17 Jul
2024
17 Jul
'24
4:07 p.m.
I enjoy and have many of the older magazines. Some I have in plastic
and some I can actually take out and read because they are not in good
condition.
When I get my house, I would like to display some of them like this.
https://www.virginiasweetpea.com/window-wall-decor-vintage-magazine-covers/
I have found that normally people collect specific issues that have to
do with the company/computer that they are collecting and they make a
great addition to a display.
I personally would like to get my hands on "Hobby Computer" Magazine
as it's one of the few that I have no issues at all.
On Tue, Jul 16, 2024 at 5:53 PM Brad H via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
Just a 'survey' sort of question - how much value do you guys put in vintage
copies of old newsletters, magazines, etc. I'm talking mid-1970s, like
People's Computer Company, etc. Someone has been selling them one at a time
on ebay and they routinely go for $125+ each! Was PCC fairly low
circulation? I have no idea how rare these things are - if I should just
dive in to have my memento or wait. Looking at auction history it seems to
be the same group of 2 or 3 bidders going nuts over them.
One newsletter I would love to find an original copy of is Micro-8.. but I
think the circulation on that was just a hundred or so, so probably
unlikely. It has some blurbs from Grant Runyan in there, who built my TVT
and Mark-8.
But yeah, I just wondered if you guys think generally this stuff *should& be
considered valuable - given most/all is archived online.
Brad