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Originally Posted by asiak75
Swift, correct me if I am wrong but I strongly believe the GOTY HB Fallout 3 guide was released in limited quantities and again if I am not wrong they limited the print because of the massive amount of pages, it was sold out quickly and so far I can only find this one listed on eBay.
http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Fallout-3-Gam...item3a80727624
Saying this the release of the Skyrim GOTY CE guide has the same potential...
I agree on some of your points but you have to differentiate around the publisher as it dictates the amount that will be printed and even if it is more than the average Game CE it is way more tricky to maintain a book in sealed new condition over the years compared to CE games. |
Here are some of the ones being listed now
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw...guide&_sacat=0
There are more than that listed incorrectly
Here are some that sold recently for around the 30 USD price mark mostly
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_saca...&LH_Complete=1
This listing specifically
http://www.ebay.com/itm/FALLOUT-3-GA...p2047675.l2557
States the numbering on the guide at 36094 hence at least 40000 copies
I think 50000 are likely as this is certainly a small sampling
So while it is limited, it is not rare and will never be that rare tbh at least imo
It is desirable and does ebb and flow in its availability but there are simply too many copies of it for it to be that hard to find
Don't get me wrong I love that guide, paid 35 or so for it mint and it's great but there's quite a lot of them
I can imagine it might be a different market for someone outside the US but you always have to compare markets to find the best prices
Books are hard because shipping them internationally is so expensive
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Originally Posted by asiak75
Saying this the release of the Skyrim GOTY CE guide has the same potential...
I agree on some of your points but you have to differentiate around the publisher as it dictates the amount that will be printed and even if it is more than the average Game CE it is way more tricky to maintain a book in sealed new condition over the years compared to CE games.
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I disagree for the most part as almost no CE guide has ever been made in truly limited quantities. I seriously doubt any has been made with less than 20,000 copies or so but some are in different languages so hard to gauge English copies
What I meant before about comparing CE's to Ce guides is that CE guides are actually usually made in lesser quantities than a lot of CE's BUT they are usually considerably less collectible
For instance how many people have you seen that collect CE guides but not CE's? Reverse of that how many ppl do you know that collect CE's but not CE guides?
Hence the collector market for CE's is much greater than CE guides and CE's can indeed become a lot harder to find for a reasonable price
Very few CE guides have hit big sale numbers on ebay and even when they do, they tend to fall again as ppl list them etc.
I would also point blank disagree on the sealed point you made as most collectors keep game guides sealed as with the internet today the guide itself is not that valuable so just a collectors item and no point to open it
Obviously sealed CE guides are rarer and worth more than unsealed. What I mean though is a lot more people will keep CE guides sealed then CE's for instance
There are plenty of sealed copies of the Fallout 3 CE GOTY guide on ebay now and in the past month or so
One is on auction and bid is up to 36 USD I think? Another is a buy it now for 100 USD but has been up for a while with no bites
I don't mean to sound argumentative as you seem like a true collector so I respect that but most CE guides don't really appreciate in value in my opinion even some of the older rarer ones
There is perhaps one exception to that though
I believe that there were a few copies of the Saints Row the Third CE guide in existence that was planned to be released but cancelled
Hence a copy of that would be a unicorn of CE guides
I have no confirmation of its existence or evidence of any kind, save my word that I saw an auction for it on ebay from a relatively reputable seller who sold them for 150 GBP at the time