Do collectible magazines sell better if they are complete, or cover-only?
It depends on the person doing the collecting. Generally, a serious collector of the subject of the magazine (whether the magazine is about sports cards, dolls, toy soldiers or whatever) will want the entire magazine. They will use the magazine as a reference tool for their hobby. I collect toy soldiers and I have magazines going back thirty years or more. I use them as a reference guide or as a research tool when I am looking at a possible acquisition. So, I look for the entire magazine, preferably the entire volume at a time. I have a friend that is only concerned about the covers. Although, he has a different purpose than I do. He has taken the covers of a number of magazines and has framed them and uses them as decorations in his home. Since he used one of my toy soldier magazines as one of his wall hangings, I don’t like to see that type of thing, but he thought that it looked pretty cool. I guess the suggestion I would make is that you keep the entire magazine in its original con
