| shelldrake | 17 Dec 2008 7:09 p.m. PST |
I am selling off some old out of print games, but i don't know what price they could fetch. Are there any sites out there to get a rough guide of the cost of a board game? I had a look at board game geek for the ones i have and drew a blank. |
| Waco Joe | 17 Dec 2008 7:16 p.m. PST |
You can try searching Ebay for completed auctions and see what people are willing to pay there. |
| shelldrake | 17 Dec 2008 9:11 p.m. PST |
Thanks Waco Joe – oddly enough by including ebay in the search, i found a site that deals in new and second hand board games… almost gagged when i saw some of the prices! |
| The Nigerian Lead Minister | 17 Dec 2008 10:30 p.m. PST |
I wouldn't trust some of those. Some stores put an absolutely outrageous price on the OOP games. Must be someone who buys at that price, but they must not be very good at shopping around. Still, some of those can be a good starting point. |
| pphalen | 18 Dec 2008 6:48 a.m. PST |
And those "second hand" shops will offer to pay you about 1/100th of the price that they advertise they are selling for… |
| Mikhail Lerementov | 18 Dec 2008 8:27 a.m. PST |
I still have several unpunched boxed SPI games, The Art of Siege being the premier one, and a fellow told me it would easily fetch $350.00 USD in his store. He returned it along with all the others a year later. Not one of them sold at his prices, although they were pretty much what several places listed them at. The value of a thing is that which a person is willing to pay for it. Ebay the stuff and see what it fetches. And don't be surprised if yours comes in much higher or much lower than someone else gets. It's the nature of auctions. |
| richarDISNEY | 18 Dec 2008 9:11 a.m. PST |
Go to boardgamegeek.com Search your game, and near the bottom is an eBay guide of currently listed games. Or better yet… Go under the heading of Bazaar, then go to marketplace. Then hit 'Browse games for sale". Find your game. Under the 'Price' column, there is a button for "Market Info". That's the best way to do it… |
| Andrew Walters | 18 Dec 2008 9:13 a.m. PST |
When things change hands infrequently its hard to determine a market price. Sure, one sold for $100 USD last week, but if it wasn't an auction that may have been the last guy willing to buy it. Closed auctions are a good way if there are enough of them, and they're clustered. EG, $30, $35, and $28 USD in the last six months is a clue. $100 USD three months ago, $9 USD last week is no help. Also, make sure the game isn't approaching re-release. Plenty of companies are re-releasing old games, which is very good news, but don't buy anything right beore Valley Games announced a new, cleaner, snazzier version. As always, I'm going to recommend BoardGameGeek.com for any kind of game-related research. Look up the game in question and check the Marketplace section. I see people on BGG currently offering o sell Art of Siege for 250 Euros, $350, 80 pounds, and clearly I don't know how to do currency on TMP. Another Art of Siege is sitting on eBay with a $350 USD open and 0 bids. Clicking on "Completed" I see the last sales of Art of Siege on eBay closed at $115, $119, $102, etc. Its all right there. Andrew |
 lewis cannon  | 19 Dec 2008 2:26 p.m. PST |
Decision Games/Desert Fox in CA sells boardgames.
See
link |
| shelldrake | 21 Dec 2008 6:14 p.m. PST |
Many thanks for the replies. As mentioned in the my first post, Boardgame geek wasnt of much help to me. After looking around to get a general price idea i posted the things on my own web site, as what is a fair price considering what i found on the net. |
| stenicplus | 23 Dec 2008 7:10 a.m. PST |
Try Richard Tyson of RT Games, he buys and sells second hand games and may well even make you an offer. rt-games.co.uk/index.htm Steve P |
| shelldrake | 23 Dec 2008 2:11 p.m. PST |
Cheers Steve, I will take a look. |
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