Azzaz wrote:I know this board is primarily focused on earlier D&D products, but does anyone know if any of the 3rd & 3.5th edition books include unusual, misprint, "rare", etc. printings?  

Are there any sites out there that focus on collecting the newer D&D materials?

Thanks!

None that I have seen, but that's not to say that they're not out there.

I doubt it though...

We have posts in the Non TSR forums dealing with 3.x stuff.  Not sure if ENWorld still has the list of companys and product reviews for 3.x.

ShaneG.

I think the list of pricier 3/3.5 stuff is Tomb Of Abysthor, Rappan Athuk 3, Rappan Athuk Reloaded, and Ptolus.  Did I miss anything?

TheHistorian wrote:I think the list of pricier 3/3.5 stuff is Tomb Of Abysthor, Rappan Athuk 3, Rappan Athuk Reloaded, and Ptolus.  Did I miss anything?

CZ Upper Works, DCC 35 plus any DCC 1e or convention mods, maybe CSIO and Wilderlands of HF from Necromancer.  I'm sure there are others.

I would like to obtain some of the later Monster Manuals from Ed. 3.5...

drop me a line with what the have mark;)

Brette:)

Mars wrote:I'm not sure how the general market for 3.0/3.5 stuff but half of cover price seems a bit high.  Lately is seems like the stores here are just dumping all of it.

One store I went to last week had a sale $1 per softcover and $2 per hardcover to get rid of the rest of the D20 stuff.  This week another store has been liquidating a number of shelves of stuff at 10 items for $15 (both hardcover and softcover) - this included a few Forgotten Realms and Eberron books and I picked up 3 more copies of Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk.

Same in the UK with most shops liqidating their holdings of 3/3.5E.

I have found here that the core books needed to play D&D and a few selected hardbacks (Rules Compendium/Spells Compendium/Compendium of Magic Items) are able to maintain reasonably high values even in a flooded market, while ofthers (Eberron/Forgotten Realms) appear virtually worthless.

In the same vein, the Expedition to... series of hardbacks seem to be maintaining value in spite of there being no end of these available to the public, with Spider Queen being of particular value and apparent scarsity.

I've also found that shops here are awash with softcover stuff, at around the £1 pricetag, and that as a reseller, the stuff written by TLG and Necromancer still maintain value on the market, whilst the smaller presses, and the lower quality press stuff (Mongoose etc.), again is virtually worthless.

The hardback books I have stocked up on are Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk, Expedition to the Ruins of Undermountain, D&D Rules Compendium, D&D Spells Compendium, D&D Compendium of Magic Items, and Dreadmire.

The soft covers I have stocked up on in those published by Necromancer Games, the Castle Zagyg products published by Troll Lord Games, in particular the Gazetteer and the Districts which are rising in value steadily, and a few selected titles from Goodman Games.

The way I see it, the core books will always maintain a core value, because there will always be people who want to downgrade from 4.0, and there is a whole generation of 3/3.5E players who will look at this stuff as being where they started their adventures. This core value is currently higher than what most shops are ditching their stock at, and if you're buying hardbacks at say $4 a pop, and soft covers at say $2 a pop, you should be looking at an easy 100% profit margin in a 12 month period, and a possible 200-300% profit on certain well selected items over the medium term.

As always, the items to hold and not undersell are, Rappan Athuk 3, Rappan Athuk Reloaded, Abysthor, Barakus, Dreadmire, and anything Castle Zagyg (even Yggsburgh).

Just my 2c.