Selling Old Muscle Magazines

[karasan]

Getbig is full of schmoe geezers, which makes me feel a bit fresh.
I am planning to move abroad and I may need to part ways with my Muscle and Fitness, Flex and MuscleMag collection.
I can keep them at cellar but I don't want to find those ruined with humid and some other surprise.
So do you think are there other old timers willing to pay reasonable cash for those beloved crap?
And it you want me to scan pages from specific issues, let me know.
I am using a mobile app named CS scanner, it is blazingly fast to scan and upload.

[Gym-Rat]

eBay them... I have around 4000 issues in tubs going back to Sandow's magazine (literally).
Ive been unloading them there on occasion.
 
I do have one issue of IronMan (2nd issue) that went for 3K on ebay recently. (Someone else's auction).

[SF1900]

Donate them to a museum where they can be appreciated by millions.

[karasan]

eBay them... I have around 4000 issues in tubs going back to Sandow's magazine (literally).
Ive been unloading them there on occasion.
 
I do have one issue of IronMan (2nd issue) that went for 3K on ebay recently. (Someone else's auction).

You should pay some kid to archive them.
I had reasonably manageable amount (160 total) which took me couple of hours to scan and put in chronological order.
Yours are museum level, if put some time and effort they could really bring good money.
How much a good conditioned 90's magazine bring on ebay? (Flex, MF or MMag)

[karasan]

Donate them to a museum where they can be appreciated by millions.

If I were as autistic as Matt or an unemployed old pervert as Prime I would be the serial scanner of getbig and flood Random Bbing subject with magazine scans.
But I still plan to contribute more, since I put some effort to sort my magazines in order.

[Gym-Rat]

You should pay some kid to archive them.
I had reasonably manageable amount (160 total) which took me couple of hours to scan and put in chronological order.
Yours are museum level, if put some time and effort they could really bring good money.
How much a good conditioned 90's magazine bring on ebay? (Flex, MF or MMag)

Mag prices on ebay are all over the place, really depends on the people, what they are looking for, etc.
I put up, say 20 old Health and Strength for 20.00, then people bid up a bit. Im just looking to move them in bunches to get rid of 'em at this point.

Some of the re-sellers buy them (Dragons Muscle Mags, and others).

Ive bought peoples collections decades ago for very cheap money, so even a buck an issue to move t hem is worth it for me..

[pamith]

I got my own collection

[BB]

For newer magazines, my advice is to pull the Arnold issues, movie star issues, swimsuit issues, and any with single fitness girls on them, and then sell the rest in bulk lots, eg - 4 Flex magazines from 1996, etc..... People still pay ok for single issues like the ones listed above, but it's hard to get rid of other mags from the 90's - .

Shipping kills a lot of the profits, and it usually takes a long time to sell anything but bulk lots. There are guys that make $10 - 15 an issue, but they might have it up on Ebay for a year or two before it sells.

[Gym-Rat]

As far as digital scans and archived Mags, Jan and Terry Todd (RIP) have all of that, at their museum in Austin TX.

Stark Center

https://starkcenter.org/research-2/iron-game-history/

[karasan]

For newer magazines, my advice is to pull the Arnold issues, movie star issues, swimsuit issues, and any with single fitness girls on them, and then sell the rest in bulk lots, eg - 4 Flex magazines from 1996, etc..... People still pay ok for single issues like the ones listed above, but it's hard to get rid of other mags from the 90's - .

Shipping kills a lot of the profits, and it usually takes a long time to sell anything but bulk lots. There are guys that make $10 - 15 an issue, but they might have it up on Ebay for a year or two before it sells.

Great advice, thanks,
Or I may try to bundle special issues with ordinary ones,
Make the buyer pay a bit more for otherwise hard to sell ones.

[Gym-Rat]

Great advice, thanks,
Or I may try to bundle special issues with ordinary ones,
Make the buyer pay a bit more for otherwise hard to sell ones.

Yeah, I do similar. Put together a decent bundle for folks, they feel they are getting something out of it.

[jwb]

I’d like article scans from the 1982-1985 muscle and fitness.

How can we make that happen?

[youandme]

I preferred Muscle Media before it went mainstream and PUMP. Anyone remember PUMP? Had some good steroid articles etc.

* For those younger ones we relied on books and magazines for juice information. Internet was as big.

[Gym-Rat]

I preferred Muscle Media before it went mainstream and PUMP. Anyone remember PUMP? Had some good steroid articles etc.

* For those younger ones we relied on books and magazines for juice information. Internet was as big.

Internet wasn't around in my day, all we had were the Mags and books.

When Peak Training Journal came out, that was refreshing. Gray market supps and gear talk.
Yes, then of course early MM2K was great...

The some Hardcore newsletters hit (Duchaines and Dante's, etc)..

[BossBoss]

And it you want me to scan pages from specific issues, let me know.

Ok, there was a Flex magazine with the 10 best arms ever.
If you have it please scan and post it, i would like to see it again.

[Rambone]

[karasan]

Ok, there was a Flex magazine with the 10 best arms ever.
If you have it please scan and post it, i would like to see it again.

İf you can recall the issue, definitely.
Let me share one of my most favourite lists, while it is very subjective, I enjoyed comments.
Musclemag was my favourite, it was the magazine that really honored the greats of the Grimek Era.

[karasan]

 

[karasan]

That sums it up

[wes]

I got rid of a virtual ton of mags years ago.

[karasan]

I got rid of a virtual ton of mags years ago.

But could you get rid of the schmoe within you?
I know I can't   

[wes]

But could you get rid of the schmoe within you?
I know I can't   

Oh Hell no.  LOL 

[funk51]

   

[mphgrove]

I think shipping just plain ruins the profitability (in my experience on this). The only plus of this project, if you the have neglected then for years, is nostalgia when you organize them. “Oh look, Jeff King.” “Damn, Matt Mendenhall looked good” “Oh, I had forgotten about the Vranicar brothers.” Etc. Etc.

[karasan]

I think shipping just plain ruins the profitability (in my experience on this). The only plus of this project, if you the have neglected then for years, is nostalgia when you organize them. “Oh look, Jeff King.” “Damn, Matt Mendenhall looked good” “Oh, I had forgotten about the Vranicar brothers.” Etc. Etc.

Definitely, also makes me question vast amount of time I invested in those glossy pages.
I could definitely get another undergraduate degree