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The most expensive games in the marketplace history
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After Randy Cox suggested it in a previous geeklist (The most expensive games in the marketplace, http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/34796), here is a list with the most expensive games sold (not just listed) in the marketplace in the recorded history, in any country. I excluded games with painted minis or CCG. Also, I excluded a couple of games with prices that seem nonsense, as $5000 for a The Settlers of Catan or $4258 for a New England. Please tell me is some of those prices are rigth, and I will include them in the list.
One interesting thing, there are three different versions of The Settlers of Catan listed here.
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1. Board Game: Poisson d'Avril [Average Rating:6.64 Overall Rank:2142]
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An autographed copy of Poisson d'Avril went for US$1740 just before the Marketplace was implemented on BGG. That was quite a number of years ago, so adjusting for inflation it would easily be the equivalent of over US$2000 now.
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...so adjusting for inflation it would easily be the equivalent of over US$2000 now.
That would be about right. A while ago I found a pile of Poissonsd'A. in a murky thrift shop, they were all still shrinked and in spotless condition.
I sold them outside Marketplace ( :blush: ), mostly at auctions, and they went for around $2k each time.

Because of this fortune, I will move home to the Bahamas the first day next April.
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Der Das wrote:
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...so adjusting for inflation it would easily be the equivalent of over US$2000 now.
That would be about right. A while ago I found a pile of Poissonsd'A. in a murky thrift shop, they were all still shrinked and in spotless condition.
I sold them outside Marketplace ( :blush: ), mostly at auctions, and they went for around $2k each time.

Because of this fortune, I will move home to the Bahamas the first day next April.


you're kidding right?
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Amazingly and incredibly, I thrifted one of these some time back, I paid no less than a buck for it, as I recall. It musta come from a smokers' home cause it was a bit funky. It was complete and still fully playable though.

It now sits in a bank vault, insured.

I hope I won't die before I decide to sell it and live the high life. I can't sell it in the current economical situation, as I know I would get but a small fraction of what I can get in another future, time.
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KrisVerbeeck wrote:

you're kidding right?



Kris - I think he must be. I have always understood that this game was never distributed in shrinkwrap. Another mystery ...
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Tim Synge wrote:
KrisVerbeeck wrote:

you're kidding right?



Kris - I think he must be. I have always understood that this game was never distributed in shrinkwrap. Another mystery ...


I bought a handful of them many years ago and shrinkwrapped them. I was able to sell them for twice as much that way.
2. Board Game: Acquire [Average Rating:7.47 Overall Rank:67]
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3. Board Game: Keywood [Average Rating:6.76 Unranked]
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I wonder if this was some sort of special set. I own one (we played it once) and I don't recall it being special.
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Randy Cox wrote:
I wonder if this was some sort of special set. I own one (we played it once) and I don't recall it being special.


Thought there were only 300 or so sets of the early key* games published, though I wouldn't have thought it commanded that sort of premium...
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One of a limited edition of 200 copies of the first game of the "key" series of a now well known game designer - nostalghia, I`d say.
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It's all because of the limited number of games that Breese made, the fact that he only had a new game every two years and that he had quite a dedicated following after his first couple games. There was always demand for his games every Essen and that hype generated some crazy economics at times.
4. Board Game: The Communication in Catan [Average Rating:8.00 Unranked]
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5. Board Game: McMulti [Average Rating:6.93 Overall Rank:788]
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6. Board Game: Risk: Black Ops [Average Rating:7.05 Overall Rank:1982]
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Published in 2008
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bwingrave wrote:
Published in 2008

You are right, bad copy/paste. Corrected now.
7. Board Game: Guderian's Blitzkrieg II [Average Rating:8.17 Overall Rank:885]
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In May of '07 I found this for $5 at a garage sale (unpunched). eBay brought around $300.
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statman8 wrote:
In May of '07 I found this for $5 at a garage sale (unpunched). eBay brought around $300.


That was quite a score. thumbsup
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It was the tip of the iceberg. For a full listing see the following geeklist on page 8. In addition, he had me eBay a stack of his old still-in-shrink Iron Crown LoTR modules for half the profit. We ended up splitting over $1100 (after expenses). It more than paid for all of the games I bought several times over.

http://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/21580/page/8

As I said before, I used up all my good karma on this find.
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I had no idea those Iron Crown LoTR modules were big money items. And, since that find of yours predates my joining the geek, here's a big retroactive thumbsup for that find...
8. Board Game: Full Métal Planète [Average Rating:7.49 Overall Rank:417]
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9. Board Game: CATAN 3D Collector's Edition [Average Rating:8.00 Overall Rank:110]
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That's absurd. There's local shops that can't get rid of these...
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If by rid you mean sale, I suppose your right.

But I would be happy to help rid them of thier copy. I will even put it to good use.
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Actually if you can get a group of people to pitch in I find the make a pretty awesome present, or Group gamming resource.
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Geosphere wrote:
That's absurd. There's local shops that can't get rid of these...
Yea, there are 2 local shops here that have had copies of this sitting collecting dust since its release. Since they never sell below MSRP [or above for that matter, which is nice on things that are out of print], I suspect they'll continue to sit...
10. Board Game: 1853 [Average Rating:6.72 Overall Rank:1798]
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11. Board Game: Roads and Boats [Average Rating:7.74 Overall Rank:79]
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This game's prices go up and down like a rollercoaster ride. The current print run runs out, the price goes absurdly high. Then they print another run and prices return to normal.
12. Board Game: War in the Pacific [Average Rating:7.08 Unranked] [Average Rating:7.08 Unranked]
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13. Board Game: La Grande Guerre 14-18 [Average Rating:7.86 Overall Rank:1985]
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14. Board Game: Advanced Civilization [Average Rating:7.95 Unranked] [Average Rating:7.95 Unranked]
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15. Board Game: Antiquity [Average Rating:7.89 Overall Rank:80]
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16. Board Game: March to Victory: West Front 1914-1916 [Average Rating:7.24 Unranked]
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17. Board Game: Warhammer Quest [Average Rating:7.20 Overall Rank:342]
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18. Board Game: Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization [Average Rating:8.30 Overall Rank:5]
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19. Board Game: Quacksalbe [Average Rating:6.13 Unranked]
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20. Board Game: Keydom [Average Rating:6.75 Overall Rank:2574]
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21. Board Game: Aliens [Average Rating:7.33 Overall Rank:535]
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Wow. Hope that came with the expansion....
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I was the one that bought it ... and yes, it comes with the expansion; both the game and the expansions were in fantastic shape ... they seemed not played.

The very good (at that moment) exchange ratio between my currency (EURO) and US DOLLARS helped me a lot!

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I was the one that bought it ... and yes, it comes with the expansion; both the game and the expansions were in fantastic shape ... they seemed not played.

The very good (at that moment) exchange ratio between my currency (EURO) and US DOLLARS helped me a lot!

Roberto


Based on the exchange rate I suspect what you paid in Euros is about what I paid in dollars ($200ish) for a similar set with expansion, though yours sounds to be in better shape [mine had an unpunched expansion but no box for it]. It's the expansion that drives the price to the moon on this one--I watched several unpunched expansions go for $200+ on ebay at the time...
22. Board Game: Das Wasser des Lebens [Average Rating:7.88 Overall Rank:1490]
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I would have expected this one to be higher up the list.
23. Board Game: Barbarossa: Army Group Center, 1941 [Average Rating:7.99 Overall Rank:1401]
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That's about the standard going rate for this one these days. I had an open/unpunched copy at $290 that was gone within 6 hours of listing....
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24. Board Game: Elfenroads [Average Rating:7.23 Overall Rank:904]
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25. Board Game: Second Front [Average Rating:7.15 Overall Rank:2435]
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Not in the marketplace history but one of the most expensive and beautiful games.




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I'd personally be interested in seeing a second page, though I know that's more work. Good list either way =)

(Also, if you don't want to include 'silly' entries, you might want to remove the first item, though it is kinda comical to see it up there ;))
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These prices may or may not make sense depending on the type of game owner you are. Some people prefer to just play the game while others care about specific releases etc.

If you just care about being able to play the game, you have to beware reprintings. My friend bought Family Business for $40 or so and a couple months later they began printing it again with a sale price of roughly $12. I like the art a lot more on the old version, but not $28 more.
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