Hundreds of magazines: National Geographic / Aviation Weekly

[Kevin]

Hi friends - still new here. When I purchased this house in 6 years ago, I inherited hundreds of magazines from the 1930s through early 1980s. They are in an attic, very dusty.

How would I go about selling these off in a lot. I’m not sure what is really here. What the condition is. I look on eBay and one will sell for $10. That’s really cool, but I have no time to sell these off like that. Or maybe I should take one and place it on there to see how it works out.

Whatever $ I get I could sink in here on my T206 collection!

Anyway, any advice, let me know.

Kevin

[ocjack]

Selling them one at a time, will take you forever and not necessarily help clear the pile. I've also found that selling magazines in bulk is also extremely difficult, mostly due to the cost of shipping. The shipping cost usually far outweighs the value of the magazines.

I had to deal with years-worth of Architectural Digests and couldn't find anyone that wanted them for free, including small architectural companies and libraries. Most of the information is available on the internet. Similar problem with years of Vanity Fair. Even "prime" covers go for a few bucks on Ebay. Sadly, they all went into the recycle bin.

If you want them "gone", I suggest bundling them for the Salvation Army, maybe dropping bundles at local senior citizen centers, library book shops, hospitals and anything else local. Keep a few that you may want (maybe checking for interesting ads or sport/celebrity ads) and accept the rest are sadly, not worth the paper they are printed on. Sorry.

[rjackson44]

I could not give them away for free . To the garbage they went

[Kevin]

Recycle everything, it is...

[D. Bergin]

If you can put together full year runs (the older the better), and fit them in a single flat rate box...........you might be able to turn a few bucks on Ebay........ but not a lot, and it will be a lot of work.


You could also create two huge lots. One for National Geographic and one for Aviation Week. Take a bunch of pictures of each lot, write a lengthy description of what each lot contains, throw them up on Ebay with your price and list them as local pick-up only if you have no interest in shipping them.

It's a long-shot, and the closer to major population centers you live, the better chance you have of perhaps a local publication or antique dealer taking you up on your offer, but perhaps worth the effort.

I have a feeling the "Aviation Week" stuff might sell easier then the "National Geographic", because it's a more specific genre.