Special Edition PHB?

[Umbran]

With that said, I doubt that it'd ever be a profitable purchase for a collector.

I dunno about that. A real book collector is thinking long term. None of this Magic:the Gathering bougt a small piece of paper for pennies that becomes worth several hundred dollars in two years inflation.

We're talking about a book produced in limited quantities, in high quality. Probably never used so that it stays in mint condition. In 30+ years, I'd expect it to be worth a whole lot more than the PHB that I use each week. Oddly, the fewer that sell, the more that each will be worth in the long term...

 

[Hand of Evil]

Now you're talkin!!! If they'd re-release AD&D 1E I'd pick it up as soon as it hit the shelves. (WoTC... are you listening???)

But I thought 4th Edtion was a return to the begining...

 

[reiella]

I dunno about that. A real book collector is thinking long term. None of this Magic:the Gathering bougt a small piece of paper for pennies that becomes worth several hundred dollars in two years inflation.

We're talking about a book produced in limited quantities, in high quality. Probably never used so that it stays in mint condition. In 30+ years, I'd expect it to be worth a whole lot more than the PHB that I use each week. Oddly, the fewer that sell, the more that each will be worth in the long term...

Well that's why I used the comic book reference, because the same bit happened there...

Look at the artifically created "collectors" value items, higher production value copies, emblazened with the "limited edition" spiel on them and other such gimmicks most often specifically related to the cover and binding (ironically). I may well just be jaded, but the collectible items are typically the ones that aren't labeled as collector's edition by the producer.

And slight correction, it isn't if fewer are sold, that they become more worthwhile. It's the number produced. While unsold copies usually end up destroyed after a certain time. Of course, I haven't seen any stores gut RP books in order to return them to distributor.

 

[neg]

Catalog copy: "Created with the collector in mind, this special release now sports an embossed, leatherbound cover and premium, gilt-edged paper, along with beautifully designed endpapers."

Hardcover, 320 pages, $75.00 October 2004 pub.

-neg

Edited for spelling mistake.

 

[francisca]

Catalog copy: "Created with the collector in mind, this special release now sports an embossed, leatherbound cover and premium, gilt-edged paper, along with beautifully designed endpapers."

Hardcover, 320 pages, $75.00 October 2004 pub.

-neg

Edited for spelling mistake.

Thanks for the info!

Looks like I'll be skipping this one, then.

 

[Snapdragyn]

$75?

ROFLMAO

It'll take a hell of a lot more than a fancy cover to get me to pay twice the price of two regular hardbacks for a 'special' edition of a book I already own. I wouldn't even buy a fully erratacized version for that price (& there are enough designer notes annotations in PHB + UA for my taste already, so adding those won't help).

Cool, one less book to buy. My credit bill thanks you!

 

[cignus_pfaccari]

Hardcover, 320 pages, $75.00 October 2004 pub.

(blink)

Whoa. That better darn well have something cool in it, like annotations and stuff to get me to even consider picking that up. I'm not poverty-stricken, but $75...that's two Barnes & Noble 10%-off discount card Draconomicons. Eek.

Brad

 

[francisca]

I'll bet you're exactly right.

Or, I could be exactly wrong

(see neg's post)

 

[Remathilis]

For $75 dollars, it better come with errata, dice, a cup holder, and an inflatable extra player for when one of my regular's don't show! It better also tell me what rule I'm using incorrect while I'm doing it and pre-gen its own adventures.

Next.

 

[Sarigar]

If they used the first edition format, with original art, layout, etc., but with the new rules with the leather cover I'd be interested.