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Are in Store Issues more Rare than the Original Magazine

I have seen " Special Issues" in the store. Are they more valuable than the Magazines that they send through the mail?

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Permalink Reply by Scott T. Shier on March 20, 2020 at 11:52pm

Anthony, 

I would say yes, they are more rare. They are not produced in the qty. of millions that NGM is, both nationally or internationally. Also, they are harder to find on the second-hand market (eBay, Amazon, thrift stores, used book stores, etc.).

Whether they are more "valuable" is open to debate. They do cost more at retail price (currently $14.99 per copy Vs. NGM which is $6.99 newsstand). People are never going to collect and save these" special issues" as much as they do National Geographic magazine.

If you are interested, I have all the covers of the special issues posted here on the 'Corner. You can go to these 2 links to see them ALL --->

2001 - 2011:

http://ngscollectors.ning.com/photo/albums/collector-s-editions-200...

2010 - current

http://ngscollectors.ning.com/photo/albums/collector-s-editions-201...

~ Scott S.

Permalink Reply by Scott T. Shier on March 21, 2020 at 4:49pm

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