Magazines & Grading

[999Tony]

I just got on here today to ask about magazines and this thread was already here! Thinking about buying some 1930s baseball magazines. Looked at some older ones on eBay but were in four digit price range. Are there affordable ones pre 30s? ($50 or so or less?) Battered and not graded is preferable to me. I just got some of the cutout pinups from 30s magazines which got me thinking about getting the entire magazine. I’m in kc so not much chance of finding them around here afaik

[DeanH3]

My only graded Magazine. I have a bunch of SI's that I need to get around to loading pics. There are a lot of really cool covers out there.

[vintagebaseballcardguy]

Does anyone here collect Sport Magazine? Some very attractive, colorful covers to be found there, especially in the late 40s through the 60s.

[Lordstan]

Originally Posted by vintagebaseballcardguy

Does anyone here collect Sport Magazine? Some very attractive, colorful covers to be found there, especially in the late 40s through the 60s.

I do. I have a near complete run from 1946 to 1986ish. My father and I started collecting them in the 1980s primarily to get autographed.
This is a link to my Flickr album with the collection of them.
https://www.flickr.com/gp/96571220@N08/98G72P


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[vintagebaseballcardguy]

Originally Posted by Lordstan

I do. I have a near complete run from 1946 to 1986ish. My father and I started collecting them in the 1980s primarily to get autographed.
This is a link to my Flickr album with the collection of them.
https://www.flickr.com/gp/96571220@N08/98G72P


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Great collection! Glad to see that others like Sport, too. I hardly ever see it mentioned.

[switcher7]

IMO, SPORT was the best magazine from 1946-1970. The articles and photos (especially the Ozzie Sweet photos) are outstanding. I have a complete run of the 1st 25 years of SPORT, all newstand issues, mostly nm-mint. I have many duplicates as I am am ridiculously picky and was constantly upgrading. I set up at card shows and am finding that magazines are a really hard sell.

[vintagebaseballcardguy]

Very cool on the SPORT run. If I wasn't so dialed into building baseball card sets, I would do a run like that myself, at least of the baseball-oriented covers.

[BobC]

Originally Posted by switcher7

IMO, SPORT was the best magazine from 1946-1970. The articles and photos (especially the Ozzie Sweet photos) are outstanding. I have a complete run of the 1st 25 years of SPORT, all newstand issues, mostly nm-mint. I have many duplicates as I am am ridiculously picky and was constantly upgrading. I set up at card shows and am finding that magazines are a really hard sell.

Do you get them graded before trying to sell? Seems like a lot of the new collectors with all the money coming into the hobby are into the graded stuff.

[switcher7]

No, and I don't grade my cards either. I Have sold numerous cards to dealers at prices I'm satisfied with and let them pay the money to exact a premium. Biased? I guess.

[TUM301]

Always been a fan, nice niche for vintage items on a budget. Couple of my favorites enclosed. 1940`s Detective Mag./ with great 4 page B Sox W Series article. by Hugh Murphy, on Flickr 10/4/1919 Collier`s Magazine featuring B Sox World Series by Hugh Murphy, on Flickr1927 Mid Week Pic. with "Babe Comes Home" article by Hugh Murphy, on Flickr

[switcher7]

Further thoughts about graded magazines - When I buy or sell magazines, I make sure that there are no missing pages, writing, or cutouts. SPORT magazines quite often are missing the beautiful color portraits. If a magazine is slabbed, how can you be sure that that is the case? If you can't be sure, how can you justify paying a premium? Also, some people actually enjoy reading the articles and old advertisements.