Auctions for this period of RQ stuff go for $10-30, so maybe the high end for BIN. Balastor's Barracks is the most valuable title from the 70s ($50+), while the hardback rules (w/dust jacket) & boxed supplements from 82-83 go for $100+.

Ballastors still sells well. You have been lucky with such a price

Not $50 but the last copies before I got mine sold for $45-55 regurlarly. More in the $30-40 range these days.

TheHistorian wrote:I recently paid $80 for a RQ1 and RQ2 1st

Then you'll be able to help solve the mystery. Except for the revised maps in RQ2, all illustrations are the same except for the one on p.14 of RQ1. Why?

sauromatian wrote: all illustrations are the same except for the one on p.14 of RQ1. Why?

Is that the one with the long-nosed dinosaurian that walks like a man?

If so, that's the only illustration by that artist, and there are a number of scenarios that one might infer.

DMF wrote:Is that the one with the long-nosed dinosaurian that walks like a man?

If so, that's the only illustration by that artist, and there are a number of scenarios that one might infer.

There's a dragonewt shown on p.76, but all art in this volume appears to be by Luise Perrin. As far as 'walks like a man' goes, you must be thinking of Rory Calhoun.

DMF wrote:One of my favorite ebay tricks - look for common misspellings.

Troll&Toad have been listing copies of 'Wyrms Footnote' for some time now.

p.s. one more 1970s RQ rarity: the first edition of Apple Lane from 1978, with a textured yellow cover.

DMF wrote:The pic I was referring to is the lead one in this listing.

As opposed to the 2nd print Monsters! Monsters! in your second pic?

DMF wrote:Is it the 2nd printing?  I could swear I checked that out - I always qualify where I'm unsure.  

How does one tell?

Not all reliable sources are always reliable, sorry.
As confirmed from the ads when Monsters! Monsters! was released, the first print has a $7 cover price which was reduced to $5.95 for the second print (too much competition in the marketplace already, back then?).