blackdougal wrote in So, this is a thing.:

Borealis are definitely the heavy hitters, but some others do reasonably well also. Some of the Vortex and Gemini can be pricey. There are plenty of styles sitting in the $40-$60 per set range and a fair amount in the $80-$100 range. The thing with any of the glittery dice is knowing the difference between the old glitter and the new glitter. Most of the eBay listing specifically mention "old glitter" or "OG." I'm no expert, but if it's early 2000's it should be OG. I learned a lot by perusing the Dice Market group on Facebook. I actually sold mine through a contact in that group.

There is a huge multi post with various colors comparisons of Old Glitter and New Glitter on the Dice Maniacs Group on FB. I snagged one of the pics to give an idea here. OG is on the right.

MadCatUSA wrote in So, this is a thing.:
I'm not ashamed to admit that I went through my dice bag, pulled out my set of the same exact dice and listed them for a ridiculous amount on eBay last night... Fingers crossed!

The aqua blue 12 sider. Isn't that a pre Basic set die that people were getting from the UK?

MadCatUSA wrote in So, this is a thing.:
I'm not ashamed to admit that I went through my dice bag, pulled out my set of the same exact dice and listed them for a ridiculous amount on eBay last night... Fingers crossed!

Sold! Set of 7 Chessex for $250!

simonmwh wrote in So, this is a thing.:Anybody else think that this might be a tulip style bubble?  Yes they might be unusual but they are just tiny bits of manufactured tat.

Yeah probably, but fun to watch it happen. There are the Beanie Babies of history that don't regain value after the bubble bursts, & then there are the collectibles that might rise or fall but do retain value. The dice on this thread share one characteristic with some collectible plastics - the composition is a key part of what makes it noteworthy. Some of these dice are made of ingredients mixed with the plastic that is now unobtainable to the manufacturer. It's something I've wondered about RPGs in general. There's been a huge boom in recent years, & everything seems to be worth multiples of what it was a decade ago. Will it last beyond the next recession?

In my opinion, if you're collecting anything with an eye on financial investment/return, then you're taking a huge risk (especially long term since these things usually ride nostalgia-driven generational waves).  Enjoy the ride and collect it because you love it!  Unless you're collecting Iron Maiden paraphernalia - if that's the case, then you should just leave that to me .

That's the thing, we're looking at it as an investment but I don't think they are. I bought a vintage table and chair set a while back. It was a few hundred dollars and I knew I had a buyer and I made a hundred bucks profit. I was already there getting some stuff for me. There might be someone paying $700 for some semi old chessex dice and they can quick flip them to someone for a profit. But probably most of them are just buying them to own and if they think they are going to hold onto to them for 10-20 years and flip them for more, they're most likely going to be wrong.
Probably a lot of people think what they spend money on is an investment, but the reality is that most things aren't. Even if you spend a lot of money. People that buy super expensive watches or cars, etc, they aren't paying big bucks because they are going to make money in future on it. They're buying it to have it.

Thanks for bringing up the Woody, simonmwh. Because that's what I was thinking of. In 20+ years that's probably one of few things that will continue to go up in price. The Rarest modules and such, they probably won't retain their value. Doesn't mean that it's wrong to buy them for ourselves today, as long as you're being realistic that their future value is definitely not a sure thing.
I think about too with Paul Stormberg's (sp?) auctions. I think most of the time he's going to realize the most money for the things he sells. Is there something wrong with that? No, and the stuff he sells is typically one of a kind because of Who's stuff he sells. But I don't think I'm going to pick up a bunch of his items, sit on them for a couple years and sell them myself for a big profit. Because he's a more prestigious seller and his proceeds I assume will most benefit the owner of the items. I'd rather buy from him than me.

I bring up Paul because I think that's lost on some of us. I think these people are spending big money on this because they believe in it. They believe in and want to support the companies that make the stuff. That's not so much the odd eBay auction but Kracken making over a million dollars on their Kickstarter. Or all the people in the dice groups that are learning how to 3D print, forging, and making molds to make dice.
We talk about the value in books but isn't the real value in the people that write the games, create the artwork, publishing. The book happens to be the medium that holds the ideas but it's the ideas that we treasure, isn't it?

sauromatian wrote in So, this is a thing.:
True, but there are legal issues if you try to collect them.

aia wrote in So, this is a thing.:Howdy all, i found these two sets and i wonder what is the potential value of them... In a nutshell, should i list them on ebay?


P_20190903_094649_p.jpg - Google Drive

EDIT: i am striving to post a poc from my Gdrive. Should the pic not be visible, in it there are a Borealis Tear/Gold (code CHX 27486) and a Borealis Purple/White set (code CHX 27407).

recent eBay solds are around $10-15 each set. Maybe a little more since you have the original packaging.

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