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| JamesLowder |
Posted - 10 Apr 2007 : 18:31:00
Hi:
The content of my office has finally achieved critical mass, with the massive mountain of paper and toys and ephemera threatening to collapse in on itself like a black hole. So I'm stalling that Apocalypse by putting some things up on eBay, starting with a couple of items of interest to Realms collectors--a 16-issue lot of Polyhedron magazines, most of which contain Ed Greenwood's Everwinking Eye column; the FR Interactive Atlas CD ROM; and a copy of the elusive Realms newsletter, Secrets of the Sages.
My eBay ID is twilight-court, and the list of current of items can be found here:
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQfrppZ25QQsassZtwilightQ2dcourt
I'll be putting up some other items as I get time.
Cheers,
Jim Lowder |
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| JamesLowder |
Posted - 28 Oct 2007 : 01:40:19
quote:
Originally posted by GMJAh
Bump up for the thread .. I am now a proud owner of the Empires trilogy bookmark, signed by the author of Crusade and also the Ravenloft one, which has the front art from Vampire of the Mists and on the back BnW covers from VotM and, one of my all time favourites, Knight of the Black Rose, also signed by the author of the latter.
Thank you Mr. Lowder!
You're quite welcome!
Cheers,
Jim |
| GMJAh |
Posted - 27 Oct 2007 : 23:56:42
Bump up for the thread .. I am now a proud owner of the Empires trilogy bookmark, signed by the author of Crusade and also the Ravenloft one, which has the front art from Vampire of the Mists and on the back BnW covers from VotM and, one of my all time favourites, Knight of the Black Rose, also signed by the author of the latter.
Thank you Mr. Lowder!
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| The Sage |
Posted - 20 Apr 2007 : 02:35:25
Margaret Weis signed my copy. 
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| Wooly Rupert |
Posted - 20 Apr 2007 : 02:28:30
quote:
Originally posted by The Sage
quote:
Originally posted by JamesLowder
I know there was one for the Dragonlance Meetings books. I ran across one of those around here the other day in a book.
Indeed there is, I've got two of them -- though I think one is actually signed by Tracy Hickman. I'll have to check...
I've got his signature in the old Dragonlance Adventures tome. |
| The Sage |
Posted - 20 Apr 2007 : 00:34:02
quote:
Originally posted by JamesLowder
I know there was one for the Dragonlance Meetings books. I ran across one of those around here the other day in a book.
Indeed there is, I've got two of them -- though I think one is actually signed by Tracy Hickman. I'll have to check...
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| Uzzy |
Posted - 19 Apr 2007 : 19:44:25
I have to echo the remark that a Harper Pin would be a fantastic thing to bring out for the Realms anniversary. In the meanwhile, anyone know of any companies making pins to order?  |
| JamesLowder |
Posted - 19 Apr 2007 : 18:38:41
quote:
Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
I've got the bookmark with Jander Sunstar on it, from Vampire of the Mists... I think it was a freebie, when I ordered Oriental Adventures from the TSR Mail Order Hobby Shop. And I'd have to check, but I'm pretty certain the bookmark has remained in that book for the entire 10+ years I've had it! 
Right. The Ravenloft one has the art from the cover of Vampire of the Mists on it. It promotes the first two Ravenloft novels. I know there was one for the Dragonlance Meetings books. I ran across one of those around here the other day in a book. For the Realms, in addition to the Empires Trilogy bookmark, I recall a Drizzt bookmark, a Maztica bookmark, and a Harpers bookmark, but my memory might be faulty on those.
The bookmarks were given out at Gen Con, at author signings, and sent out with some orders from the Mail Order Hobby Shop, which ran out of the same building as TSR in Lake Geneva.
Cheers,
Jim |
| Wooly Rupert |
Posted - 19 Apr 2007 : 18:07:48
I've got the bookmark with Jander Sunstar on it, from Vampire of the Mists... I think it was a freebie, when I ordered Oriental Adventures from the TSR Mail Order Hobby Shop. And I'd have to check, but I'm pretty certain the bookmark has remained in that book for the entire 10+ years I've had it! |
| JamesLowder |
Posted - 19 Apr 2007 : 17:46:47
quote:
Originally posted by Alaundo
Aye, I'd appreciate scans of the bookmarks  Thank ye, Jim.
I'll try to scan them, or take a photo of both sides, later today. I only have the Empires Trilogy on at hand. Elaine Cunningham might remember if there was a Harpers bookmark (I recall it having the art from Red Magic on it, and listing the first three books on the back). R.A. Salvatore and Doug Niles would be the people to ask about the other two I mentioned.
As for the Empires Trilogy bookmarks, I have about a dozen left. I'll be happy to send them out--one each--to the first twelve people from the Keep here who e-mail me at gawain@execpc.com with a mailing address. If you want it signed, let me know.
Cheers,
Jim |
| Alaundo |
Posted - 19 Apr 2007 : 17:38:48
quote:
Originally posted by JamesLowder
TSR also produced promotional bookmarks in 1990 and 1991 for several different book series. I can verify that one was created for the Empires Trilogy; I can scan that, if you'd like. (I also have the one done for the first two Ravenloft books.) But I believe there were others done for Realms books, too. I might be wrong about this, but I recall a bookmark done for Salvatore's Dark Elf series, one done for the first three Harpers books, and a mark done for the Maztica series.
Finally, there was a 3" by 5" promotional magnet created for the R.A. Salvatore novel, Servant of the Shard.
Cheers,
Jim Lowder
Well met
Aye, i'd appreciate scans of the bookmarks Thank ye, Jim.
I have the magnet also which I managed to get hold of on the time of release |
| Alaundo |
Posted - 19 Apr 2007 : 17:38:14
quote:
Originally posted by JamesLowder
TSR also produced promotional bookmarks in 1990 and 1991 for several different book series. I can verify that one was created for the Empires Trilogy; I can scan that, if you'd like. (I also have the one done for the first two Ravenloft books.) But I believe there were others done for Realms books, too. I might be wrong about this, but I recall a bookmark done for Salvatore's Dark Elf series, one done for the first three Harpers books, and a mark done for the Maztica series.
Finally, there was a 3" by 5" promotional magnet created for the R.A. Salvatore novel, Servant of the Shard.
Cheers,
Jim Lowder
Well met
Aye, i'd appreciate scans of the bookmarks Thank ye, Jim.
I have the magnet also which I managed to get hold of on the time of release |
| JamesLowder |
Posted - 19 Apr 2007 : 17:23:03
I've come across a couple of Realms items that should be added to the promotional or miscellaneous items list over on the Bookshelf:
1993 TSR Master Catalog--Collector's Edition (TSR #9912). This expanded hardcover catalog contains essays introducing TSR's various games and settings, in addition to the product listings for the year. Ed Greenwood wrote a three-page essay on the Realms, "Remembrances of the Forgotten Realms Setting." The essay talks about the creation of the Realms and how the setting has truly become a "shared world."
TSR also produced promotional bookmarks in 1990 and 1991 for several different book series. I can verify that one was created for the Empires Trilogy; I can scan that, if you'd like. (I also have the one done for the first two Ravenloft books.) But I believe there were others done for Realms books, too. I might be wrong about this, but I recall a bookmark done for Salvatore's Dark Elf series, one done for the first three Harpers books, and a mark done for the Maztica series.
Finally, there was a 3" by 5" promotional magnet created for the R.A. Salvatore novel, Servant of the Shard.
Cheers,
Jim Lowder |
| Jamallo Kreen |
Posted - 18 Apr 2007 : 18:42:01
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by turox
Sorry Wooly, I waited until 5 minutes before the auction ended to bid on it. I saw that you were interested and was going to pass on it if someone else bid on it in case that person was you. Hey but look on the bright side. At least you have a girlfriend.
Well, my preferred strategy is to wait as long as possible before bidding, so that there's less opportunity to be sniped. I've been sniped with 2 seconds left, which draws serious vacuum.
I think I missed the end of the auction by like a minute. 
I used to rage futiley about snipers, but I finally tried doing what eBay says to do: I bid as much as I intend to spend right at the first, and if someone outbids me, they will have exceeded what I would have spent, even up to the last half second (and I have lost to snipers with less than a second remaining).
It sounds simplistic, but it really has made me calmer and more relaxed. I only change this methodology if I lose something I intended to spend a lot of money on, when I sometimes reallocate that money as higher maximum bids on items which haven't ended yet.
I have attended many and many a face to face auction, and the strategies used there just don't apply on eBay; pony it all up on your first bid, folks, and then ... just relax. 
(Oh, by the way: you may not want to use this strategy when buying from sellers with low reputations or who are newbies. They may try to screw you by using shills on particularly hot items, and then just re-offer them if their shill accidentally buys it. They're out a few bucks if they miscalculate, but if they do it right they may squeeze you for an extra ten or twenty dollars.)
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| Jamallo Kreen |
Posted - 18 Apr 2007 : 18:40:26
quote:
Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
quote:
Originally posted by turox
Sorry Wooly, I waited until 5 minutes before the auction ended to bid on it. I saw that you were interested and was going to pass on it if someone else bid on it in case that person was you. Hey but look on the bright side. At least you have a girlfriend.
Well, my preferred strategy is to wait as long as possible before bidding, so that there's less opportunity to be sniped. I've been sniped with 2 seconds left, which draws serious vacuum.
I think I missed the end of the auction by like a minute.
I used to rage futiley about snipers, but I finally tried doing what eBay says to do: I bid as much as I intend to spend right at the first, and if someone outbids me, they will have exceeded what I would have spent, even up to the last half second (and I have lost to snipers with less than a second remaining).
It sounds simplistic, but it really has made me calmer and more relaxed. I only change this methodology if I lose something I intended to spend a lot of money on, when I sometimes reallocate that money as higher maximum bids on items which haven't ended yet.
I have attended many and many a face to face auction, and the strategies used there just don't apply on eBay; pony it all up on your first bid, folks, and then ... just relax.
(Oh, by the way: you may not want to use this strategy when buying from sellers with low reputations or who are newbies. They may try to screw you by using shills on particularly hot items, and then just re-offer them if their shill accidentally buys it. They're out a few bucks if they miscalculate, but if they do it right they may squeeze you for an extra ten or twenty dollars.)
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| Dhomal |
Posted - 18 Apr 2007 : 09:56:29
Hello-
yes, a great little idea! I wonder if someone should put the bug in their ear that it would be a nice promo item for the realms anniversary - possibly as a mail-in offer with the purchase of Grand History. :)
Dhomal |
| JamesLowder |
Posted - 18 Apr 2007 : 01:41:55
quote:
Originally posted by Alaundo
I echo Wooly, the Harper pin would surely have gone down VERY well with Realms fans.
I think the best part about the pins would have been that they doubled as a sort of in-game artifact, too.
As part of my pitch I also suggested, among other things, that the pin be used at Gen Con for discounts on Realms novels, or at least Harpers novels, and things like that. I think the company could have really done interesting things with it.
Cheers,
Jim
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| The Sage |
Posted - 18 Apr 2007 : 00:25:33
Indeed. I'm sure we've all encountered the odd magic missile being hurled toward us at one time or another...
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| Alaundo |
Posted - 18 Apr 2007 : 00:20:29
quote:
Originally posted by JamesLowder
By the by, I was looking at the product list here; if I can find my old Realms PR pin, I'll take a picture of that for the site.
Well met
That would be much appreciated, Jim I've been searching for the FR pin for a LONG time, I only ever managed to get the TSR pin (treasured alongside my TSR mug  ). An image for the site would be great, anyway.
I echo Wooly, the Harper pin would surely have gone down VERY well with Realms fans. |
| Wooly Rupert |
Posted - 17 Apr 2007 : 23:26:14
I would love to own a Harper pin! I wish they had made them... |
| JamesLowder |
Posted - 17 Apr 2007 : 22:58:01
Still uncovering stuff here. I put the Kara-Tur trail map up this morning. (I have one of the core Realms trail maps, but drew on that when working on Crusade--that, and a couple other maps, used to hang in my office at TSR.)
I should also be putting some old TSR catalogs up there shortly (circa 1990-1993), along with some promo stuff. The catalogs are cool because they include a lot of rough art and sometimes products that never came out. I might even part with a few extra bound PR copies of a couple of my Realms novels (the versions that were sent out to reviewers before the books were published).
By the by, I was looking at the product list here; if I can find my old Realms PR pin, I'll take a picture of that for the site.
Of course, that promotional Realms logo pin wasn't nearly as cool as the Harpers pins TSR nearly produced. Before the Harpers book line launched, I pitched the idea of creating Harpers pins, like those the group's members wear, for PR use. Management liked the idea. At first, the pins were going to be given away at Gen Con to anyone who bought a couple of Harpers novels. Then the pins were upgraded from PR items and were going to be included in the Harpers boxed set. But when rising production costs forced that product to downsize to a book format--it became Code of the Harpers)--the pin idea was dropped. Too much time had passed for the company to use PR pins to help launch the books, and the bosses were too concerned about costs to include them elsewhere.
It's too bad. That could have been a very nice collector's item.
Cheers,
Jim Lowder |
| Jamallo Kreen |
Posted - 16 Apr 2007 : 20:42:44
Oh! Wouldn't ya just know it!
The juiciest Ravenloft item for sale is still in shrinkwrap, but I already have a copy. Some guy named Monte Somethingorother wrote his name inside the front cover. *sigh* I guess I ought to buy a clean copy....
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| EytanBernstein |
Posted - 12 Apr 2007 : 10:27:46
Ha! I must admit that I do occasionally get something free, but only if it's directly related to what I'm working on (for instance, they sent me the Tome of Magicd an a PDF of Dragon Magic and Complete Mage for the Magic Item Compendium). Normally, I have to go get it like the rest of you. |
| Brenigin |
Posted - 12 Apr 2007 : 02:04:43
You mean they weren't in your Forgotten Realms Designer's Induction Kit, along with a mint-condition copy of everything Realms ever published? |
| EytanBernstein |
Posted - 11 Apr 2007 : 20:23:33
Darn crazy time zone differences! Oh well. I would have liked to have some of those things (not that I really have room for them). |
| boddynock |
Posted - 11 Apr 2007 : 13:55:22
Ravenloft stuff? Can you let us know which material you will sell please? I'm trying to get a full collection of the ravenloft material and I need only a few things yet :-) |
| JamesLowder |
Posted - 11 Apr 2007 : 09:13:58
quote:
Originally posted by Dhomal
I also see you had some Spelljammer stuff, as well as an Al-Qadim lot. Pretty cool.
I may be putting up some Ravenloft material shortly, too, as well as some other RPG material (Dragon mags, GURPs, etc), as well as some comics and the like.
Cheers,
Jim Lowder |
| JamesLowder |
Posted - 11 Apr 2007 : 09:06:58
quote:
Originally posted by turox
I hope it isn't too much to ask but is there any chance you could sign a couple of them for me? I try to never pass up an opportunity to get an autograph when it presents itself.
Sure. Thanks for asking.
Cheers,
Jim Lowder |
| Dhomal |
Posted - 11 Apr 2007 : 05:43:12
Hello-
Well - by the time I saw this - the Poly's were gone! :)
I have the atlas on watch. I'd like to gte one - but I have to watch costs. :)
I also see you had some Spelljammer stuff, as well as an Al-Qadim lot. Pretty cool.
Dhomal |
| Wooly Rupert |
Posted - 11 Apr 2007 : 05:34:11
quote:
Originally posted by turox
Sorry Wooly, I waited until 5 minutes before the auction ended to bid on it. I saw that you were interested and was going to pass on it if someone else bid on it in case that person was you. Hey but look on the bright side. At least you have a girlfriend.
Well, my preferred strategy is to wait as long as possible before bidding, so that there's less opportunity to be sniped. I've been sniped with 2 seconds left, which draws serious vacuum.
I think I missed the end of the auction by like a minute. |
| turox |
Posted - 11 Apr 2007 : 05:16:25
Sorry Wooly, I waited until 5 minutes before the auction ended to bid on it. I saw that you were interested and was going to pass on it if someone else bid on it in case that person was you. Hey but look on the bright side. At least you have a girlfriend. |
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