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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GQuail" data-source="post: 3838135" data-attributes="member: 30709">I'm not sure they can rely on that.  When dealing in older game  material on eBay, I had no trouble picking up quite a few tomes.  The ones that are worth appreciably more are usually quite rare, and almost always because of a smallish print run or some sort of controversy: so, for D&D that means the original 1E Deities & Demigods, and with Warhammer there's the two Realms of Chaos books.  (I am the proud owner of both of the latter, but the first is not one I've ever pounced on ;-) )  Am I missing an obvious one, perhaps for another game system I don't know?  And how big a mark-up are we talking here?  Because it's got to counteract all those other books he isn't reducing the price of...There may be one or two books that skyrocket in value: but most will not, and will in fact go down.  The ones that will go up are usually obvious from the get-go: something like Ptolus will probably be a banker for the futre, and the short-run games from White Wolf might do alright, but I doubt that most of the books in print will become reliable collector's items.  As devoted as some fans can be, the death of an edition/game line does not make material more valuable for the most part.  (You need only look at 3.0s death and the carnage of old 3.0 products left behind in most shops.)Betting on eBay is not worth it for a game shop owner.  If it ain't selling quickly, it ain't likely to sell.</blockquote>

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