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Ordered the 6th edition collectors rule book. I got sent copy 0001 of 4000 !!! guess it might be worth a bit, seeing copies sell on e bay for like £200 - £300 already. Should I sell it? Should I keep it. I wish I had got number 3000 or something then I wouldn't need to think about having to make a decision !

Hm, if you dont want it I'll take it

Keep it. That's not something to get rid of. I'm surprised they actually let that out the door instead of some internal customer (someone who works there) nabbing it.

Could you tell me where in the rulebook you can see what number it was?

I say keep it, I mean it is nice, but I wouldn't pay much above regular price for it.

Keep it for ten years, then sell it.

Great White wrote:Keep it for ten years, then sell it.

Yeah just dont crack the spine or anything.

I saw run around your hobby store sreaming that you got it, followed by waaagh! of course then rub it in everyone's face, and dont sell it

Gorfang EadSplitta wrote:I saw run around your hobby store sreaming that you got it, followed by waaagh! of course then rub it in everyone's face, and dont sell it

/agree

Put it in a water proof, dust proof bag
Put that bag in a damage proof metal tin
Keep it for 10 years

Sell it for $100,000

Wow! I can't see it be worth something significant to far down the road. You could probably pull off 500 gbp+ in about a year or two at the most.

Unless I was in desperate straights, I would shelf it (I have a modest but nice private library) in a prominent place and buy a standard BRB for use.

To me, the coolness of having book #1 would far exceed the couple hundred gbp that you could muster for it now. If it is going to be worth something, it will be either in a couple years, or in about 30 years (if its like most books of its kind, quasi collectible with sentimental value down the road)

If you care about having #0001 then keep it. If you don't, sell it ASAP, but make sure to market it. Nerd gear doesn't really appreciate, especially niche games like Warhammer 40k.

Just look at really old D&D stuff. Sometimes you can buy it for the same price as the new stuff, and that's the good gear! Look at old 40k gear. It's selling for bigger dollars, but still not that much more, and even then, its pretty random what gets attention and what doesn't.

Sell it now while people are paying attention to the new edition, because once the next edition comes out, few people will want it, even if it is 0001/4000.

Strike while the iron is hot and sell it.
I did this with the last fantasy book, and I made a killing on it. Treat is like an investment and flip it. You will never be able to recoup that money like you can now. Just look n the bay, books are starting around $250....With a picture of #0001 you could probably start the book $500. Some nut will buy it.
Good Luck...

Talamare wrote:Put it in a water proof, dust proof bag
Put that bag in a damage proof metal tin
Keep it for 10 years

Sell it for $100,000

Although, ten years from now, $100,000 probably won't even buy you a nice dinner.

Woah hold the line here just keep the rulebook in mint condition (stick it in a sealable bag) and in about 5-10 years time it will be worth about £500 but do buy a non collectors edition if you want to play warhammer 40k
thank god your british...

Talamare wrote:Put it in a water proof, dust proof bag
Put that bag in a damage proof metal tin
Keep it for 10 years

Sell it for $100,000

In ten years $100,000 will be the price of a Tac-Squad kit.

Sell it, and sell it now. What you've got is likely to follow the beanie baby pricing curve. It's a desired commodity now, and so its price is shooting way up, but, really, what is its long-term investment potential?

I mean, if you had the opportunity to buy a first printing of the 4th edition rulebook how much would you spend for it really? Not hypothetically, but really. How much are you actually going to pay for a copy of a book whose content is no longer valid, just because it has an interesting number and is still wrapped in plastic?

If you can make a profit by trading it, I would do so as quickly as possible. Throw it up on ebay with a 2-week auction time and advertise on every forum as much as you possibly can. Then pawn it off on some sucker who will only be able to watch it depreciate over time.

If you have some particular sentimental value to it, then keep it, use it, and brag to your friends about it. Otherwise, hawk it for enough to buy another copy of the rulebook and a new army...

Could you provide a picture? This is the internet and all...

If it were me, I would sell it.

Ailaros wrote:Sell it, and sell it now. What you've got is likely to follow the beanie baby pricing curve. It's a desired commodity now, and so its price is shooting way up, but, really, what is its long-term investment potential?

I mean, if you had the opportunity to buy a first printing of the 4th edition rulebook how much would you spend for it really? Not hypothetically, but really. How much are you actually going to pay for a copy of a book whose content is no longer valid, just because it has an interesting number and is still wrapped in plastic?

If you can make a profit by trading it, I would do so as quickly as possible. Throw it up on ebay with a 2-week auction time and advertise on every forum as much as you possibly can. Then pawn it off on some sucker who will only be able to watch it depreciate over time.

If you have some particular sentimental value to it, then keep it, use it, and brag to your friends about it. Otherwise, hawk it for enough to buy another copy of the rulebook and a new army...

Pretty solid advice.
I sold one of those un-dated 20p coins and got £97 (The ones achieving more where for Charities).
Checked the other day, they are averaging around £40-£60.

Yeah, sell it now. In ten years we'll be playing 7th or 8th edition, and that book will be next to worthless.

Pics or it didn't happen.

Keep that puppy for a while.

Keep it. Right now there are quite a few collector's editions up for grabs, and more will probably go up as more people receive their orders.

Give it a couple of months for 6th to really get in gear, then you can probably make a bit of money off of it.

This is one of those things that sounds like - wow, this should be worth something. Unfortunately it's not.

Even if its not worth that much up go test the waters on Ebay for a few hundred dollars, If you can land a buyer at say $400 then you have just made $310 dollars to now spend on shiny new models.

New army? New detachment? Bolster an established army you already have? Its totally up to you but if that 0001 out of 4000 doesnt hold any emotional attachment, go on and see what you can get for it.

Another argument in favor of "sell now!" is fungibility. The actual useful value of the 6th edition rulebook (collector's version or otherwise), will decrease every day we get closer to 7th edition, because it's the currentness of the rules that makes the rulebook useful, and thus imparts its real value.

I mean, let's say that you go back in time to last thursday. 6th ed is going to come out in just a couple of days. Someone offers to sell you a super collector version of 5th ed for $150. Would you buy it? Of course, not, you're saving your money for 6th ed, which is going to be the rulebook that's going to be actually useful. The 5th ed rulebook would be worth only slightly more than the paper it's printed on, as, in a few days, that's all the use you'd be getting out of it.

Buying 6th ed is a good buy now, because you'll get a lot of use out of it, and having a fancy version of 6th ed is a good buy now, because you'll get years of bragging about it. These two things will only decrease over time. As does the utility, as does the price.

I mean, imagine that you went to a casino and threw $100 into a pool and wound up winning a brand new 1012 Ford Focus. If you wanted to drive it, that would be great, but if you wanted to sell it, you'd be insane not to turn around the next day and sell it, as that care is going to depreciate by like $20 a day. Wait to sell it next week and you're going to be out a couple hundred bucks.

Yes, there is the incredibly slim chance that the 2012 Ford Focus will become a classic collector's item in 40 years. Much, much, MUCH more likely, it will just be some old car you can't drive and nobody wants to buy.

I'd like to hear some serious reasoning why people expect that the price fetchable will go UP over time, not down.

I would recommend cracking the spine and then pouring chocolate milk on it.

Or, the exact opposite of that.

Either way.

Sell it now while the hype is going, you should be able to get the over-inflated price currently.

Because the pool of people interested in owning this thing is pretty low, I doubt it will see much appreciation. Sell it now while its hot. I doubt you will get face value for it in 10 years.

Yeah, stuff like this doesn't really appreciate. Interest is highest now, if you're wanting to sell it, strike while the iron's hot.

Ailaros wrote:Sell it, and sell it now. What you've got is likely to follow the beanie baby pricing curve. It's a desired commodity now, and so its price is shooting way up, but, really, what is its long-term investment potential?

I mean, if you had the opportunity to buy a first printing of the 4th edition rulebook how much would you spend for it really? Not hypothetically, but really. How much are you actually going to pay for a copy of a book whose content is no longer valid, just because it has an interesting number and is still wrapped in plastic?

If you can make a profit by trading it, I would do so as quickly as possible. Throw it up on ebay with a 2-week auction time and advertise on every forum as much as you possibly can. Then pawn it off on some sucker who will only be able to watch it depreciate over time.

If you have some particular sentimental value to it, then keep it, use it, and brag to your friends about it. Otherwise, hawk it for enough to buy another copy of the rulebook and a new army...

I agree with this completely.

By the time 7th edition rolls along, and probably for a good time before, the value is going to completely drop out of the bottom of it.

You still occasionally see hardback versions of Rogue Trader available on ebay (the original print) which goes for less than half of a new 6th edition books. Those weren't specifically collectors edition, but I would hazard a guess that there are a hell of a lot less of those out there than this new collectors edition.

As Ailaros says, sell it while the iron is hot and you will get some loon who will pay $300-$400 on it over the next few weeks. Use funds to buy a new army.