benjoshua wrote in Record Prices for Collectibles:So, once I sell UK6, if I sell UK6, I'll basically end up with both UK2 and UK3 for almost free!
Mars wrote in Record Prices for Collectibles:1st print Chainmail hits $11,600. Wow!
Waynes_Books wrote in Record Prices for Collectibles:I don't think it's a bubble per se. D&D has roared into the mainstream, and many of those new and returning gamers want the classic stuff for inspiration or bragging rights. That's my opinion, based off a few conversations I've had with customers.
Sea-to-sky-games wrote in Record Prices for Collectibles:As I expressed in an earlier thread, this is almost entirely due to fed policy. If/when that changes you'll see a massive correction. Till then "enjoy"!
red_bus wrote in Record Prices for Collectibles:... actually I do fancy an expensive 1st print Chainmail up on the wall.
mbassoc2003 wrote in Record Prices for Collectibles:In a world where practically every single RPG item is available online (with 90% of them being available for free courtesy of a Google search) all the gaming materials you could ever want are there for you to read at no cost to you (other than an internet connection). If I'm going to spend money I'd rather back someone or something I see merit in, than collect hardcopy (I have a collection now that fits in a single box.) I can see the value in Rare D&D as a collectable commodity, but I have always been more interested in the ideas contained within, than anything ephemeral the physical product may offer. The ideas contained in the writing transfer just as well into PDF, and are far more compact and less prone to destruction in that format (EMP being maybe the one exception to that rule.)I have bought 'books' in PDF, but the last physical book I bought was probably Yggsburgh when it came out, and only because I couldn't convince anyone at TLG to give me a PDF.As far as I know, there is no Yggsburgh PDF in the wild (although someone has photographed all the pages I think.)