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d500neil

Posted 2014-12-29 8:55 PM (#466168)
Subject: MAGAZINE MOTHERLODE....

Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil!

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...at least, to serious collectors.

Scored 13 like-new (several in mint, or what passes for it...57 years later) VERY-seriously
collectable automobile magazines, and want them to go to a dedicated collector.

These guys were mass produced, and are ephemera (meaning: not intended for long term preservation).

Anything 'new', that is advertised as being "collectable" really isn't, due to its mass production and distribution.

Anyway, got to cherry-pick these magazines, and they ARE something rare and collectable, due to their
subject matter AND due to their physical condition.

I don't need or want to sell them individually, but here are their images, descriptions, and my
appraisal of their fair market values (again, to serious collectors, because simple, well-worn "reading"
copies of them are readily available.

These magazines have hard, firm (basically un-opened) bindings.

Maybe/hopefully, magazine collectors will produce sealed-and-condition-graded issues, as are now produced by/for
the Comic Books.

The Intro-63-Corvette issue is the only one that is of 'readable' quality, but, it probably is of considerable interest
to the Generic Motors crowd, and why I bought it.

So, without further ado, here's the stuff, and my (bulk-) pricing on them:

May 57 MT: MINT; NO mailing label (meaning sold over the counter) $30.00+

May 57 MT: ALMOST MINT (with mailing label, and slight cover-marring, only) $20.00

FEB 57 MT: MINT (with mailing label): $30.00

MAR 57 MT: MINT-minus (with mailing label; very minor wear to one small area of spine): $25.00

FEB 59 MT: MINT; (NO mailing label: $30.00

APR 57 MT: MINT (with mailing label) : 25.00

APR 59 HOT ROD: (Mint; No mailing label; Cooper Monaco & Mercury road test): $20.00

JUN 61 HOT ROD: (MINT; Norm Thatcher & blown Bonneville Dart): $25.00

JAN 63 MT: (Average+; readable; great material) 63 Sport Fury & tuning S/S Dodge: $7.50

JAN 63 HOT ROD: (MINT; with mailing label) NASCAR & Belvedere Super 426: $15.00

APR 63 HOT ROD: (MINT; with mailing label) NASCAR & least-MoPar of the bunch: $12.00

MAY 63 MT: (V/good; with mailing label) Corvette introductory article; Grand Prix & Dodge 880 & Chrysler Turboflite : $15.00

OCT 25, 1960 LOOK magazine: (average+ with mailing label) 1961 all-cars introduction issue: $10.00

OK, so the sum Retail-total of these 13 issues (IMHO) is around $264.50, plus mailing (I'll risk the
insurance on the package, as it will go to a responsible party).

So, what's my "best price" on this deal?

$200.00 (plus actual shipping cost); you will NOT be disappointed with the QUALITY that you receive, PLUS you'll have
realized a significant re-sale profit potential on these excellent-mint condition magazines.