Antique Trader Vintage Magazines Price Guide [Paperback]

Richard Russell (Author), Elaine Gross Russell (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 18, 2005

Whether it's historic relevance or artistic impression that draws people to collect magazines, this handy reference with 1,000 full-color photos and updated pricing is the perfect tool for collectors. With listings for magazines of 1830 to post-WWII, Antique Trader Vintage Magazine Price Guide is the most comprehensive guide on the market.

This thorough reference explores magazines that feature the work of literary giants like Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur Conan Doyle, and famed illustrator Maxfield Parrish. Magazines including The Saturday Evening Post and The Strand Magazine are featured with sub-categories and listings to assist collectors in identification. This celebration of print history is sure to please current collectors, and spark an interest in anyone with an attic full of vintage magazines.

-Features 250+ magazines

-Contains 1,000 brilliant photos of covers and images

Product Details

• Paperback: 520 pages
• Publisher: Krause Publications (August 18, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0896891569
• ISBN-13: 978-0896891562
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #247,913 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What's In Your Attic? I Found Erte!, October 5, 2005

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Mary Papadpolous (Long Island, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Antique Trader Vintage Magazines Price Guide (Paperback)

When we moved into our 1920's home,we found boxes left in the attic filled with old fashion magazines. My husband was ready to trash the lot, but being of the pack rat variety I found a home for them in my office.

With the help of The Antique Trader Vintage Magazines Price Guide the door was opened for me to the world of old magazines. The beautiful color photos helped me to easily identify my boxes of "trash" and give them a value.

Most important, the love affair the authors have for magazines comes across in their historical entries. The unique way they organize collectible magazine people into Sleepers like OZ artist W.W. Denslow or Stars like F.Scott Fitzgerald makes me want to haunt local yard sales. My major problem with the book was that I became so fascinated that I wanted more. The book could easily have been double in size and information and kept my interest as both a reader and for use as a desk reference. With what I've learned, our next home will hopefully be an 1890's Victorian with a basement full of Godey's Lady's Book magazines.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Recommendation for this book, March 10, 2007

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M. E. Alam "Booklover" (New Hampshire) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Antique Trader Vintage Magazines Price Guide (Paperback)

I've been interested in old magazines for a few years now, and have been looking for a helpful price guide. I just bought this, and I highly recommend it. There's a lot of information, not just about the magazines most of us are familiar with, but also about many lesser knonwn older magazines that have great value due to authors who published their early work in them--e.g. Edgar Allen Poe. It's not just helpful information as a price guide, it's very interesting reading! Lots of great color photos also. I looked through another magazine price guide in a bookstore, and this one is much, much better.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great writing found in between this collector's guide!, November 16, 2006

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LM Satine (Monterey, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Antique Trader Vintage Magazines Price Guide (Paperback)

I picked up this book to learn more about vintage ads and magazines I was interested in. I was pleasantly surprised that not only was the book a complete guide to magazines but had great analgoies and stories the "editors" wrote within.
Great information on a subject that seems to be little explored.