typos. Years ago I accidentally put a comma in a bid instead of a dot and it took the whole number as my bid in whole pounds. Possibly that's what's happened here. The books may have been intended to be listed at $23.99. But I guess that doesn't explain the $5,000 DMG because if you meant $50 you wouldn't type $50.00.

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