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Re: One thing I will say for eBay...
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Date: 
Mon, 28 Feb 2000 21:08:09 GMT
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In lugnet.market.auction, James Brown writes:
It sure has changed the meaning of "rare".  I don't like their seller-oriented
attitude, I despise fixed-end-time auctions in principle, but wow, are rare
sets not rare anymore.

Even as recently as a year ago, someone who tracked down 4(!) 6023 Maiden's
Carts would be dancing in glee, proclaiming a FOTW... Today, eBay has 4 of
them.  A couple months ago, there was a run on 1906 Majisto's Tower(1) -
something like 6 of them in a two week period.

(snip)

1: The only set (AFAIK) with medium round-topped castle doors.

Hmmm...not sure which ones are medium, but I believe Fort Legoredo came with a
pair of black doors similar to the castle ones...either that or the Royal
Knights Castle.  (Bought both of those sets at about the same time, the doors
came from one of 'em.)

Aaron



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(...) The doors in Fort Legoredo are black, and the "large" size. The small ones, as seen in 6034(1) are 6 studs across, while the medium ones in 1906(2) are 8 studs across, and finally the large pair, as seen in Legoerdo(3) are 10 wide. To the best (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.auction)

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It sure has changed the meaning of "rare". I don't like their seller-oriented attitude, I despise fixed-end-time auctions in principle, but wow, are rare sets not rare anymore. Even as recently as a year ago, someone who tracked down 4(!) 6023 (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.auction)

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