I want to get rid of all my 2e stuff...

[grodog]

If you're still following the thread, what's the estimated current value of these products (in Mint/NM condition):

The Complete Book of Necromancers (2E)

I've seen it go for $10-$30, depending on the condition, number of them on eBay at the time, phase of the moon, etc.

Kara-Tur Box Set (1E, I believe)

This one's listed on the Acaeum site at http://www.acaeum.com/DDIndexes/Misc.html

 

[grodog]

Uhm.. sorta hijacking the thread, although the issue is prices of old stuff...

to Grodog: the acaeum is a really cool site with tons of info, however I find the pricing info on it to be in many cases severely outdated and it also does not cover most ADnD / 2nd Edition stuff. There used to be some german guy (one Olaf Riedieger I believe) who used to post ebay statistics, but he now sells those, and they are no longer available on his site. Do you maybe know of another resource with current prices that stuff is going for lately??? Thanks!!

Actually, Whisper72, the Acaeum prices fro common items are now automatically generated from eBay auction prices; see the site's FAQ at http://www.acaeum.com/FrontDesk/FAQ.html#5

The items that are very rare are where the valuation board comes in, beyond setting some general strategy about how to grade items, the impact of private sales and buy-it-now prices vs. a "straight" auction on an item's average value, etc., etc.

 

[grodog]

Hmm. I wonder if I could find the Central Casting books on Ebay...

Yep, they tend to go in the $40-ish price range, again depending on condition, number on ebay at any given time, etc.

 

[grodog]

I'll post a list this weekend. I don't really want to go through Ebay to price every item; that's why I want to sell it all in one shot.

Feel free to contact me by email if you want me to make an offer for your lot, Ogrork

 

[woodelf]

Long time reader, first-time poster. Thanks for having me

I've been working on reviving my old 2E campaign, and have hunted down numerous books in my quest to complete the library; consequently, I feel like I'm pretty in tune with the market for 2E books. I've bought from four places, and looking at them should give you a good idea on how to price your books.

www.titangames.com

They're known for having a good selection and for being very reliable in their grading, shipping and inventory management. They also tend to represent the high end of the price scale--you know exactly what you're getting, but you pay for that certainty.

heh. And i shop at Titan Games because i consider them the low end of the price scale. Compared to people like Crazy Egor's, frex. I guess i never even compared them to someone like Noble Knight, precisely because of the selection issue--if i want anything reasonable, i can simply go to Crazy Egor's or Titan Games, and buy it. With someone like Noble Knight, i first have to deal with the fact that they might or might not have it.

If I were you, I would use those four resources to get an idea of what a used book retailer expects for their items in relation to what the bull market of EBay will bear out. The BEST advice I can give you is to isolate those books which have a high market value and auction them off individually.

Some products--whether by virtue of low print runs; of being extremely useful and/or popular; or of being boxed sets (the contents of which are often lost to time)--command a pretty steep price compared to what you would think. You'd be surprised at what some of these books sell for. Know your valuable books, and sell them intelligently.

This is a philosophical difference, not a critique:
Or, decide what they're worth to you, and sell them for that price. Personally, i think that's the way to go. If you'd feel ripped-off letting your, say, Kara Tur boxed set go for less than $20, then don't sell it for $10 just because that's what most people are selling it for. Conversely, if you'd be perfectly happy getting $20 for it, why charge more, just because others are? I agree: know your valuable books. But that value, IMHO, should be based on what they're worth to you, not on some arbitrary market force. Or, to put it more succinctly: i consider it a moral imperative to charge what you feel is right for a product, rather than as much as the market can bear. If the former is lower than the latter, everybody's happy (you can't complain because you didn't get enough for something, because if that's the case then you didn't charge what you felt was right); if the former is higher than the latter, then don't sell. Voila! Instant Free-Market-Capitalism-In-Action!

 

[Whisper72]

To grodog on the acaeum site: okay, I thought that the dates under the caption 'updated' were the last date of the prices, many of which would then be from 1999 etc., and the prices under the columns for 'estimated values' are sometimes very much off the mark as far as ebay prices go that I see stuff going for. I take it that the auction history columns are updated automatically then. That's cool.

Know any site where similar info is available on later ADnD and 2e stuff??

P.S. for printing info and general info on the history of the items, Acaeum is truly the coolest site around. I really like the little tidbits of 'arcane' knowledge. Thanks for providing the community with such a wonderful site!!

 

[Keeper of Secrets]

I was so disappointed with 2e that I would sell most everything I had for it if I thought it would bring anything in. The only thing I have that might be worth anything is the original Draconomican and the Menzoberranzen boxed set. But those are the only two things I actually like.

 

[DaveMage]

I've seen it go for $10-$30, depending on the condition, number of them on eBay at the time, phase of the moon, etc.

This one's listed on the Acaeum site at http://www.acaeum.com/DDIndexes/Misc.html

Thanks!

That's a great resource.

 

[grodog]

To grodog on the acaeum site: [snip]

Know any site where similar info is available on later ADnD and 2e stuff??

Nope. There are some early 2e items on the site, but not a lot. If folks have the energy, gumption, and knowledge about 2e stuff, and want to help add to the Acaeum's knowledge about 2e stuff, please join the forums and chime in: FoulFoot, the site admin, is more than open to outside help, contributions, suggestions, and additons to the site.

P.S. for printing info and general info on the history of the items, Acaeum is truly the coolest site around. I really like the little tidbits of 'arcane' knowledge. Thanks for providing the community with such a wonderful site!!

I agree, it's great. The Acaeum along with Adrian Newman's TSR Archive at http://home.flash.net/~brenfrow/ are my key online references for D&D stuff.

I also can't claim to take very much credit for the Acaeum content, btw: most of that was work done by Scott and scores of other contributors, among whom I'm but a low-level assitant

 

[The_Gunslinger658]

times change

Hi-

I guess I am lucky, I sold most of my AD&D stuff before 3E came out, man those were the glory days, I remember when the complete book of necromancers went for well over a 100 bucks. Queen of the Demon web pits sold for a nice piece of change too.

Basically what I am saying is that with the advent of 3E, only the rarest of the rare gets any decent money nowadays. Even the old necromancers hand book does not sell as well as it used to.


Scott