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[rhexis07]

I found this on the neoboards. 38 books have been recently retired, these are definitely worth investing in as books are always being read for intelligence purposes and for the book highscore.


The retired books are listed in alphabetic order in the following format:

Name of book (old rarity before being retired) -> Price as of 5:00 PM NST on March 27, 2012 -> Price as of 12:00 PM NST on March 28, 2012 -> Price as of 5:00 PM NST

1. A Tale of Two Lupes (r40) -> 2000 NP -> 10000 NP -> 10000 NP
2. Algebra (r40) -> 3000 NP -> 45000 NP -> 35000 NP
3. All About Light Faeries (r40) -> 2500 NP -> 8000 NP -> 9900 NP
4. All You Need to Know About Your JubJub (r39) -> 1200 NP -> 6000 NP -> 8800 NP
5. Big Foot the JubJub (r35) -> 2000 NP -> 4000 NP -> 8400 NP
6. Blumaroo Guide To Dancing (r32) -> 2000 NP -> 10000 NP -> 10000 NP
7. Confident Kyrii (r44) -> 1500 NP -> 5500 NP -> 6800 NP
8. Cybunny Financing (r40) -> 1500 NP -> 3300 NP -> 5500 NP
9. Dance Away (r30) -> 2500 NP -> 19000 NP -> 20000 NP
10. Drawing Kiko (r40) -> 1000 NP -> 5500 NP -> 9000 NP
11. Feed Koi (r32) -> 1500 NP -> 5000 NP -> 5200 NP
12. Feeding Lupes (r30) -> 2200 NP -> 5000 NP -> 5500 NP
13. Healing Koi (r35) -> 2400 NP -> 5000 NP -> 9000 NP
14. Inside the Mind of a Lupe (r35) -> 500 NP -> 1000 NP -> 1000 NP (DO NOT BUY - given out by Altador daily)
15. JubJub Manual (r40) -> 1300 NP -> 5000 NP -> 6500 NP
16. JubJub Roll! (r37) -> 2300 NP -> 5000 NP -> 6000 NP
17. JubJubs Day (r42) -> 1500 NP -> 6000 NP -> 9800 NP
18. Kaus Guide to Better Grazing (r40) -> 1500 NP -> 4900 NP -> 9800 NP
19. Keeping Peophin (r34) -> 1500 NP -> 5000 NP -> 8000 NP
20. Kiko - Fu (r40) -> 50000 NP -> 53000 NP -> 45000 NP
21. Kiko Care (r45) -> 1200 NP -> 5000 NP -> 9500 NP
22. Koi Owners Manual (r38) -> 1200 NP -> 5000 NP -> 8000 NP
23. Neopian Encyclopedia A - E (r25) -> 10000 NP -> 44000 NP -> 44000 NP
24. Neopian Encyclopedia F - J (r40) -> 2000 NP -> 5000 NP -> 9900 NP
25. Neopian Encyclopedia K - O (r35) -> 2100 NP -> 5400 NP -> 9800 NP
26. Neopian Encyclopedia P - T (r35) -> 2200 NP -> 6500 NP -> 9900 NP
27. Neopian Encyclopedia U - Z (r30) -> 2700 NP -> 5500 NP -> 7800 NP
28. Oopsy Daisy (r40) -> 2000 NP -> 19000 NP -> 44000 NP
29. Purple Power (r35) -> 2000 NP -> 5600 NP -> 7400 NP
30. Radio Active Pteri Part 1 (r40) -> 2000 NP -> 5500 NP -> 20000 NP
31. Raising Young Kau (r35) -> 1600 NP -> 5000 NP -> 8500 NP
32. Scaredy Acara (r30) -> 2200 NP -> 4000 NP -> 5500 NP
33. The Angry Chomby (r32) -> 1600 NP -> 6600 NP -> 6900 NP
34. The Art Of Cybunnies (r32) -> 1200 NP -> 3500 NP -> 6500 NP
35. The Great Chomby (r40) -> 1800 NP -> 8000 NP -> 9800 NP
36. The Happy Blumaroo (r40) -> 1000 NP -> 10000 NP -> 19000 NP
37. Train Koi (r40) -> 1500 NP -> 5000 NP -> 7000 NP
38. When Your Meercas Hurt (r40) -> 1100 NP -> 4000 NP -> 5900 NP

As you can see, all the retired books were between r25-r45 before being retired. However, retired books are pretty good investments, so I would highly recommend investing in some. I have listed the shop wizard prices as of 5:00 PM NST to help you see changes in price and to determine if the books are worth investing in. Good luck to everyone and happy investing

Updated again with the prices at 8:00 PM NST on March 28, 2012 (24 hours since original post).

Edited by rhexis07, 28 March 2012 - 04:30 PM.

[James]

I agree with TNT. Neopets don't need Algebra or Encyclopedias! Here in the real world no one knows any of that stuff and we all turned out fine. Just take a look at Mitt Romney or the Rick twins (Perry and Santorum)!

Edited by James, 27 March 2012 - 02:49 PM.

[shrouded]

I bought 200-300k worth of these books earlier today and I've just been recycling as the price goes up and up. I made around 500k but it's hard work without a wiz sniper

[Leaf]

Do we know which ones of these faeries ask for as items for quests?

[James]

Do we know which ones of these faeries ask for as items for quests?

The Water Faerie definitely used to ask for the Encyclopedias. I'm guessing TNT also stopped the asking of these books for quests though.

Edited by James, 27 March 2012 - 03:54 PM.

[Nymh]

Do we know which ones of these faeries ask for as items for quests?

They will stop asking for them now that their rarity has changed
They ask for certain types of items with rarities up to 69 - so when the rarity changes to 180 they will no longer be on the list of possible quest items.

[HiMyNameIsNick]

Spent like 145k
Also, The Discarded Magical Blue Grundo Plushie of Prosperity Stamp is now 100k

[TamerVirus]

DAMN the prices went up considerably! But Im still too poor to make any sizable investments...

[Icey Defeat]

DAMN the prices went up considerably! But Im still too poor to make any sizable investments...

Only some of them. Most of them are the listed price.

[Graz]

Algebra and kiko - fu the A - E encyclopedia where the only ones that went up for me, thou I managed to get kiko fu for 35k.

[shrouded]

DAMN the prices went up considerably! But Im still too poor to make any sizable investments...

It's kinda dumb too. People buy them now with the hopes that they'll be come very rare and expensive in the future which is just making them expensive now for no reason.

[Icey Defeat]

It's kinda dumb too. People buy them now with the hopes that they'll be come very rare and expensive in the future which is just making them expensive now for no reason.

Most of these books will go up about 1k a month. Sooooooo, this is a clear long term investment.

[Leaf]

"20. Kiko - Fu (r40) -> 50000 NP (inflators worked on this book first)"

What's the most you think this book will rise to?
i want to buy some but I dont know what the highest price i should pay for them be...

[Icey Defeat]

"20. Kiko - Fu (r40) -> 50000 NP (inflators worked on this book first)"

What's the most you think this book will rise to?
i want to buy some but I dont know what the highest price i should pay for them be...

They will be selling buyable for years....

[rhexis07]

"20. Kiko - Fu (r40) -> 50000 NP (inflators worked on this book first)"

What's the most you think this book will rise to?
i want to buy some but I dont know what the highest price i should pay for them be...

Based on what I've observed in the past, and taking rarity prior to retirement into consideration. I can say with 95% confidence all of the books will be at least 10K by the end of the week. Beyond that I'm not sure, but they definitely will stay buyable for a LONG time.

[TamerVirus]

So its basically like a time capsule. Buy and wait...... and wait..... and wait....

[rhexis07]

So its basically like a time capsule. Buy and wait...... and wait..... and wait....

It all depends how long you want to wait, 2 key times you want to sell are:

1) Before the "recoil": Prices will go up quickly, but once they start plateauing, a lot of people start selling at once. If you aren't willing to wait it out longer, you should sell before the plateauing phase.

2) Before it becomes unbuyable: When an item is on the cusp of becoming unbuyable, those who do not wanna be stuck with unbuyable HTS items decide to put it in their shop for 99999, so you should try selling for around 90K at this point.

[TamerVirus]

Ahh nice. Will keep that in mind!

[Nonexistent]

Algebra just jumped to 30k

[Leaf]

Algebra just jumped to 30k

REALLY!?!? nice i managed to grab 100 of them when they were at around 5K...

Also quick question... if i want a good long term investment would it be smart to invest in the 5 different Neopian Encyclopedia books? Because of it sort of being a "set"... not really but you know what i mean, because of the name. For collectors and such later on... I'm thinking it would be a good long long term investment. (since im trying to go legit now i might as well start finding ways to make neopoints)

[Icey Defeat]

I gave up trying to buy a ton of each. I started getting 10-20 of each, then 5 of each, then I got bored.

[rhexis07]

REALLY!?!? nice i managed to grab 100 of them when they were at around 5K...

Also quick question... if i want a good long term investment would it be smart to invest in the 5 different Neopian Encyclopedia books? Because of it sort of being a "set"... not really but you know what i mean, because of the name. For collectors and such later on... I'm thinking it would be a good long long term investment. (since im trying to go legit now i might as well start finding ways to make neopoints)

I wouldn't recommend it, unless you are willing to wait 3-4 years..."Caring for your Neopet 1-5" book set retired awhile ago, and the set itself isn't worth much. Only a couple of the books in the set that are hard to get are worth a ton...

[Icey Defeat]

I wouldn't recommend it, unless you are willing to wait 3-4 years..."Caring for your Neopet 1-5" book set retired awhile ago, and the set itself isn't worth much. Only a couple of the books in the set that are hard to get are worth a ton...

The book reading club was cool a long time ago... not so much anymore. There is I think one reason to read books outside of the trophy (isn't there a BD item that requires like 1000 INT or something?). Book investments are becoming as HTS as plushie investments. Sell while you can at 99k and get out.

[TamerVirus]

.....and waiting.....and waiting.... and waiting.

Waiting a few years for pennies doesn't seem like the best plan

[Yung]

The book reading club was cool a long time ago... not so much anymore. There is I think one reason to read books outside of the trophy (isn't there a BD item that requires like 1000 INT or something?). Book investments are becoming as HTS as plushie investments. Sell while you can at 99k and get out.

Yeah the Heavy Blue Tunic.

Edited by Yung, 27 March 2012 - 07:30 PM.