Have to agree with Jason here.
That price was really high for the set NOT including the Paper cover thingy.

I purchased a copy of Dark and Hidden Ways for $15 a few weeks ago.
And got Wild Things a few weeks prior for $12...
And BOTH of them were in NM condition.
That copy of DaHW looks like someone had been using it for swatting flies....
And the DSG looks pretty worn out too.
The DSG and the WSG can be bought on E-Bay for around $5 each almost any week.

Last week the same seller sold a 144 page Dieties and Demigods book that was mearily in very good condition for $66....
Lisa is getting some very high prices for the stuff she is listing.

Gnat the Beggar wrote:Have to agree with Jason here.
That price was really high for the set NOT including the Paper cover thingy.

I purchased a copy of Dark and Hidden Ways for $15 a few weeks ago.
And got Wild Things a few weeks prior for $12...
And BOTH of them were in NM condition.
That copy of DaHW looks like someone had been using it for swatting flies....
And the DSG looks pretty worn out too.
The DSG and the WSG can be bought on E-Bay for around $5 each almost any week.

Last week the same seller sold a 144 page Dieties and Demigods book that was mearily in very good condition for $66....
Lisa is getting some very high prices for the stuff she is listing.

The DSG and WSG that came with the sets are actually different than the ones readily available on the stands.  The books that came with Wild Things and  Dark and Hidden Ways have the UPC code struck out with a black line or cross.  

I am just pointing thios out that the UPC codes struck out should be worth a few dollars more than the ones without.

Blackmoor wrote:

The DSG and WSG that came with the sets are actually different than the ones readily available on the stands.  The books that came with Wild Things and  Dark and Hidden Ways have the UPC code struck out with a black line or cross.  

I am just pointing thios out that the UPC codes struck out should be worth a few dollars more than the ones without.

A magic marker?




Here is a DaHW ending in 7 hours at $16.50




http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=370225295393




$50 for a worn out DSG and a thrashed DaHW is too much, marked or not.


Besides nothing in that Listing said the DSG was original with the DaHW, and it did not mention the mark either.




I could frankestien that set together right now...... not mention the Blacked out UPC code (Or mark it myself) and only a few folks would know the difference.

Grug Greyskin wrote:I don't think any serious collector would consider these a "set" unless they were shrinkwrapped.

I haven't seen many of these in shrink lately....

Grug Greyskin wrote:Whoever spent $50 on that earlier auction is a fool.

Ouch!  Thankfully, wasn't me but perhaps an uninformed buyer rather than a fool.  I've seen that buyer's Ebay ID on a few other shrink auctions.  Anyone know who it is?

smarmy1 wrote:I haven't seen many of these in shrink lately....  

And hence they would go for a pretty good price, maybe as high as $150-200.

Grug Greyskin wrote:but as was pointed out, a beat up DSG can be had for around $5, and the Dark and Hidden ways was not in great shape.  The buyer paid at least 2 times more than they had to.

The DSG's are very cheap and I think the buyer paid way too much; however, someone stumbling across this site will find the following valuations:

Dark & Hidden Ways (with DSG) Aug 9 04 4 $25  $45  $60  $75  $90  $100   
Dark & Hidden Ways (without DSG) Aug 9 04 4 $9  $16  $21  $26  $32  $35  

Now, these values are certainly much higher than I would expect and have not been updated in 5 years.  For someone just getting back into collecting and using the values as a guide without watching ebay auctions, the price paid may have seemed reasonable.  When I started collecting again, I know I was guilty of the same behavior.

And yes, I would love my own copies in shrink.

Here's an OCE set with a box that's only ok...

Seller also has a Warlocks and Warriors game




** expired/removed eBay auction **

misterspock wrote:

Are you referring to this one?


** expired/removed eBay auction **


The buyer hasn't stepped forward ... yet. It shows up on my account as "4***n" with a total of 194 feedback.

Nice wins for someone.

smarmy1 wrote:Nice wins for someone.

Could have asked for a slightly higher BIN, though.

@Grug: *nods* Even $250+ wouldn't have been too much of a surprise.