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Hi,

I have a fairly large collection of NG. Ranging from 1971-1998. I am not entirely sure of their correct value. Could anyone help?

I have a detailed list of issues stating which have maps and which are special edition etc. that I could show to help aid valuation. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance,

James

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As a matter of selling them, if you are offered $50 take it. You'll earn more if you take the time to list individually (preferably with a scan) on eBay or other electronic site. Some individual magazines will fetch more than $5 in a typical auction.
As far as valuation as a donation, I subscribe to the half-subscription value until the 1940s where the value actually does increase. Your 27 years for insurance or tax-write-off purposes ought to be in the neighborhood of $200-$270. Deduct much more than that for charitble write off, and IRS is very likely to balk
Hope that helps
Happy collecting
Paul
I have over 800 NG in good condition.The mags I have are from
Sept 1935 to the present, except:\1936 (jan,mar,apr & oct)
1937 except: (Feb, mar, apr & oct)
1938 except: (Jan, feb, apr, may, & oct)
1939 except: (Jan, feb & may)
1940 except: (Oct, nov) 1941 except: (feb)
all the rest complete to 2007, I have three hard copies of the indexes andmost maps that camp with the isssues

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