Have Mags that date back into 70’s. Anyone have any good ideas, as best way to sell them? Anyone interested can email me. Thanks.
Well there’s that online auction place that starts with an “e”, I see plenty of mags being sold there.
Any train shows coming up in your area. Might be worth the cost of a table.
I’m trying to sort out all of my railroad and fire related magazines. My collections of both are far from complete, but there’s still plenty of them.
I doubt I’ll try to sell them. More like I’ll tell the kids to donate them to an interested organization when I’m gone. Or, if I need the space, I’ll do so myself. Although the idea of selling some of them does sound interesting.
Touchy subject for me. This morning I told my wife to go ahead and pitch my Trains Magazines from '72- '73. I just do not have the room to keep all this stuff anymore.
I would recommend digital storage. Sure, it isn’t the same, but it beats throwing them out. Scan them in (requiring investment in a scanner, of course) as needed when you run out of room.
That’s a good idea. Storage is cheap these days.
Enjoy
Paul
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Haha…I knew that was coming from someone! Lots of hobby shops have stacks of old Model Railroader, Trains, etc. Maybe a local hobby shop will pay you a flat price for the whole lot. The train shows mentioned above are also good places, not only for selling, but you may find a dealer there that would take them off of your hands.
Occasionally I box up several dozen of my old mags & donate them to the Missoula Model Railroad Club. They sell them for a quarter each.
Take it easy, fellas. They’re still here - she didn’t get around to pitching them. I’ll see if there’s a place to donate them. When you have electric trains dating back to the 1930s and official guides back to 1911, you have to draw the line on keeping stuff.
I would caution you on getting rid of Trains. MR absolutely because all the techniques have been replaced by newer and better as well as the detail. Those pictures in Trains are great for period details and a reference of what railroading was really like. Things like car make up, commonality of engines, paint schemes, lineside details, autos, clothing, etc. all help as a reference if modeling the eras covered. Now if you are strictly modern chuck em.