I have been in the sign biz since the early 80's. I started my subscription to Signcraft magazine around 1985. I have a pretty big collection of the early years stacked in my file cabinet. I am moving and trying to reduce the amount of stuff that will be going with.
Is there any interest or value in these magazines among the sign artists out there today? I also have some Airbrush Action and Auto Graphics mags as well.
Posted by Mark M. Kottwitz (Member # 1764) on :
Yes. I bought an almost complete set from a member here for, if I remember right, $200 or $300. He also threw in a dozen books on lettering, gold leafing, and other various subjects.
Posted by Lori Musgrave (Member # 12177) on :
Thanks Mark.....anyone interested?
Posted by Shirley Carron (Member # 2446) on :
I lost most of my collection in a flood a few years ago...I'd love them but the shipping alone would cost big $$.
Posted by Ricardo Davila (Member # 3854) on :
C'mon, Shirley !!.........You can dooooit !
RD
Posted by Lori Musgrave (Member # 12177) on :
I would have to figure out the weight to calculate the cost. Crossing into Canada would add to the total as well....are you planning a vacation to Chicago in the future? Posted by Chuck Peterson (Member # 70) on :
I gave away all of mine a few years back when I moved and simplified my life. I drove from San Diego to Long Beach and delivered them to Dawn Ellis. Had lunch with her and Karen LeMasters. It was a fun day, worth the drive.
[ September 30, 2014, 12:11 PM: Message edited by: Chuck Peterson ]
Posted by Rick Sacks (Member # 379) on :
Chuck, are you still in contact with Karen?
Posted by Chuck Peterson (Member # 70) on :
I have not heard from her in probably a year and a half. A customer recently told me her phone and email are not the same so I don't know. I'll try to connect sometime.
Posted by David Harding (Member # 108) on :
SignCraft is the National Geographic of the sign industry. No one has ever thrown away a single copy!
Posted by Mikes Mischeif (Member # 1744) on :
It's 2014. Get them online SC. Sheesh.
Posted by Doug Allan (Member # 2247) on :
since freight from Hawaii will be even worse than from Chicago, I don't think I'm hijacking the thread to comment...
but after Lori sells hers, I will announce that I wish to sell my collection of every issue ever printed, current thru today
..knowing it will probably never sell... in which case I'll end up giving them away, just to keep them in use
Posted by Lori Musgrave (Member # 12177) on :
Yeah, I hate to part with them but realistically I have to thin the herd. If someone in my area is interested I will make them a killer deal.
Posted by Deb Fowler (Member # 1039) on :
My brother must have been the first person I knew that used a scanner and he still has Omni magazines and libraries that he scans the pics and interesting articles as he also is needing to make room and declutter. It's not like throwing them out, but to have the best things scanned to refer to. I also now have been looking for a good rainy day (well snowy) to scan what I have in my sign magazines and other literature, bills and permanent records, making 2 copies to keep in two different locations. Love those old magazines! I still have Look and LIfe mags from the Kennedy days sitting in the same place they were in the 1970's from the 1960's! I can't wait to get them upstairs and scan.
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