If the game was burning down and I could only grab one item while fleeing the guild hall, it would have to be this one.
I've been lucky enough to get my hands on just about every item I've ever dreamed of...but then there's the one I never would've imagined 
....as are the days of 15% unconditional weapons being up for sale (particularly in req 8). Let's not be confused about what the fantasy is here 😉
Let's just pretend that 1000-2000a is the max cash bid these days. That can get you an awful lot. It gets you a nice req 8 crys. But, just for reference, a req 8 stance crys is only the beginning of what I traded for Teh Axe 10+ years ago.
I understand that Stexe 's question was about unconditionals in general, not just Teh Axe. As PyroLobster said, no two are alike so sales (if they existed recently) couldn't really be compared and would provide no solid basis for generalization. The same goes for the price I paid for Teh Axe. Other unconditionals have changed hands for lower prices, but those were lesser items and were sold years ago, when there were more uncusto'd unconditionals on active accounts. I'm sure _Todeshand_ would be willing to fill you in on the sales he was part of.
These days, though? Buying any unconditional is the dream (hence Stexe 's question). It would be fun to see. But Teh Axe for 1-2ka is strictly fantasy 
I absolutely love the old school weapons/mods and just the thought of having something 15 years old from the game unchanged and beautiful.
This is the way 
It would be fun to see an offer from someone with a +15%^Unconditional vs. that one selling the q8 Crysta for 4 years: "tOo lOw SorRrY"
I can tell you that there's no swampy, crys, dwarven, or mini that would make me even consider trading Teh Axe. Hundreds of armbraces wouldn't even begin to come close.
I wouldn't trade it for a full set of perfect req 8 swamp/dwarven/crys or a screen full of kanaxais. I can't think of a number of armbraces (that the game could actually support) that would make me consider selling.
Literally priceless. That's the market 😉
tooburns Good to see my old warlord and Wazza's old diamond still bouncing around. Still have them safe and sound?
Here are some of the warlord's sexiest sisters...
...and the diamond's weirdo cousin 
Just wanted to give your shields the family reunion they deserved 
1 lockpick req 13 plague axe
1a each on these Req 13 str shields:
Bronze 30/-2e
Diamond 60/-3
Outcast 30/-3
Thanks for gloom...she's a beauty
A fine little set of painful mags xD
1a req 13 stance gloom
Here are a couple I saw in storage, including a stupid purple +4 armor/-5 health icon I've carried around forever because it's just so stupid
I know I have plenty of necro offhands with armor but they were never my favorite, so who knows where they're buried. If I find 'em, I'll post 'em.
Good luck with your project
Q13 str Spiked targe -2ench +10 vs slashing r/b 5e
r/b, i guess. Cashmebeeforichangemymind, ok?
But still I am wondering what is that "Teh Axe" you are talking about.
This is, as far as anyone can say with any level of certainty, the only gold, max dmg, req 8, 15% unconditional weapon the game has ever produced. In that sense, it is the single most perfect and historically important item in the Guild Wars universe. This was not a bug, glitch, or exploit. It is the pinnacle artifact from a brief (2 weeks long?) period at the very beginning of the game.
These days, Teh Axe is a heavily guarded relic. I wield it almost exclusively for solemn guild hall ceremonies, including new member bloodletting and (re-)circumcision of new officers, where the foolproof nature of its extra damage helps to ensure our brave initiates a smooth transition into their new roles.
See this thread for an ongoing discussion of unconditional items, links to previous discussions, a bunch of screenshots, and some rumors.
Wow, im on my ass looking at these. Mostly that Swamp Club
If you're into Swamp Clubs, you should take a look at Kabong's collection thread. There, you'll find almost every known and active high-quality swampy in the game.
Welcome to the secret world of collectors, Bounty Hunter . Get out while you still can!
10a each on 16 and 17
Sorry, forgot all about this. Retract.
Only an old soul could find so much beauty in the rocks, snow, and wood. Thanks for sharing it all with us, Woo.
I've read the whole thread, amazing. I wish I had been at the absolute start of the game, too bad I got in one or two months after the main release date I think, and it was the time when you could only switch districts/country servers a limited number of times, so I had to stick to the servers of my main language (which is not English) and I never found out about all these things until veeeeery late (2020 lmao). Also, at least in my case, I don't remember seeing anyone talking about these things in my country community forums, the news were really divided at that time due the language/district barrier.
The server situation made for some spicy trading! I remember discovering wartower.de, which a big German trading site back in the day. It was a like a whole different game -- a pool of items and players that I had no idea about and no way of interacting with. One reason why those international districts used to be hopping 
One of these days, I'll get back to posting items. Still lots worth showing (and lots not worth showing 
).
...the req8 15% double bladed axe which traded from Spil to... forgot the name, some guy from PhD, somehow remember him as English/Russian)
Full story of Teh Axe posted here for anyone interested.
Tode, I believe you're thinking of Jason XII, a good friend and one of my earliest officers.
Everybody wants a little piece xD
2a on #10
Jan. 12 is always a great day.
On this day 13 years ago, [PhD] was founded with the simple mission of preserving the history of our game, as manifested in its items. Today, the guild is as active as ever -- filled with a vibrant mix of new members (who bring fresh perspectives on the game's beauty as well as fascinating collections) and crusty old knobs like me and Kabong. Through the years and all of the inevitable changes, [PhD] remains home to many of the finest collections, rarest relics, and most respectable collectors in the game. Thank you to everyone who wears the cape so well.
Happy 13th birthday, [PhD]!
Req 13 stance dusk blade -- 10e
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18a bone staff
That's what I'm talking about. That Soul Reaping one is a miracle. Do you remember where it dropped? I'm planning to try a 1-week-run with lockpicks, but I don't know what chests contain this item.
No idea, sorry. Good luck on your hunt!
Req 10 SR 10/10 fan here
Agreed. It doesn't really matter whether your item is uncustomized, custo'd to you, or custo'd to someone else. The same commonsense standards apply. Specifically, if an item is gonna be shown as part of your collection:
Pretty simple. Let's try to keep it real from here on out
...and yet we point to Gandhi (and not the guys with guns) as an example of our higher strivings. This implies an implicit framework by which certain ideas are judged as more highly developed than others.
To me, this whole thing is simple:
These are basic standards. To pretend that there aren't is dishonest, lazy, and (if applied in the real world) dangerous.
Oy. That Gandhi.
Where did he get off being so anti-violence? And forcing it on everyone like that?
So...embarrassing *again* for you?
Sorry, Pleikki, you've pissed in the pool. Expecting others to continue swimming in it is asking for a strange kind of "respect". 
If you don't own an item (regardless of who is custo'd for), it's not part of your collection.
There's all kinds of sloppiness in the original collections thread. This was our chance to do better -- to make a true museum for the game, as it exists now.
Sorry.
EDIT: Well said, Bluey . Disagree about the dedication bit but that's a minor sidestory.
[...rambling admission of guilt...]
I tried to be charitable. I really did.
This must be so embarrassing for you.
Maybe there is just a misunderstanding? That is the most charitable interpretation I can come up with.
As Pyro mentioned, your statement that you're posting "items from friends" that you hope to replace for yourself can be interpreted in many ways. The easiest/most likely interpretation of that statement is that you've borrowed items to help fill out your collection. This is obviously different from ownership.
Another easy interpretation is that maybe you bought them for a special "friend price" with the understanding that the item would be returned when you found your own version. Is this the case? If so, that is a rental -- not ownership.
An interpretation involving legitimate ownership is more difficult to reach. Again, that is because of how your statement is worded. Maybe a friend legitimately sold you an item that they want for themselves as a favor (to help you build your collection) and you'd like to pay them back by replacing that item. That's totally possible (and reasonable) but it doesn't fit easily with what you said. I'm trying to be charitable here so I'm asking whether ownership is the issue or if your statement itself is the issue.
Perhaps you're so confused by the reactions you're receiving because you don't understand the message that you're sending out. Maybe you're not addressing this issue because you don't understand that you may have misspoken. Or maybe you're not addressing it because you're hoping that people will be distracted and just forget about it. As Pyro said, some clarification of that statement would be helpful.
