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Post by tyrion on Aug 29, 2020 21:14:02 GMT
My copy of magehunter has gone the way of unearthed arcana and the 7ed high elf army book, i.e. the binding has gone and pages are falling out. Not a bad innings for an ex library book, but I could really now do with a new one. I understand that these are rare and expensive, but if anyone one here has a clean copy that they are willing to part with (I'm prepared to pay the going rate from the collector's guide) please let me know.
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Post by Peter on Aug 31, 2020 7:10:36 GMT
I'd be keen to pick up your old copy! Name your price....
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Post by tyrion on Aug 31, 2020 11:24:03 GMT
I'd be keen to pick up your old copy! Name your price.... Thanks pete, I'll bear that in mind. My brother has shown a passing interest, but if he doesn't want it, you'll have first dibs. Just need to get myself a new copy first...
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Post by elnombre on Sept 2, 2020 16:05:34 GMT
I'm sure I read on here that someone removed all the pages of a book individually, punched them and put them in a ring binder for long-term use. I think it would feel a little weird but it's certainly cheaper than another Magehunter.
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Post by tyrion on Sept 2, 2020 17:09:42 GMT
I'm sure I read on here that someone removed all the pages of a book individually, punched them and put them in a ring binder for long-term use. I think it would feel a little weird but it's certainly cheaper than another Magehunter. I actually did this with my high elf army book! Might be worth a go, I'm sure I could find a nice A5 ring binder to put it in.
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Post by tyrion on Oct 11, 2020 20:04:44 GMT
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sylas
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Post by sylas on Oct 13, 2020 21:36:24 GMT
As far as I am aware, that is illegal and should be reported. Unless anyone has more clearer information.
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Post by tyrion on Oct 14, 2020 6:03:00 GMT
It it wasn't described as new, I don't think there would be a problem, i.e. if somebody had done this for his own collection but then decided to sell it.
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sylas
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Post by sylas on Oct 17, 2020 22:26:13 GMT
It it wasn't described as new, I don't think there would be a problem, i.e. if somebody had done this for his own collection but then decided to sell it. So in theory, if I decided to make a book out of my revised Crypt of the Sorcerer that I had typed up myself, using scans for all the artwork, I could also sell it on ebay for a larger sum of money than the book's worth?
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Post by a moderator on Oct 17, 2020 22:52:17 GMT
The bidding history indicates that the starting price was 99p (+p&p). It sold for so much more than that because a couple of people got into a bidding war.
ETA: Besides, the author and artists will have received their standard share of the royalties when this book was originally sold to the person who put the new cover on it. If you were to print off your own version and try to sell that, only you would be making money from it. That's a pretty significant difference.
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Post by linflas on Nov 8, 2020 18:41:20 GMT
What was sold exactly? The whole reprinted book or just an over-cover thing?
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Post by a moderator on Nov 8, 2020 19:21:26 GMT
As far as I could tell based on the description, it was an official copy of the book, but someone had created a Puffin-style cover and stuck it onto the existing one - the thickness of the cover in the photo did appear not insignificantly more than normal.
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Post by linflas on Nov 8, 2020 21:40:39 GMT
Hum... Can be an idea for books with damaged cover..
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Post by drmanhattan on Jul 29, 2021 8:27:10 GMT
Due to various reasons I'm selling off some of my "stuff" and wondered if there was some kind of rough guide to the value of the FF books (see below), I am in Sweden but don't want to just give them away for peanuts, at the same time, I don't think they are worth that much but every little will help right now.
Books which I could bear to part with
Temple of Terror Caverns of the Snow Witch Island of the Lizard Kind Forest of Doom Starship Traveller
If they're basically worthless then of course I will just hang onto them. But on Amazon some of these are listed at 10 quid, and 50 quid would be a help to me at the moment.
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Post by stevendoig on Jul 29, 2021 8:32:40 GMT
Are they greenspines?
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Post by tyrion on Jul 29, 2021 8:52:31 GMT
You might get £10 for forest, starship and lizard if they are star covers. Caverns and temple, maybe £5?
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Post by drmanhattan on Jul 29, 2021 8:56:00 GMT
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Post by drmanhattan on Jul 29, 2021 11:58:03 GMT
OK, I found a few more. SO this is what I have Its "Golden Dragon" (?) House of Hell, Appointment with Fear, Creature of Havoc greenspine zigzag Starship Traveller, Island of Lizard King, Trial of Champions, Temple of Terror, Caverns of Snow Witch greenspine but no zigzag on front City of Thieves. I don't suppose the hardback 25th ed WoFM is worth anything?
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Post by a moderator on Jul 29, 2021 14:12:42 GMT
Does the copy of House of Hell include the illustration for section 264 (the human sacrifice)? That could make a difference to how much some people are prepared to pay for it.
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Post by drmanhattan on Jul 29, 2021 15:45:31 GMT
No I don't see any illustration there, I'd forgotten about the controversy with that one!
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Post by tyrion on Jul 29, 2021 16:15:03 GMT
The hardback wofm is worth a bit. Maybe £30? I'd be loathe to sell it if it was mine though. City of thieves is probably worth the most out of the others as it is a star cover, rather than a greenspine (even though it does, ironically, have a green spine). Plus there are loads of newer versions out there you could replace it with if you wanted to.
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Post by drmanhattan on Jul 29, 2021 18:11:03 GMT
great thanks, I will probably hang onto the hardback for now, and have split up the books into SJ: House of Hell, Creature of Havoc, Starship Traveller, Appointment with FEAR IL: Caverns of Snow Witch, City of Thieves, Temple of Terror, Forest of Doom, Island of Lizard King, Trial of Champions
what would be a reasonable price for each packet, or am I best selling individually? And if so, I'll take the advice here. I guess £5 each and £10 for Creature of Havoc, £10-15 for City of Thieves?
thanks for the help with this.
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Post by drmanhattan on Jul 29, 2021 18:39:11 GMT
By the way, out of curiosity how much for the SOrcery books with spell book?
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Post by drmanhattan on Jul 30, 2021 8:07:15 GMT
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Post by tyrion on Jul 30, 2021 8:57:23 GMT
Probably £40 - £50 for the sorcery set if you can find someone who wants the whole lot. Individually they would be about £10 each.
You would get more for the others selling individually, but obviously it's more hassle.
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Post by drmanhattan on Jul 30, 2021 9:21:32 GMT
OK thanks a lot. I didn't really want to sell the Sorcery books but I'd seen some stupid prices on ebay for some of them so wondered. I'll hang onto those, and I found some boardgame bits I can sell instead anyway
cheeers!
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