Value of UK edition, D&D Basic Rules (1986)

Posts: 2 · Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 11:45 am

I was thinking about putting this up for trade, but I confess I have no idea as to the relative rarity of this, and didn't want to ask for too much or too little.

I have the UK printing of the D&D Basic Rules (printed 1986). I find a mention of it on Amazon (but no price), and one international eBay listing.

Anyway, it's the one shown at the link:
http://home.flash.net/~brenfrow/uk/basicrules.htm
Anyone know anything about this? I saw the auction history for it here, but the only entries were from 2003, so they are of limited utility.

Posts: 121 · Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 11:53 am

http://www.acaeum.com/ddindexes/setpages/foreign/basicfor.html

has a little more info

Posts: 2 · Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 11:58 am

I suppose I should have linked to that. If you look at the auction history at the link, however, all it has is this:

Auction History: VF: $19 (8/03), VF: $56 (12/03)

It's a (very) rough guideline, with a rather large disparity, and more than 4 years old. I was hoping someone had a more current price or trade value than that.

Posts: 2131 · Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 12:25 pm

warlordgarou wrote:

I suppose I should have linked to that. If you look at the auction history at the link, however, all it has is this:

Auction History: VF: $19 (8/03), VF: $56 (12/03)

It's a (very) rough guideline, with a rather large disparity, and more than 4 years old. I was hoping someone had a more current price or trade value than that.

Probably in the $50-$75 range

Posts: 594 · Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 12:28 pm

Hi

one did sell at £115 last month, if I recall.

Cheers,
malc

Posts: 1117 · Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 12:43 pm

I believe the £115 one was a 1st or second print -- though I can't recall for certain.

Posts: 2131 · Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 12:50 pm

lawrenson wrote:

Hi

one did sell at £115 last month, if I recall.

Cheers,
malc

Man that's high.

Posts: 1200 · Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 1:18 pm

Don't forget that apparent "nostalgia bump" in prices after Gary Gygax died.

Posts: 594 · Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 2:54 am

g026r wrote:

I believe the £115 one was a 1st or second print -- though I can't recall for certain.

Hi,

there are only 2 prints, I think.

Cheers,
Malc

Posts: 13 · Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 4:05 am

warlordgarou wrote:

I was hoping someone had a more current price or trade value than that.

Here are a couple that have been up recently :

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250210471235

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Dungeons-Dragons-basic-rule-book_W0QQitemZ110228 407036QQihZ001QQcategoryZ2544QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Posts: 1117 · Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 7:30 am

lawrenson wrote:

Hi,

there are only 2 prints, I think.

Cheers,
Malc

I was going by the listing on the foreign versions page, so I guess what I meant by first or second print was the ones with the black cover.

Posts: 827 · Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 7:39 am

g026r wrote:

I was going by the listing on the foreign versions page, so I guess what I meant by first or second print was the ones with the black cover.

dark blue yes. $230 for 1986 red uk paperback would be even more crazy
was still too high earler games-thinking-dog logo uk book could see no sniping on that because overshoot already on early bids

Posts: 2635 · Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 7:56 am

warlordgarou wrote:

I suppose I should have linked to that. If you look at the auction history at the link, however, all it has is this:

Auction History: VF: $19 (8/03), VF: $56 (12/03)

It's a (very) rough guideline, with a rather large disparity, and more than 4 years old. I was hoping someone had a more current price or trade value than that.

I was going to offer you $40 for it, but that now seems to be low according to the rest of the posts. (I lost my copy...it's somewhere in the house.. Sad

)

Let me know if/when you put it on eBay, anyway.

Posts: 1117 · Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 8:26 am

Rakeesh sah Tarna wrote:

dark blue yes.

Hrm. I think I need to adjust the colour and contrast on my monitor. Laughing

Posts: 2526 · Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 6:51 pm

http://rpgmarketplace.com/auction_details.php?name=TSR-Inc--Uk-Basic-R ulebook--Rare-6th-Printing&auction_id=100745