Topic: Rare & out-of-print collectables
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Wed 04/04/12 07:38 AM
Anyone else collect media? Books, CDs, DVDs?

I didn't really plan on taking my collections seriously until I opened a seller account on Amazon.

Turns out I have some rare, out-of-print items that are worth some money & in high demand.

COOL!!!

Share some of your high priced collectables here...

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Wed 04/04/12 08:42 AM
Some of the DVDs I have were high priced, until they got re released.

I have the House On Sorority Row DVD from Image Entertainment that was listed on Amazon for over $80, until Code Red re released it, and then Scorpion re re released it.

A lot of the Code Red titles I have jumped up in price weeks after their releases- Nightmare(30th Anniversary)I've seen for $99 on Amazon. Night Of The Demon ('80) up to $60.

One of the rarest DVDs I have is Attack Of The Beast Creatures(which was sold for a very short time through the director)


The Phantasm Sphere Complete Collection on Amazon $150 to $250.

I also have the signed and numbered Phantasm Laserdisc Box Set.

I have the early 80's horror flick Eyes of Fire on Laser, haven't seen it very often online for sale.

Some rare VHS- The Meateater, Savage Water, Linnea Quigley's Horror Workout, Massacre At Central High, The Icebox Murders, Silent Madness(3D version).

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Wed 04/04/12 09:33 AM
That's awesome. Thanks for sharing.

I have a couple CD's from "The Bill Elliot Swing Orchestra". Each going for about $50-80 on Amazon.

Elfquest Archives Vol. 2 (rare DC Comics print) (Hardcover) : about $200

A "Best of The Wonder Years" DVD that I found years ago at a Fry's Electronics for about $10. Now worth at least $100

A Gene Krupa CD worth about $50

Tales From The Crypt (Hardcover) EC Comics 1st edition I bought at a horror convention for $20. Now worth about $100

And then I have some stuff I'm keeping like the TOOL Salival box set (worth about $100) & some horror figurines, posters, & DVDs that I had signed personally.

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Wed 04/04/12 09:45 AM
That Tales From The Crypt sounds cool.

I do have the oversized edition of Stephen King's short story My Pretty Pony that comes in a cardboard sleeve.
http://www.amazon.com/My-pretty-pony-Artists-writers/dp/B0006EY7YA/ref=sr_1_1_title_1_unk?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1333557614&sr=1-1
Price ranges from $64 to $5,000.

Dean Koontz's children's book Oddkins.

The first editions of Stephen King's Dark Tower II: Drawing Of The Three, and Dark Tower III: The Wastelands.

The comic book adaptation of Creepshow.

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Wed 04/04/12 10:43 AM
Damn. $5000 for a book? I figured it would actually be worth more, considering. Good for you though man. That's awesome.

He was actually doing a book signing a few hours away from where I was staying in Florida, but I had to work.

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Wed 04/04/12 11:35 AM
He's also got a version of Firestarter bound in asbestos, and there's also one for Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451....not sure what they're worth.