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Post Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 12:36 pm 
 

For my Dragon Magazine collection... From the late 1980s to mid 1990s.  My basement flooded, and almost all of them were destroyed. I doubt most were worth much, but I enjoyed reading them.  I imagine its relatively easy to replace most of them...right?

  

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Post Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 2:34 pm 
 

Ah; sorry to hear that. :?
Hopefully shouldn't be /too/ difficult to replace, even if it's not quite the same as the ones you originally bought.

If you still prefer paper over the CDs, it shouldn't be much more than $1 each for the middle to end of the run, anyhow; the total price depending on whether the seller is OK to use media mail - some do, some don't, depending on their local post office's interpretation of whether 'zines with old ads can be sent that way.
Aaron (Noble Knight) has 100-150 for $70 and 151-200 for $55, albeit with a "may or may not include inserts" proviso and a couple without covers(?) in the earlier run. Makes a useful benchmark, anyhow.


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Post Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 2:59 pm 
 

Liverpuncher wrote in Light a candle:For my Dragon Magazine collection... From the late 1980s to mid 1990s.  My basement flooded, and almost all of them were destroyed. I doubt most were worth much, but I enjoyed reading them.  I imagine its relatively easy to replace most of them...right?


From that era you should be able to find lots that come in at $1/issue or less.


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Post Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 3:28 pm 
 

Hi,

I've just lost half an entire 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 3.5 ed collection.

Cheers,
KAL


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Post Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 5:20 pm 
 

In hindsight, perhaps my subject line was a bit inappropriate - given the Boston Marathon....

Anyway, thanks for the replies.  I'll investigate some of the leads/ price points you mentioned after I get this mess cleaned up.  Also, best of luck to you verisimilitude - I hope you are able to replace the stuff you loss soon.

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Post Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 5:37 pm 
 

And back: apologies, posted in a hurry earlier on...

Having had a check through the completed sales on eBay, the note I was going to add (but didn't) about allowing a few months for the "right" sale to come through appears to be worth stating.

For example, the following absurdly good looking relisted sale might've given you all the issues you needed to replace yours for around zero total cost if you'd resold the early numbers;  
** expired/removed eBay auction **

There have also been some lowish prices on the CDs as well, recently, which would cover the early gap for reading purposes; e.g.  
** expired/removed eBay auction **
(no external box, but saving $20-30 anyhow).


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Post Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2013 6:49 am 
 

/me *pours a 40, saving the last sip for the fire.*


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Post Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2013 9:38 am 
 

Liverpuncher wrote in Light a candle:For my Dragon Magazine collection... From the late 1980s to mid 1990s.  My basement flooded, and almost all of them were destroyed. I doubt most were worth much, but I enjoyed reading them.  I imagine its relatively easy to replace most of them...right?


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