"Very interesting, thank you for the information Mel. "
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Pece Kocovski's Discussions
Individually bound or "hardback" issues of National Geographic from 1960s
Hi all,I joined a Facebook group recently related to National Geographic magazines, and one person posted two images of individually bound hardback issues. I am guessing it was done after purchase,…Continue
Started Mar 29, 2019
National Geographic Coca Cola book apparently with every Coke ad ever
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I saw this ad on gumtree, an Australian seller site (owned by eBay), and I felt many of you would be interested to see it.Not sure if its custom made (someone removed every back cover and bound them…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Andy Dec 3, 2017.
Red anomaly in our 1986 - Soviets in Space October issue
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Our October 1986 issue (cover is Soviets in Space) has an interesting anomaly that I didn’t realize was out of the ordinary at the time. Until now, I just assumed that both me and my brother had the…Continue
Tags: red, spine, anomaly, Variation
Started this discussion. Last reply by Scott T. Shier Nov 12, 2017.
To bind or not to bind? Considering converting my loose single National Geographics into bound copies. Your thoughts/comments plus some general questions.
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Hey everyone. I have been thinking it over, and have been strongly considering turning my copy of national geographics (1974-2015) into bound books.Now before you tell me to stop and not do it, I…Continue
Tags: value, spine, bound, Binding
Started this discussion. Last reply by Pece Kocovski Mar 6, 2017.
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"Correct me if I am wrong Mel but I suppose in theory there could only be about 200 complete original collections as the very first issue of first few issue only had about 200 copies made?
Of course I imagine the majority of those issues have…"
"Hi Sara,
Welcome to the collectors corner! Melvin has written an excellent guide: https://ngscollectors.ning.com/forum/topics/a-guide-to-selling-national-geographic-magazines-revised-19 hopefully you have a better idea of the next…"
"Would anyone here be bold enough to predict when this may happen? 1-2 years? 5? 10? I wonder if Covid-19 is accelerating this?
I imagine it would lead to cost savings (printing cost, distribution) but I wonder how many people would unsubscribe…"
"I checked 3 copies and they look the same as yours - I noticed a different colour between the left and right side of the page (dividing the heading/map on the left and the text on the right) but it seems like there is a line dividing yours as well."
"Thank you for the info Scott!"
"Hi Scott,
Is that to say that 73% of the profits from a person's subscription go to Disney (and before that to Fox)? And before National Geographic was owned by either it all went to the National Geographic Society (or was there also a…"
"Thank you Scott for this! A dvd (blue ray?) box set of every single one of these is the new dream haha!"
"Ah excellent, thank you for letting me know and for your hard work cataloging all of these."
"Apologies if this is a silly question but would a chunk of these be on DVD format as well? Or are they VHS exclusive?"
"Cool, thank you for the info Scott! :) "
"Thank you for sharing Scott. So is that to say the stories in non UK editions will be different as well? Or are they the same stories but simply edited differently (different choice of images, different words in the stories etc?).
Excuse my…"
"Fantastic work Scott! Keep up the great work! :)"
"No worries Scott. Interestingly, for the August issue, we in Australia got an "expedition" booklet, though of a slightly different cover to the British July one, though I imagine it is the same/similar within (it gives prices to a few…"
"I am curious Juan, is the map one sided, or is there more information/images in the back? I don't recall from the top of my head seeing a single sided supplement/map from National Geographic."
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patricia siemens said…
- Unfortunately every single copy wet to land fill. Couldnt give them away. Tried everywhere schools etc.
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