Hi all,
A friend of mine lost a bunch of 1st and 2nd edition D&D books in a basement flood recently. His insurance agent (who will be arriving in a few hours) has told him that the books will be valued at roughly one percent of their purchase price unless he can establish that they are collectibles.
Normally, this is done with a price guide, such as with comic books or collectible card games. We're not sure how to establish collectibility with gaming books. Does anyone know of a price guide for this stuff? Has anyone else ever encountered this situation before? Maybe there's an online marketplace for gaming books, or perhaps a used book store somewhere that specializes in them? The insurance agent has specifically said that pricing the books on ebay is not sufficient.
Any help (especially in the next hour or two) would be very much appreciated. Thanks!
Ed
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Sorry I didn't see this sooner, but I work for State Farm Insurance and when I saw your question, I contacted our claims department and asked them what they would accept as evidence of value. Here's what they had to say:
Contact a bookstore (preferably a used bookstore) and tell them that you need to know the estimated value of the books for insurance purposes. Get something in writing if you can. According to our claims office, various bookstores have a system that they use to determine the value of rare and out-of-print books (because they have to be able to price them for resale in most cases) and this evidence can be used to support an insurance claim. At least, it satisfies State Farm. I don't know who your friend's insurance company is, but I hope this helps.
Awesome, thank you very much for the info.
I guess you know the acaeum ?
Otherwise, they are here : http://www.acaeum.com/
Its a collectors guide to OD&D and AD&D1, but it is based on ebay, I think, but they collect data at least semi-professional. Perhaps they can help you.
Stefan