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Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2021 1:12 pm

Maybe someone could reach out to the guys that founded GW and see if they know which came first, and the tale behind the reprint?
I don't think I've ever seen a NM copy of that particular book. If there has been one, or is one in a collection, maybe someone could share a photo.
IIRC, the copy I had was a black cover (as opposed to dark blue) with a plain back cover with nothing printed on it at all.
Has there been a direct side by side comparison between the two editions?

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

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Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2021 7:21 pm

I have not seen one of these in a really long time. Any thoughts on the price?

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Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2021 12:47 am

In the Acaeum records there are two sales: feb.2019, oct.2020... both ended in the range of 50 bucks...

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Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2021 4:20 am

I haven’t seen a GW Basic book in NM condition. Would love to find one. Decent copies go for circa £200 IIRC. I’m looking for a good copy. This one is too beat up for me.

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Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2021 4:46 am

Sardan wrote in Interesting Items Currently on eBay:I haven’t seen a GW Basic book in NM condition. Would love to find one. Decent copies go for circa £200 IIRC. I’m looking for a good copy. This one is too beat up for me.

The funny thing is, in my experience with the people I knew, back in the day we all had US copies. I never knew the UK GW edition existed until I started reading Acaeum.
In the same vein, there were a lot of softcover MMs on games tables, but most of the PHs were hardcover. Just my recollections from a youth spend playing way too much D&D this side of the pond. I wonder if this plays out in the frequency with in which softcover MMs and softcover PHs come up for sale?

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Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2021 2:29 pm

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seems interesting. Seller claims typed letter of provenance can be typed. Not worth much (??) but fits the bill for this thread I'd say.

EDIT: Oh the seller has heaps of other things from what seems the estate sale.

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Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2021 3:35 pm

He's got a Battletech Behemoth mini. That should go for a lot.

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Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2021 9:21 pm

James Ward original manuscript for Deities and Demigods

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Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2021 10:09 pm

Improv wrote in Interesting Items Currently on eBay:James Ward original manuscript for Deities and Demigods

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That is a crazy item. Good luck people!

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Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2021 10:24 pm

Any guesses on how high that manuscript goes for?

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Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2021 10:29 pm

Mordenkainen wrote in Interesting Items Currently on eBay:Any guesses on how high that manuscript goes for?

Already at $10,000.

Personally I would love to see a version with markup by Gary.

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Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2021 10:51 pm

Improv wrote in Interesting Items Currently on eBay:Already at $10,000.

I really do not understand the bidding strategy of coming right out the gates with big bids like this. What is the thinking here?

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Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2021 10:56 pm

Mordenkainen wrote in Interesting Items Currently on eBay:Any guesses on how high that manuscript goes for?

If someone wakes up the old time D&D'er who handles purchases at the Library of Congress... Quite high I am figuring...

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Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2021 11:01 pm

Mordenkainen wrote in Interesting Items Currently on eBay:
I really do not understand the bidding strategy of coming right out the gates with big bids like this. What is the thinking here?

Me neither... Wouldn't you want to snipe it at the end? Then again, this is a different echelon of buyers we are talking about here.

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Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2021 11:12 pm

Sir Kill Alot wrote in Interesting Items Currently on eBay:
Me neither... Wouldn't you want to snipe it at the end? Then again, this is a different echelon of buyers we are talking about here.

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Could be that these won't seem that big compared to the final price. Potential here for the highest sold D&D item?

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Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2021 11:24 pm

Sir Kill Alot wrote in Interesting Items Currently on eBay:
Me neither... Wouldn't you want to snipe it at the end? Then again, this is a different echelon of buyers we are talking about here.

There is a certain logic that a large upfront bid will scare off smaller bidders. Seen it used at housing auctions. Most of the time just drives up the price, benefiting the seller.

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Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2021 11:25 pm

Grug Greyskin wrote in Interesting Items Currently on eBay:
Could be that these won't seem that big compared to the final price. Potential here for the highest sold D&D item?

What is the highest to date?

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Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2021 11:48 pm

I believe the highest recorded auction price for a D&D item was for a 1st Printing woodie that sold for $22,100.

There was another 1st printing woodie that sold for $20,100.

The next highest sale price was for a Jade Hare w/ cover for $18,600.

This one-of-a-kind manuscript will likely exceed these prices. It should be unique. The only one that exists.

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