D&D 3E/3.5 Why does the 3E Fiendish Codex: Hordes of the Abyss go for so much?

[el-remmen]

So I stopped in Half-Price book seeing it was mostly empty of people and did my usual quick browse of the gaming section looking for any deals and I spotted this:

I know it is out of print - but why the heck is some random 3E book selling for so much as a used bookstore?

 

[Zardnaar]

It's around 15 years old.

There's been a recent spike in older edition stuff not just the usual suspects.

 

[el-remmen]

15 years old or not, that's a lot! (and 15 years ain't that long) .You'd think it has some kind of misprint or includes info WotC didn't have the rights for or something that caused the majority of the print run to be pulped or something. Dang!

 

[Zardnaar]

15 years old or not, that's a lot! (and 15 years ain't that long) .You'd think it has some kind of misprint or includes info WotC didn't have the rights for or something that caused the majority of the print run to be pulped or something. Dang!

It's a really good book, not one if the well known runs so probably didn't have a high print run relative to Complete splatbook xyz.

1E PHB used to be around $10 they've crept up around $40 here.

It's supply and demand. No new supplies made if demand is there price goes up.

 

[el-remmen]

It's supply and demand. No new supplies made if demand is there price goes up.

I guess I am surprised there is demand that'd meet that price. It'll be interesting to see if it is still there the next time I stop by the store.

 

[Alzrius]

Honestly, there's all sorts of weird price fluctuations around out-of-print RPGs, especially at Half Price Books.

I once saw them selling a copy of the Pathfinder Rise of the Runelords Map Folio for $200 USD. I later went back to the same store and saw it in a display case for $99...along with another copy on the shelf (and with nothing missing or damaged, as far as I could tell) for $20.

 

[TwiceBorn2]

Wonder how easily that sticker will come off, and how that will affect the value of the book if it doesn't?

 

[Voadam]

The PDF is $15. No POD option so far.

 

[Imaculata]

Happy I got that book for a normal price last year.

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

D&D books in general have noticeably gone up in price in the last 5-10 years. I'd hazard that the current D&D boom has raised interest in collecting OOP D&D books and ephemera.