DoctorEncore | 3,691 Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 (edited) My poor memory strikes again! Updated 16 Dec 2019. I'm not known for having a great memory, but I believe just before NA closed down, there was a member looking to purchase a particular Dragon Warrior II poster. I don't believe anyone could figure out where it can from but it is promotional in nature. I tried my best to use Google and GoCollect to search for the thread, but I just could not find it. Well, Mystery Man, I hope you migrated to VGS. NOT MY AUCTION. https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F362622819329 Godspeed. Edited December 16, 2019 by DoctorEncore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,774 Administrator · Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 Must... Resist... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austin532 | 467 Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 No H-Seam so probably a re-wrap. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorEncore | 3,691 Posted December 13, 2019 Author Share Posted December 13, 2019 Legit or not, it's gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snk2d4ever | 96 Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 Yeah, didnt look legit. Also, that member was offering 1500$ for DW3. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonebone | 1,307 Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 That was an obvious reseal. It would have been gone in minutes otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorEncore | 3,691 Posted December 14, 2019 Author Share Posted December 14, 2019 34 minutes ago, snk2d4ever said: Yeah, didnt look legit. Also, that member was offering 1500$ for DW3. Okay, I thought it was 4. 31 minutes ago, jonebone said: That was an obvious reseal. It would have been gone in minutes otherwise. Yeah, I realized after I posted. Still in nice condition and sold in just a couple hours. It was posted right before I made the thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorEncore | 3,691 Posted December 16, 2019 Author Share Posted December 16, 2019 Updated with another Dragon Warrior related item. This time a poster think I remember someone requesting before NA closed down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty | 187 Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 On 12/16/2019 at 9:30 AM, DoctorEncore said: Updated with another Dragon Warrior related item. This time a poster think I remember someone requesting before NA closed down. I don't think the poster is legit either. Many of the items he's selling are clearly pages cut out from comic books; I recall some of those comic ads vividly, can see they are on newsprint, and he sells comics too. Note this: " framed and matted, final size 11x14". " The implication is that the paper inside is smaller, say the size of a comic book page. I suspect this DW2 poster is just a inside front or back cover of a comic with the ad cut out. The dimensions do not suggest a 'poster' size item. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty | 187 Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 anyone reading comics from the early 80s saw this ad a million times. Note the height relative to the width fits with a comic page. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Burgertime-1983-Atari-Framed-11x14-ORIGINAL-Vintage-Advertisement/193253939168?hash=item2cfed517e0:g:7sAAAOSwFN9d8qBU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty | 187 Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 most of them look like glossy poster paper because they are likely inside front cover ads, or back cover ads, or inside back cover ads (since all of those, along with the front cover, are printed on a single double sided sheet of paper which is then folded. One sheet, four pages. This one, he got a little lazy or thought the 007 connection was good, and he took an inside page, note the newsprint paper https://www.ebay.com/itm/1983-Victory-Games-James-Bond-007-Framed-11x14-ORIGINAL-Vintage-Advertisement/362848288784?hash=item547b718010:g:Cd4AAOSwqwxd8qD2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorEncore | 3,691 Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 @Bronty Nice detective work! I think I recently saw another user selling the same thing. I'll have to try to find that one and see how it compares. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty | 187 Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 (edited) thx. Comics from that era are mostly worthless but have great game ads all over the place. He's taking $1 comics, cutting them up and framing single pages in $10 frames, and trying to sell the package for $35. Edited January 3, 2020 by Bronty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorEncore | 3,691 Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 1 hour ago, Bronty said: thx. Comics from that era are mostly worthless but have great game ads all over the place. He's taking $1 comics, cutting them up and framing single pages in $10 frames, and trying to sell the package for $35. I see. Here is the other auction I was talking about. They don't look like pages from a book, but the seller only describes them as print ads and doesn't mention the size. So most likely they are exactly what you're talking about. I wish I could find the original NA thread, but even with a bunch of searching, I still came up empty. https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F223826400975 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty | 187 Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 Hard to tell, but seller definitely looks like someone that could be asked and get a decent answer. Good lead. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorEncore | 3,691 Posted January 4, 2020 Author Share Posted January 4, 2020 1 hour ago, Bronty said: Hard to tell, but seller definitely looks like someone that could be asked and get a decent answer. Good lead. I wonder if he even knows where they came from. It seems like almost nothing from the NES era is in the hands of the original owner at this point. I'll update if I hear back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorEncore | 3,691 Posted January 4, 2020 Author Share Posted January 4, 2020 7 hours ago, Bronty said: Hard to tell, but seller definitely looks like someone that could be asked and get a decent answer. Good lead. I wonder if he even knows where they came from. It seems like almost nothing from the NES era is in the hands of the original owner at this point. I'll update if I hear back. Update: The seller didn't have much to add. He said "Hi, the posters are letter size. Appear to be from a magazine. Hope that helps." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorEncore | 3,691 Posted January 6, 2020 Author Share Posted January 6, 2020 (edited) On 12/13/2019 at 4:43 PM, Gloves said: Must... Resist... On 12/13/2019 at 6:18 PM, austin532 said: No H-Seam so probably a re-wrap. On 12/13/2019 at 7:32 PM, snk2d4ever said: Yeah, didnt look legit. Also, that member was offering 1500$ for DW3. On 12/13/2019 at 7:35 PM, jonebone said: That was an obvious reseal. It would have been gone in minutes otherwise. I know last time I got a little bit too excited and posted before verifying, but this time I think I've got my head on straight. An eBay seller just posted legit sealed copies of DW3 and DW4 for auction. I cannot wait to see what price these bad boys go for. Dragon Warrior III Dragon Warrior IV Edited January 6, 2020 by DoctorEncore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiamiSlice | 3,089 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 On 1/5/2020 at 10:54 PM, DoctorEncore said: I know last time I got a little bit too excited and posted before verifying, but this time I think I've got my head on straight. An eBay seller just posted legit sealed copies of DW3 and DW4 for auction. I cannot wait to see what price these bad boys go for. Dragon Warrior III Dragon Warrior IV Wow, already at $1k and $1.8k respectively Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorEncore | 3,691 Posted January 8, 2020 Author Share Posted January 8, 2020 On 1/7/2020 at 12:45 AM, MiamiSlice said: Wow, already at $1k and $1.8k respectively Yeah, already over the $1500 that the dude on NA was offering several months back. In my experience, these games are quite difficult to find sealed. I think Wata may have graded a DW4 and posted on their Instagram a while back, but I've not seen any DW3s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorEncore | 3,691 Posted January 9, 2020 Author Share Posted January 9, 2020 Looks like someone backdoored these and all the other sealed games the guy was selling. All his auctions are suddenly cancelled and marked as unsold. I'd love to know how much the buyer paid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiamiSlice | 3,089 Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 2 hours ago, DoctorEncore said: Looks like someone backdoored these and all the other sealed games the guy was selling. All his auctions are suddenly cancelled and marked as unsold. I'd love to know how much the buyer paid. Can't figure out how to see all the other auctions that were cancelled, got a link? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorEncore | 3,691 Posted January 9, 2020 Author Share Posted January 9, 2020 (edited) 2 minutes ago, MiamiSlice said: Can't figure out how to see all the other auctions that were cancelled, got a link? FF: Mystic Quest https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F193287798567 Secret of Mana https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F193287859563 Final Fantasy 2 https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F193287859992 Edited January 9, 2020 by DoctorEncore 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khromak | 768 Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 Hey guys, I'm the one who was looking for it on NA, was actually dw3. I was the high bidder when they were taken down, the seller sent me the attached message saying she was going to get them graded. Haven't heard anything since. I wonder if it was just someone trying to make a quick buck without any actual items, seems suspicious. Hopefully they just get them graded and put them back up 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorEncore | 3,691 Posted February 28, 2020 Author Share Posted February 28, 2020 3 minutes ago, Khromak said: Hey guys, I'm the one who was looking for it on NA, was actually dw3. I was the high bidder when they were taken down, the seller sent me the attached message saying she was going to get them graded. Haven't heard anything since. I wonder if it was just someone trying to make a quick buck without any actual items, seems suspicious. Hopefully they just get them graded and put them back up Sounds a bit like hogwash and the seller actually just sold them outside eBay to save on fees, but maybe I'm just being a pessimist. Anyways, thanks for the update! It's tough to nail down a value on items this rare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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