I ran up on a huge collection of life magazines at a antique shop more than 30 years ago and I bought this one and several others, I wish I had bought them all, they probably had a 20 year collection. At that time I had a 40 Ford sedan and I bought the 12 issues of 1940 Readers Digest, I also had a friend that had a 32 Chevy and I bought the 1932 set of Readers Digest for him. HRP
I still remember the day that issue was delivered. I studied that magazine until the pages wore out. It definitely had an effect on me.
I was at a car show a few years back and a guy was selling old magazines, including lots of Life magazines. @drdave was perusing the mags with me, and held up that issue and said, "Hey, would you look at this, only a couple of bucks." He handed it to me since he already had a copy and I bought it. There are a number of them for sale on ebay, but this one is currently the least expensive. I expect the bid will increase quite a bit before listing is over. https://www.ebay.com/itm/APR-29-195...865905?hash=item2ad5feb4f1:g:lF4AAOSwZEtdk8CD
Always enjoy looking those old magazines with car culture articles.....yard sales are a good place to find..
A few years ago I was at an antique mall in NJ and there was a pile of Life magazines as big as a VW. I remember the issue also when it came out when it was new and over the years I lost it. I spent several hours going through the VW sized pile till I found it. I knew it was from 1957 but the pile was all mixed up. The guy though I was nuts and said so but I left with it under my arm.
I've got that issue. Selling magazines it a very tough way to make a buck, postage always equals the sale price. Bob
I studied an old life magazine when I was in grade school, it was an article on topless bathing suits
I would disagree, I’ve sold plenty of magazines in the $7-10 range, and my biggest sale was $88. That was Vol.1 No.1 of Surf, or maybe it was Surfer. Like anything else, it’s all about supply and demand.
Okay. I have a bunch of Life mags from the '30s and '40s. Since I have the supply can I demand good prices? All you hambers line up.
There was a thread on another site, were a guy was complaining about people that cut up old magazines for the ads. If eight bucks is what the market is for a magazine, but a full page ad for whatever sells for five bucks, I'm buying a box of razor blades. Bob
The '32Ford featured in the article was owned by local hot rod legend, Jack Eaton. Jack was instrumental in starting the "Road Panthers" in the early 50's. The club is still semi-active, with a few of the original members still with us. Unfortunately, Jack has passed on but his brother Ed is also still active in the hot rod community. The Deuce 3 window is now owned by Jack's son and is now full fendered. Some old timers from the area may recall the car from it's early days when it was called Debbies Deuce.
1960's motorcycle magazines are a good seller to the cut out the ads and re-sell them crowd. I could care less what someone does with whatever they buy after they pay me. Not mine anymore.
Not Life magazine, but Saturday Evening Post magazine cover - love it ! Saturday Evening Post Hot Rod Cover by TagMan, on Flickr
Those photos from Life have been posted by myself and many others over the years right here on the HAMB in several threads. Can't think of a way to find them all on here.
https://books.google.com/books?id=PEkEAAAAMBAJ&source=gbs_all_issues_r&cad=1 Here's a link to the site with all the issues of Life
The Jalopy Journal
