deimos3428 wrote:Yep, 5ths have been exploding in value
deimos3428 wrote:$150 for that condition would be a bargain. It seems they are trying to stay about 120-150% higher than OCEs. 5ths in the UK do better than in the US, for some reason I can't explain.
faro wrote:deimos3428 wrote:Yep, 5ths have been exploding in valueI hold you personally accountable for that phrasing, Deimos!http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 8798907523 (finished earlier today)
faro wrote:"120-150% higher"? I'm really not sure about that. What have you been tracking?
deimos3428 wrote:Yep, saw that one and thought about it, but I already have the books and the box was trashed. Aw well, let someone get one cheap now and then. That one would have gone for more, but it's value had already exploded and taken the box with it.
faro wrote:deimos3428 wrote:Yep, saw that one and thought about it, but I already have the books and the box was trashed. Aw well, let someone get one cheap now and then. That one would have gone for more, but it's value had already exploded and taken the box with it.*g*. OK; so why does the box have such a huge "value" ($75+) for a 5th OD&D and not much less for an OCE, yet a 1st Basic Box is deemed of minimal ($5?) value?
deimos3428 wrote:I give up, David. Why don't you tell me?
grubbiv wrote:Hey Mike,the insanity is not going to end until I get what I'm looking for.If you have a good condition 1st ed Boot Hill, you should sell it to mefor $150, then pick one up for yourself when they're going for$60. You'll make a killing. Should be able to pick yourself up a niceset of DragonLance modules with the difference.
faro wrote:Hmm... the Basic Box shows wear a lot quicker, so would be easier to dismiss as not a "collectors item"; of lesser value in its own right, if not in very good nick?
Marlith wrote:Fair sized lot...some boxed sets but a nice AC 5 sitting right on top of the lot...http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... %3AIT&rd=1
faro wrote:but it's the US version of CAPSLOCK cougar, I swear!
killjoy32 wrote:3E 73 book lot up for auction in the US...prb interesting to some maybe?http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/AD-D-dungeons-dra ... dZViewItemno bids and due to finish in just over 3 hours....Al
Marlith wrote:Might have been ok but the shipping seems a little extreme. I am sure someone will bite on it though. If you like 3E and want to get into it all at once it seems like a good deal perhaps.
killjoy32 wrote:Marlith wrote:Might have been ok but the shipping seems a little extreme. I am sure someone will bite on it though. If you like 3E and want to get into it all at once it seems like a good deal perhaps.well that was what i was kinda thinking, hence the post. but yeah i agree....postage indeed looks a little OTT.....Al