Keith wrote:All,I'd be quite interested to hear about brick and mortar stores around the country that sell collectible RPG merchandise.For me -- as a lifelong lover of bookstores -- I don't think e-Bay can ever replace the "feel" of a good bookstore, especially one that has a good selection of wood-grain boxes So, if you know of one, please pass along its name and city.Thanks,Keith
Badmike wrote:It just doesn't seem feasible to have collectible D&D up for sale at the local brick and mortar gamestore.Mike B.
Sotterraneo wrote:Badmike wrote:It just doesn't seem feasible to have collectible D&D up for sale at the local brick and mortar gamestore.Mike B.I beg to differ. I run a game store (am I crazy or what? ) and I have on the shelf some Vintage D&D aand AD&D items. They are targeted to a niche audience (the average customers don't bother to look at them), but they have a buying public. Granted, the truly rare items will NOT be put on the shelf because of risk of theft or damage, but the collectors 'in the know' ask for 'somebody neat' when they come in. Most of my sales are via Internet, but I sell regularly to local gamers. They are mainly interested in D&D stuff - especially Gazetteers, Immortal Sets and adventure modules. I want to cater to them, with a reasonable price. I'd never sell a copy of, say, Wrath of the Immortals (a much requested item here) for 100 euros apiece, but 80 euros for a very good, excellent condition copy is OK. I agree that a store devoted just to game collectibles could be a risky proposition, but if I lived in the US... who knows...
McDuff wrote:Funny you should ask, I just bought a used bookstore. I plan to seed the stock with my duplicates and see if there is any market for used RPGs around here. Our Grand Opening is not until 1 Aug. I will post an announcement at that time. Meanwhile I have 40,000 books to enter into a computerized inventory
shadowfax17 wrote:About 3 or 4 years ago I went into a small hobby shop here in Connecticut. They sold all the current RPG stuff, but they didn't have any older stuff displayed. They did have two shrinkwrapped copies of Planes of Conflict for $25 each, which I promptly purchased. I got talking with the owner about older products and he mentioned he thought he had some old stock in his storeroom. Well, he goes looking and pulls out two big fileboxes of shrinkwrapped 1E and D&D modules. He had no idea what the market value of the items was, and he charged me the original sticker price on everything. I probably spent $300 that day. The best of the lot was half a dozen shrinkwrapped copies of Red Arrow, Black Shield at around $8 each. Unfortunately, the store suddenly closed about a year ago. I wish I'd known, otherwise, I would have bought off the rest of his stock.
Badmike wrote:I guess I should have qualified...said "in the US only". Collectible D&D items fetch a nice price in Europe. Similar items for sale in the US would sit for years...the interest in Europeans (especially Italians!) in D&D/Mystara stuff is well documented, it's almost non-existant in the US to the general public. Truthfully, anything before 2000 interest is pretty low I feel. But in Europe I think you might do pretty well with a collectible D&D shop.
Sotterraneo wrote:I'd never sell a copy of, say, Wrath of the Immortals (a much requested item here) for 100 euros apiece, but 80 euros for a very good, excellent condition copy is OK. I agree that a store devoted just to game collectibles could be a risky proposition, but if I lived in the US... who knows...
deimos3428 wrote:Sotterraneo wrote:I'd never sell a copy of, say, Wrath of the Immortals (a much requested item here) for 100 euros apiece, but 80 euros for a very good, excellent condition copy is OK. I agree that a store devoted just to game collectibles could be a risky proposition, but if I lived in the US... who knows... Any idea on what Wrath of the Immortals might be worth on eBay? I can get my hands on one locally for about $40 USD, in what I'd describe as "half-decent" condition. Didn't think it was particularly valuable, it's been sitting in a local RPG shop for a while at that price...but if someone's going to jump on it for $200, I could use the cash. Generally speaking the prices on the local shops here are so outrageous, I'm surprised they're still in business.
bclarkie wrote:Didn't think it was particularly valuable, it's been sitting in a local RPG shop for a while at that price...but if someone's going to jump on it for $200, I could use the cash. Generally speaking the prices on the local shops here are so outrageous, I'm surprised they're still in businessThe last 2 I saw on Ebay went for a $40.00 BIN and I am pretty sure the burnwire brothers just sold one for $52.00. It might be worthwhile picking it up, but I doubt anyone would net you $200.00. Then again crazier things have happened on EBay, so you never know. <edit> little slow on the repsonse.