For Sale My car magazine collection for sale.

[trigger]

I don't know if it's worth me posting this here but I'm seriously thinking of shifting all my magazines, i never really look at them, they take up a lot of space and the extra money would be handy, especially with this Dolomite and a baby coming.

 

They won't be cheap though and i don't want to start selling separate mags and you'll need a van or trailer to collect them as they are very heavy.

 

Firstly there's the CAR magazines, these date from February 1966 to the end of 1994 with a few newer ones in there as well, I'm missing about 9 from the full collection, namely Apr, May, June, July 66, Feb & Apr 67, Nov 70, Apr 71 & Jan 78.

 

These have cost me a fortune and are worth a lot if sold separately on ebay i believe, I'm looking for offers on them (Annoying i know but i really don't know what they are worth as a collection).

 

Secondly is my Autocar and Autocar & Motor magazines, frankly there's hundreds if not thousands of these, ranging from 1960 to 1994, again almost every issue but i can't be arsed to go through them all and check which ones are missing. The earliest ones are mostly missing their covers until about 1965 but all of them are in good condition.

 

Again on ebay i suspect they could make a nice little business selling them individually and again I'm looking for sensible offers.

 

 

 

 

[warren t claim]

You'll regret selling them.

[anonymous user]

You'll regret selling them, unless you're hanging on to your porn stash

efa

[trigger]

Aye, your probably right but it's no point hoarding stuff, I've been building the collection up since the early 90s so it's going to be a sad day once they go.

[barrett]

I would love a full run of CAR from the good old days. Do you have any sort of figure in mind? I don't wanna insult you with a low offer, but I'm also flat broke...

[trigger]

TBH I was thinking £150 for each but I don't know if that's miles off or not?

[Christine]

Got any Readers Wives in there ?    

[Christine]

I got 250 asking price for Motoring News 67 to 82   ... Autosport forum for sale..

[Timewaster]

Car has a bit of a following so there should be some takers. I had a massive collection of What Car? that ended up in the skip cos I didn't want to move house with them and couldn't give them away.

[wuvvum]

Car has old Uncle Len's eloquent musings, which generally make for a fine read.

[trigger]

They are a excellent magazine, much better written than it's counterparts. Even now you can pick up a 45 year old issue and still learn something.

[406V6]

Interested to see whether anyone steps up to buy them. I can see that an ebay dealer might want them but you'll be lucky to get tuppence ha'penny per copy. I've got a few old car mags from the late 70s through to early 90s and they're more than likely to end up in the recycling. I can see that people might want to read the Autocar road test of the Allegro Equipe  (yes, I bought it at the time) but would anyone pay for it ?

[outlaw118]

****PAGING GARY COX****

[RoadworkUK]

Is there not somebody on here who has an absolutely colossal drum and could set up the official Autoshite Nostalgic Archival Library (ANAL)?

 

It would have 24hr public access if you send off for a special key. And bring a bottle.

[sierraman]

Somebody ought to buy some old mine, stuff it full of old car magazines, Lonsdale YD41s and Cavalier wing mirrors.

[2MB]

If I had room for this lot either side of the toilet I would be considering it. Such a collection deserves a decent price, it's just finding the person that will pay it

[barrett]

£150 for all the cars? Yeah, I'll have 'em. Might take me a while to get some cash freed up but you're not desperate to shift them are you??

[Station]

'Why is that ceiling sagging?'

'Why is our house the only one with subsidence in the street?'

'Why does the house creak like an old boat?'

 

Conversations regularly heard in the Trigger household.

[PhillipM]

I just got rid of 4000 magazines, similar things, autocar, autosport, motor, etc. Nobody was buying, I gave some away to an old autocar writer who swapped for a bottle, the rest went to a shop gratis to save the hassle of dumping them.


And yes, the reason was a sagging ceiling!

[xtriple]

When I got the order of the boot my dearly beloved binned about two thousand car and bike mags! I was gutted more by that than anything!

[mercrocker]

Hope these find a good home but if my experience is anything to go by I think only the Car will have any appeal.   There were two stalls at Beaulieu (both in the posh tents) flogging off 50s Motocars for a quid a go.   Very tempted myself with the Car mags but my interest wanes c1972.   Old houses do NOT like magazine magpies either!    Bit extreme but one of the reasons for building a proper conservatory on a 60cm concrete footing was to ensure adequate magazine / book storage.   GLWTS etc.

[trigger]

CAR magazines potentially sold STC.

[garycox]

Shitflakes.

I WOOD OV AD THOSE

 

Barrett, let me know if you change your mind, or want to re-sell them etc... (or if this means you now have some duplicates to get rid of...)

[barrett]

Not sold to me, I got gazumped with a much higher offer. I assume I am second in line if this deal falls through however

[RoadworkUK]

I'm assuming the Arts Council have stepped in. Either that or a Heritage Lottery Grant.

[flat4alfa]

Aye, your probably right but it's no point hoarding stuff, I've been building the collection up since the early 90s so it's going to be a sad day once they go.

 

What I've let go I regret...  and have had to buy odd issues back!

 

Your house is a semi like mine, my whole stash went up into the loft space for *easy *indexed access.