| The Lost Soul | 21 Sep 2009 9:17 a.m. PST |
My son recently put up some of my old "classics" on eBay, but there have been no takers. I would have thought the stuff by Don Featherstone, Charlie Wesencraft, Arthur Taylor, WRG, Max Carr, etc., would still be of interest, at least to old coots like me, but maybe not. On another board people talked about the revival of old school wargaming--I'm wondering now if maybe stuff from the 70's is TOO old for even "old school" enthusiasts. Kind of depressing for us old coots . . . among other things, what to do with it? I'm not throwing it away, that's for sure! |
| GarrisonMiniatures | 21 Sep 2009 9:21 a.m. PST |
Some of the figures I'm putting out date back to the 50s. |
 John the OFM  | 21 Sep 2009 9:22 a.m. PST |
If they ddn't sell, how were the prices? If I had known aboutthem via TMP marketplace, I may have bid. I still play games from the 70s, particularly "1776".
And also, most of the New Thing games are simply retreads fo the classics. |
| nycjadie | 21 Sep 2009 9:25 a.m. PST |
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| The Lost Soul | 21 Sep 2009 9:41 a.m. PST |
No, they're not mimeographed (hey, I'm a coot not a codger), but I couldn't put them on Marketplace as I can't afford to be supporting member right now. Some of the items are still up--he starts everything at $.99, most of which still is. We'll see, I guess. |
 20thmaine | 21 Sep 2009 11:37 a.m. PST |
How about postage ? I saw several of the same authors you mention on ebay (UK) a week or so ago but they were all "collect only" I had all the books anyway, but I wouldn't drive half way across the country to get one. The Wesencraft books do seem to go for lower than they should – Practical Wargaming and the Pike and shot books are totally brilliant, amongst the best books of that era. |
| Brandlin | 21 Sep 2009 12:09 p.m. PST |
the only reason they might seem "too old" is the fact that I've never heard of any of them, and I'm not going to bid on something i don't know about… |
| 20thmaine | 21 Sep 2009 2:07 p.m. PST |
Read Practical wargaming and you'll know just where the "revolutionary" DBA rules came from ! |
| The Lost Soul | 22 Sep 2009 6:37 a.m. PST |
OK, see the link posted by 45th div under Miscellaneous Auctions. |
| arthur1815 | 19 Oct 2009 12:46 p.m. PST |
In the UK John Curry has republished many of the early books by Featherstone and Wesencraft, and is working on others, so – unless the originals are cheaper, or one is a collector of first editions – it is becoming quite easy to obtain them. |
| Editor HistoryWargamingProject | 04 Nov 2009 10:30 a.m. PST |
My latest book is Donald Featherstone's Lost Tales- a compendium of the rules Don used, plus 2 new sets. See johncurryevents.co.uk for details. Two more books are due out in a few weeks. |
| (Phil Dutre) | 01 Dec 2009 5:13 a.m. PST |
If you put older stuff up for sale, it might be useful to drop a note on the Old School Wargaming group (yahoogroups). It is a niche market, so it is not always easy for your product to find the market. Overall, I have the impression there is a grwoing interest in 'vintage wargaming', see also:
vintagewargaming.blogspot.com |
