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Seany
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Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 1:31 pm

Hi there,

any one have any suggestions on the value of the PTOLUS book 1st edition?

yours
Seany

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Grug Greyskin
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Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 7:41 pm

Seany wrote:Hi there,

any one have any suggestions on the value of the PTOLUS book 1st edition?

yours
Seany

I would say around $200. Latest one on Ebay went for $191.

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Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 8:03 pm

Grug Greyskin wrote:
I would say around $200. Latest one on Ebay went for $191.

It went that high cause the auction included the mega map for the city:

A copy of the 32"x48" vinyl map for same. The box is completely unopened.

Lately, on ebay, getting $175 has been tough.
3 months ago I saw someone post a BIN with a Excellent copy with the extra items and the CD for $170. It ended 3 weeks in a row with no takers.

There are two on ebay now @ $175 and $170 as the end range, with little interest yet for that pricing. Granted they have not ended.

Trades/sales on the forums have centered around $150, with few bites.

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Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 8:17 pm

The Vinyl map appears to be a lot harder to get than the book.

This week I've been mostly eating . . . The white ones with the little red flecks in them.

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Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 5:26 am

I hadn't looked for a while, but I thought they were going for around £120 a few months back?

But this unopened one is way over that.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FREE-SHIPPING ... 500wt_1287

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Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 9:47 am

What people ask for and what they sell for and usually 2 very different things.

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Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 10:09 am

Mars wrote:What people ask for and what they sell for and usually 2 very different things.

Very True!

So somewhere around $125 - $150 would be reasonable these days...

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Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 11:57 am

ashmire13 wrote:I hadn't looked for a while, but I thought they were going for around £120 a few months back?

But this unopened one is way over that.

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I have known this guy for years, he has a shop about 1 hour north on the highway from my house in Calgary. I have bought literally 100's of items from him over the last 8 - 10 years, he has a relatively low turnover rate of inventory and had many many out of print RPG's and miniatures (keyword "had"

)

Anyway I have been encouraging him to get on Ebay and selling his stock there and he resisted for very long, it probably cost him 10's of thousands of dollars not to be on Ebay. When I first discovered his shop he still had Magic Beta packs for sale

Good to see him online and distributing his stuff to the world

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Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 12:38 pm

his shop is an hour NORTH of calgary and he is distributing his stuff to the world......It's Santa!

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Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 8:06 pm

I bought a complete set (opened) about 4 months ago at about $165.
I sent it back though as the seller is an asshat.
e-Bay ended up refunding me as the seller would not do so.

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Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 3:58 am

Sorry, but why are you talking of the 1st edition?
...are there other editions than the 1st?!?

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Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 8:12 am

I think there is a print on demand version available.

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Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 10:27 am

Invincible Overlord wrote:
Very True!

So somewhere around $125 - $150 would be reasonable these days...

That was my (£UK) take on it :wink:

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Grug Greyskin
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Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 11:58 pm

TheHistorian wrote:I think there is a print on demand version available.

Correct, in two softcover volumes. I think it was announced around GenCon this year?

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Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2020 12:30 am

Looks like the 5e Kickstarter will also reissue the large vinyl Ptolus maps: Kickstarter

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Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2020 1:38 am

The new KS is re-publishing for different editions and adding some pages of new content. At the size of the book it is something I think would retain close to its original price.

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