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Post by The Editor (Alex B) on Oct 3, 2013 21:27:57 GMT
Picking up from the dead thread at TUFFF...
eBay Australia
*Puffin Editions (assorted cover formats): 1-6, 11-18, 20-22, 24-25, 27, 30-35, 37, 39, 45-47, 50-53, 56, 58 and The Riddling Reaver. (A$199.99) *Magehunter (A$100) *Curse of the Mummy Puffin Edition (A$60) *Advanced Fighting Fantasy Arion Edition (A$44.88) *Advanced Fighting Fantasy Arion Edition (A$39.74) *Spellbreaker Puffin Edition (A$28.95)
eBay UK
*Warlock magazine issues 1, 2 and 3 (£294.94) *Puffin Editions (assorted cover formats): 1-54, 56 and 57 (£250) *Fighting Fantasy Quest Pack (£194.94) *Puffin Editions (assorted cover formats): 1-11, 15-28, 31-33 and The Riddling Reaver. (£100) *Wizard "Series 1" Editions: 3, 5-7, 9-10, 14-18, 20-22, 25-26 and 28. (£100.43) *Clash of the Princes Box Set (£94.94) *Puffin Editions: 53, 55-58 (£84.77) *Wizard "Series 1" Box Set: 1-4 (£80.50) *Warlock magazine issue 1 (£79.99)
Prices in the UK seem to have increased since I last looked!
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Post by vastariner on Oct 3, 2013 21:30:50 GMT
Crikey. Is that what's being demanded though or what's being paid?
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Post by The Editor (Alex B) on Oct 3, 2013 22:17:13 GMT
Crikey. Is that what's being demanded though or what's being paid? Those are the asking prices!
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Post by The Editor (Alex B) on Apr 19, 2014 20:31:59 GMT
As of April 20th, 2014, the highest asking prices on eBay...
eBay Australia
*Revenge of the Vampire (A$179) *Deathmoor (A$59.90) *Advanced Fighting Fantasy Arion Edition (A$44.99) *Advanced Fighting Fantasy Arion Edition (A$43.90) *Allansia (A$42) *Advanced Fighting Fantasy Arion Edition (A$39.74)
eBay UK
*Warlock magazine issues 1, 2 and 3 (£294.94) *Puffin Editions: 31-40 (£220) *"The Citadel of Chaos" Original Artwork (£200) *Fighting Fantasy Quest Pack (£185.19) *Fighting Fantasy Quest Pack (£150) *Wizard "Series 1" Editions: 3, 5-7, 9-10, 14-18, 20-22, 25-26 and 28. (£100.43) *Wizard "Series 1" Sorcery! Box Set: 9, 11, 13, 15 (£100) *Clash of the Princes Box Set (£94.94) *Puffin Editions (assorted cover formats): 8-52, 54 and 56 (£79.99) *Warlock magazine issue 1 (£79.99)
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Post by sylas on Apr 19, 2014 23:32:31 GMT
amongst all that, '*Puffin Editions (assorted cover formats): 8-52, 54 and 56 (£79.99)' seems quite reasonable.
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Post by The Editor (Alex B) on Aug 1, 2014 22:38:26 GMT
As of August 2nd, 2014, the highest asking prices on eBay...
eBay Australia
*Revenge of the Vampire (A$179) *Deathmoor (A$59.99) *Sorcery! 1-4 (A$25) *Freeway Fighter (A$24.90) *Wizard "Series 1" Editions: 1-4 (A$19.95)
eBay UK
*Warlock magazine issues 1, 2 and 3 (£294.94) *The Warlock of Firetop Mountain Wizard "Series 1" edition (£239.55) *"Fighting Fantasy Gamebox" (£150) *"Fighting Fantasy Gamebox" (£150) *Clash of the Princes Box Set (£94.94) *"Warrior of Chaos" Fighting Fantasy figure (£44.99) *"Deadly Skeleton" Fighting Fantasy figure (£44.99) *"Vile Orc" Fighting Fantasy figure (£44.99)
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Post by The Editor (Alex B) on Feb 26, 2015 4:09:52 GMT
As of February 26th, 2015, the highest asking prices on eBay...
eBay Australia
*Allansia (A$139.99) *Island of the Undead (A$80) *The Crimson Tide (A$44.99) *Dungeoneer, Fables Lands #1 & Dragon Warriors #1-4 (A$29.99) *Legend of Zagor (A$25)
eBay UK
*The 10th Anniversary Year Book (£635.23) *Scorpion Swamp edition (£507.43) *Fighting Fantasy Quest Pack (£220) *Wizard "Series 2" 1-10 (£199.99) *Warlock magazine issues 1, 2 and 3 (£185.19) *Wizard "Series 2" 1-10 & "Series 2" 7-16 (£119.64) *Wizard "Series 2" 13 assorted titles (£101.12) *Wizard "Series 2" 1-10 & "Series 2" 7-16 (£99.99)
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Post by The Editor (Alex B) on Jul 10, 2015 3:36:09 GMT
As of July 10th, 2015, the highest asking prices on eBay...
eBay Australia
*Moonrunner (A$126) *Sorcery! #1-4 (A$109) *Spellbreaker (A$90) *Deathmoor (A$70) *Island of the Undead (A$68)
eBay UK
*The 10th Anniversary Year Book (£635.23) *Curse of the Mummy (£269.53) *Scorpion Swamp (£235.84) *Scorpion Swamp (£192.96) *Warlock magazine issues 1, 2 and 3 (£185.19) *Fighting Fantasy Gamebox (£150) *Howl of the Werewolf (£119.10) *Warlock magazine #1-13 + original art (£109.99)
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Post by The Editor (Alex B) on Jan 21, 2018 18:24:08 GMT
It's been a while, but as of January 22nd, 2018, the highest asking prices on eBay...
eBay Australia
*Magehunter (A$225) *Out of the Pit (original A4 version) (A$80) *Sorcery!: 1-4 (1,3-4 as zig-zag, 2 as black dragon cover format) (A$80) *Clash of the Princes Box Set (A$50) *Island of the Undead (A$50)
eBay UK
*Puffin Editions (gold dragon cover formats): 1-50 (£349) *Scholastic Editions: 1-6 + SIGNED (£299.99) *Puffin Editions (assorted cover formats): 1-50 + Fighting Fantasy and The Riddling Reaver (£299) *Magehunter (£159.99) *Clash of the Princes Box Set (£136.46) *Wizard Series 2 Editions: 1-17 (£99) *Allansia (£99) *Curse of the Mummy (£94.99) *Deathmoor (£90) *Curse of the Mummy (£85)
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Post by bloodbeasthandler on Jan 27, 2021 21:53:27 GMT
Look at what these books are going for! £200.00 Revenge of the Vampire and Magehunter, yours for £187
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Post by bloodbeasthandler on Jan 27, 2021 21:55:54 GMT
... and Deathmoor went for £107 and even Scorpion Swamp is getting in on the act -
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Post by tyrion on Jan 27, 2021 22:23:35 GMT
I saw night dragon on for £1009 recently. Probably some sort of algorithm that decided that though.
I think the black dragon scorpion swamp is quite rare. If you're a collector and want all the black dragon versions, then you've got to be prepared to pay up.
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Post by bloodbeasthandler on Jan 27, 2021 22:39:33 GMT
I saw night dragon on for £1009 recently. Probably some sort of algorithm that decided that though. Yeah, I've seen that, where collossal amounts of money are asked for something. All those ones I took snapshots of above have (according to ebay) actually sold at those prices. A challenge ... Can anyone top this: Storms of Chai sold for £500.
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Post by kieran on Jan 28, 2021 10:05:41 GMT
Storms of Chai sold for £500. Wow, my copy then might be the most expensive thing I have in my house! Wonder if I should get my gamebook collection insured?
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Post by kieran on Jan 28, 2021 11:07:52 GMT
I think the black dragon scorpion swamp is quite rare. If you're a collector and want all the black dragon versions, then you've got to be prepared to pay up. Hmm turns out my Scorpion Swamp is a rare edition, who knew? Not sure collectors would think much of 8 year old me wearing a hole through the adventure sheet though!
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Post by bloodbeasthandler on Jan 28, 2021 19:38:54 GMT
Storms of Chai sold for £500. Wow, my copy then might be the most expensive thing I have in my house! Wonder if I should get my gamebook collection insured? Though I see it with my own eyes, I'm still having a hard time believing it. I wonder if it could be a stunt of some kind, the seller buying it himself with his own money, or someone saying they'll buy it but not actually paying out. Not sure, but it seems just too much.
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Post by vastariner on Jan 29, 2021 9:20:44 GMT
Wow, my copy then might be the most expensive thing I have in my house! Wonder if I should get my gamebook collection insured? Though I see it with my own eyes, I'm still having a hard time believing it. I wonder if it could be a stunt of some kind, the seller buying it himself with his own money, or someone saying they'll buy it but not actually paying out. Not sure, but it seems just too much. Sometimes it's money laundering. The transaction doesn't happen but there's a paperwork trail showing how someone moves money from A to B.
But never under-estimate completionist mania. 20 years ago second-hand Lone Wolf books in the 20s were heading towards three figures.
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Post by johnbrawn1972 on Jan 29, 2021 21:54:41 GMT
Is a first edition Scorpion Swamp worth very much?
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Post by bloodbeasthandler on Jan 30, 2021 8:44:23 GMT
Is a first edition Scorpion Swamp worth very much? Within the last few months I see that Scorpion Swamp 1st editions have sold for: £12.49, £9.99 [plus £1.90 p&p], £10.99, £6.50 [plus £1.85 p&p], £12.99 [plus £1.70 p&p], £11.72 [plus £3.95 p &p], £12.99 [plus £1.50 p&p] and £5.02 [plus £1.40 p&p] There were also some 'best offer accepted' purchases which started at £12.99 and £8.99 but probably sold for less.
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Post by bloodbeasthandler on Jan 30, 2021 9:04:25 GMT
Not sure how 'extremely rare' the early LW books are, books 1 and 2 sold 100,000 copies each in their first week of release in the UK according to Joe Dever himself. Book 3 cannot have done too badly either. And this one seems to have been taken by Lone Wolf himself on his travels through the polar wastes by the look of the state of it. The later Falcon books look quite expensive to buy. I wonder if Jamie Thomson is sat quietly in his house curled round a mound of them like a red dragon. Waiting for the price to peak...
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Post by bloodbeasthandler on Jun 14, 2021 20:47:48 GMT
Magehunter's gone up to over 200 quid. It's the version written by Steve Jackson, apparently, too! Hunger of Sejanoz recently sold for over £400.
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Post by bloodbeasthandler on Jun 18, 2021 15:45:22 GMT
I never knew this box set existed. A Fistful of Fighting Fantasy ***Nr MINT MEGA RARE BOX SET!!*** Puffin Gamebox You'd think it containing Sky Lord would reduce the price a bit though...
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Post by kieran on Jun 18, 2021 16:39:17 GMT
Just thinking, there's so many oddities like this of which even most die-hard fans aren't aware that someone could make their own slipcase, stick 3 cheap books in it, and declare it as an ultra-rare boxset and possibly sell it for hundreds.
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Post by The Editor (Alex B) on Jun 19, 2021 0:32:54 GMT
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Post by bloodbeasthandler on Jun 20, 2021 10:43:11 GMT
Sort of connected to ebay and sort of not.. The Lone Wolf Magnamund site is now taking payment for pre-orders of Vampirium (I'm not getting a commission for this piece of advertising, honest!), so it might make these sorts of prices for LW 27 a thing of the past. Then again it might not, if a collector really wants a book from the original run.
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Post by dragonwarrior8 on Jun 20, 2021 16:43:02 GMT
For Christmas one year in the 80s I was given a 4 book FF box set that had books 13-16. I always assumed there were also box sets for books 1-4, 5-8, and 9-12 as well but now not so sure. Dont have it anymore and cant remember exactly what it said on the side but I sure wish I had known what a flimsy piece of cardboard would eventually be worth. (Assuming anyone is actually paying these prices).
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Post by The Editor (Alex B) on Jul 3, 2021 5:21:43 GMT
As of July 3rd, 2021, the highest asking prices on eBay (and boy are they getting into silly numbers)...
eBay Australia
*Selected collection of titles (25 books) including the 10th Anniversary Yearbook (A$1,500) *Books #41-50 (A$1,000) *Books #1-10 (A$500) *Warlock Magazine #1-4 & 8 (A$450) *The Shamutanti Hills (A$300)
eBay UK
*Books #1-59 + Clash of the Princes & others (£1,980) *Books #1-59 (£1,499) *Books #1-59 + assorted other titles (£1,299.99) *A Fistful of Fighting Fantasy Box set (Books #32-34) (£1,199) *Sky Lord prelim cover art (£1,050) *Warlock Magazine #1 prelim cover art (£800) *Fighting Fantasy Adventure Gamebox Box set (Gold) (£799.99) *Warlock Magazine #4 prelim cover art (£730) *Books #1-50 (£499) *Revenge of the Vampire (£399.99) *Magehunter (£399.99) *Curse of the Mummy (Puffin) (£325) *Curse of the Mummy (Puffin) (£274.99)
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Post by kieran on Jul 3, 2021 11:09:42 GMT
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Post by bloodbeasthandler on Jul 3, 2021 12:38:11 GMT
I believe magnamund.com will shortly be putting out some deluxe hardback editions of the LW books, starting with Flight from the Dark and going onwards, and hopefully it'll torpedo this nonsense for at least a generation.
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Post by bloodbeasthandler on Oct 18, 2021 18:11:14 GMT
Evidence that crack cocaine use is on the increase. You get a penny change from five hundred smackeroos for a creased-to-buggery copy of Magehunter with a tear on page 13. (Not counting the p&p. No returns.)
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