When it comes to Traveller collecting, I am a mere amateur.

[philmophlegm]

Nothing about collecting Traveller material will ever shock me again.



'The Imperium Staple' was a pretty obscure, but well-regarded Traveller fanzine published in the late 1980s.

Issues 1-10 came up on eBay this week. Obviously, I put bids in on each one.

I was the highest bidder with a day to go on all of them.

I didn't win any.

I didn't come close.

These are photocopied 16 page amateur fanzines. Can you guess how much they went for boys and girls?





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Issue 1: $192.50
Issue 2: $172.50
Issue 3: $167.50
Issue 4: $172.50
Issue 5: $172.50
Issue 6: $172.50
Issue 7: $172.50
Issue 8: $107.50
Issue 9: $157.50
Issue 10: $169.50

Total for all ten issues: US$1,657.00

That's $10.35 per photocopied page.

Comments

[parrot-knight.livejournal.com]

That's a lot more than I've seen a Doctor Who fanzine go for.

Join the ranks of the comprehensively beaten! ^^

[(Anonymous)]

*spots journal in passing*

Heh; and I thought $566.99 for High Passage #1 back last May (to madmaksid) was bad. (On second thoughts, that was a bit, too... almost tempted to start selling given that price!)

Crazy sales there in that batch, all told; not just in Traveller.
$202.50 for Sorceror's Apprentice #1 ( http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350016369067 ) vs. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=370008000934 , say. Strange how these things work?

Happy hunting,
David/harami2000

Re: Join the ranks of the comprehensively beaten! ^^

[philmophlegm.livejournal.com]

I'm missing High Passage 1 as well (need it to complete the High Passage / Far Traveller set), but $566.99 is too rich for me!

Still at least HP was a proper magazine, not a photocopied fanzine like Imperium Staple. Jeez...


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