What would be a fair market value for shrink wrapped Monstrous Compendiuim Dragonlance Appendix (the second binder in the series)?

Thanks!

I was actually thinking a little lower, like in the $15-$20 range.



If they're not in shrink, I think you can usually pick them up in the $5-$10 range.



This was a recent Forgotten Realms MC in shrink...



http://cgi.ebay.com/TSR-Monstrous-Compe ... 5d28bddbd9



edit: I was thinking of the ones not in the binders...even so, I kind of think $30 tops...

Here is a Vol1 MC Binder, apparently in the original shrink wrap, starting for $25. Is the DL appendix more common or rare than Vol 1?

Wow, I guess so ...

http://www.bookfinder.com/search/?autho ... t=sr&ac=qr

didn't realize this was as hard to find, but I guess I was just thinking of the more regular way the appendices were sold.

Yours is definitely worth more than the other compediums listed on Ebay currently, but hopefully the link above will give you a better idea...

EDIT: for some reason, that link above wasn't working as a copy and paste, so I just stuck it into a quote

Yes but the same seller apparently has another SW DL MC appendix for $120. That seems a bit high to me.

bamajon1974 wrote:The previous ebay auction for the DL appendix went for 26 bucks until the last 2 seconds when whom I was told porthawkesbury outbid me by 80 bucks. Don't know if the MC binder is worth that much

The last 5 or 6 seconds is probably when 90% of the significant bidding on items really takes place.  Anyone bidding before that time is not using the best bidding strategy.  The price seems realistic since at the time 2 people were willing to pay that amount.  Other bidders with high (but not higher) bids may not have had their bids register in the blitz at the end.

As with many items, shrink collects make the market very volatile.  DL1 comes to mind as an item that I would have valued at most at $25 in shrink but lately has been in the $100+ range with more than 1 sale.

I can easily see SW DL MC as being a $75-$100 item.  It appeals to 2nd Ed D&D collectors, to DL collectors, to shrink collectors, etc.  And again, it is probably a lot rarer than any of the other MCs out there.  I have only ever had 1 DL binder cross my path but have 4 different prints of the MC1 binder.  Also, most people who bought any of the MCs probably bought MC1, it seems to show up regularly.  If I had to guess I would say that the production number for MC1 is at least 10X that of DL MC.

bamajon1974 wrote:So the 120 bucks is not as unreasonable as I thought. I had no idea the DL appendix was so rare.

I could see one selling for that amount - sure I've seen crazier things.  With any mainstream TSR item, I don't think "rare" is a word I would particularly use.  It probably means that 30,000 or so were produced compared with a few hundred thousand of the regular MC.

bamajon1974 wrote:I lack SW versions of DL and Fiend Folio Appendix. How rare is the FF appendix and what would it fetch?

I have never bought any of the MCs on purpose from Ebay (although some have snuck in during lot purchases).  From all the collections I have bought, I have managed to get copies of all the MCs except Fiend Folio (with different prints and duplicates of several of the others).  I think there is probably a reason why these two have been elusive for you.

Mars wrote:With any mainstream TSR item, I don't think "rare" is a word I would particularly use.  It probably means that 30,000 or so were produced compared with a few hundred thousand of the regular MC.

And by the nature of these, as binders, I would think almost all of them were opened.

I have copies of all the MC appendices that I bought years ago and have been taken care of very well but I wanted SW copies for my collection for boxed sets and booklets with lots of lose pieces, pages, etc.

At 120 bucks the DL appendix will probably not sell anytime soon, I will likely buy within the month if still available. BTW, the seller is kitdude, 100% positive feedback, the seller is ok? never dealt with him/her before.