These guys mean business

Settembrini · August 02, 2007, 07:02:59 AM

http://cgi.ebay.com/A-BIG-BOX-OF-WARGAMES-SPI-GDW-PWG-AH-WE-ETC_W0QQitemZ200135378963QQihZ010QQcategoryZ2537QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting

Zachary The First · August 02, 2007, 08:25:37 AM

That's an awesome collection.

Keith · August 02, 2007, 08:32:56 AM

Now there is someone who does not fuck around with his war games.

Vadrus · August 02, 2007, 08:48:30 AM

?? What's so impressive, I have a bigger pile of rpgs next to my bed than that lot, and of course the other 10 bankers boxes full, shelves, book case and overspill into the back bedroom....

Vadrus

Settembrini · August 02, 2007, 08:51:29 AM

I was referring to the bidders. They are not like the RPG wusses.

Vadrus · August 02, 2007, 09:59:52 AM

Quote from: SettembriniI was referring to the bidders. They are not like the RPG wusses.

Didn't a set of original D&D go for more than double that on ebay recently?

I just looked and can't find the link though, so I could well have been hallucinating again.

Vadrus

Pierce Inverarity · August 02, 2007, 12:26:59 PM

I'm just glad I don't really have a fetish for wargames. In one of his rpg.net columns, Marcus of Titan Games talked about his best customer, nickname "Number One." Number One would buy wargames for $400 a month.

Settembrini · August 03, 2007, 03:07:39 AM

I once met two old wargames geezers at Essen, when there still was two or three SPI hoards.
They paid 1000 DM for a game they knew was unplayable, but well researched.

Sadly, I must confess I only came to this auction because I was planning to spend money on some of Chadwicks treasures...maybe I should not go that way.

But third world war looks so sweet!
And I actually played it, it was a BLAST (albeit tactical nuclear)!

beeber · August 05, 2007, 12:00:50 PM

7 hours to go, price is $2850.00. i think that's past what the d&d auction finished at.

will this break 3K?

beeber · August 05, 2007, 05:19:58 PM

and with under 2 hours remaining, the 3K mark has been broached.

currently at $3100.62

those 62 cents, them's the bank-breakers :rolleyes:

stu2000 · August 05, 2007, 06:09:45 PM

I noted a few unpunched SPI games in that lot. Those are getting scarser every day.

beeber · August 05, 2007, 08:30:32 PM

aaand. . . done!

last minute rush brings the final price to $3456.76

arminius · August 05, 2007, 09:01:55 PM

I'm sure the bulk of the price is from those few SPI monsters, especially unpunched, the rest are going to be resold. And it's a lot easier to buy a lot like this, made up of items whose values are probably well established through previous auctions, and not feel like a chump, than dropping a couple G's on a single rarity.

beeber · August 05, 2007, 09:40:48 PM

true, it does seem to be a sensible buy. wish i could plunk down 3K for gaming stuff!