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Subject:
Value of an old National Geographic magazine collection
Category: Miscellaneous Asked by: deanconn-ga List Price: $3.00 |
Posted:
18 Dec 2003 10:43 PST
Expires: 17 Jan 2004 10:43 PST Question ID: 288372 |
I have in my possession 30 years of old National Geographic magazines. The date range is from approximately 1933-1963, with only about 2 or 3 editions missing in between. There are also a collection of old maps that National Geographic published as well. Additionally there is a couple of 1931 editions. All are in pretty good condition. My question is: How much are can I expect to sell this collection for or where can I find (online or otherwise) how much magazines like these are worth? Side note: I've notice individual pages like and old Coca Cola ad with Santa on it may sell for quite a bit on some of the auction sites...so I'm trying to figure out if this collection is worth more intact or disected. Thanks. |
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Re: Value of an old National Geographic magazine collection
From: alyxsylvr-ga on 21 Dec 2003 14:03 PST |
Not much.You will be lucky to find someone to take it away for scrap paper however some of the particular issues. The older ones and ones that cover some important event or thing can have value if they are mint and you know which ones and you find some one who wants them. |
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Re: Value of an old National Geographic magazine collection
From: fstokens-ga on 22 Dec 2003 14:50 PST |
I have to second deanconn-ga's comment. The really old NG's are valuable, but in this case I don't think that the 1930's counts as "really old." Best way to get an idea of value is probably to do some eBay searches (especially on completed items) and see what they've been selling for. I just did a quick search and found some NG's from the 1930's sold for $3-$6 an issue, or about $20 for a year set (others had no bids, your milage may vary). |
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Re: Value of an old National Geographic magazine collection
From: pinkfreud-ga on 22 Dec 2003 15:14 PST |
I worked for several years in a used book store. We were often asked to examine collections of National Geographic by owners who believed their magazines to be of great value. Unfortunately, so many people have saved their issues of this immensely popular magazine that the collector's value is typically quite small. Collectible items generally gain dollar value with their rarity. There are many thousands of intact sets of National Geographic Magazine; hence the worth of a collection is relatively little. |
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