For Sale White Dwarf magazine, #1 to #33 inclusive - advice re selling

[Thomas Keenes]

Hello - I’m new here and hope this is the best place to post.

I have a collection of ‘White Dwarf’ magazines that I’d like to sell, and could do with some advice on their value and where best to sell them (ebay?).

It’s a complete set Issue 1 to Issue 33 inclusive, plus ‘The Best of White Dwarf Scenarios’ (1980). They are all first print run copies in good condition.

Would it make sense to sell the early editions separately, or do you think it would be better to sell everything as a job lot?

Any advice gratefully received - thanks in advance.

 

[Brother Meredith]

Had some queries about selling early issues on here last year, these are the threads:

https://forum.oldhammer.org/threads/hi-looking-to-shift-a-rare-collection-thats-come-into-my-possession.37738/#post-124614

White Dwarf Issues 1-6 Original Print Run

Evening everyone, First 6 copies of the 1st Edition White Dwarf are in the process of going live on ebay over here: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/235705292565 Happy to answer any questions/provide additional info if desired. More bits going up in the coming days/weeks.

forum.oldhammer.org

General advice seems to be sell earlier issues separately!

 

[Eric]

Hello, and welcome to the forum.

Generally you'll get better prices individually since you're more likely to find buyers. So much as I hate seeing collections broken up (not quite sure why, but it pains me!) that's probably the better bet if you're not desperate to shift them all in one go. Of course if you are feeling super kind I expect there are some people here who'd like them!

The first six or so white dwarfs seem to be the ones that sell for the more silly money still. Issue #1's price does vary quite a bit, if you track back through the threads there was a guy selling a collection that'd been in storage for many years and I think we noted some pricing in those threads. I mean I can point you to a 1st edition for a few hundred quid that's badly titled on ebay (which is why it's not sold) or to a first print run that was a Buy It Now (and accepted an offer of ?) that was on at £1200. Generally it would seem you could expect probably £400-1000 for the first issue depending on who's around to buy it (assuming we're talking ebay here). I doubt you'll get any takers here for that kind of money. The later issues up to maybe about #6-10ish probably more like £80-150 ish. After that I'm less sure, but you're probably much more down in the £20-50 kinda areas at a guess.

To be honest I tend to think WD is a bit over priced and I'm sure the ease of locating PDFs these days has impacted sales, but as ever something is worth what someone will pay for it and there still seem to be deep pockets out there! I'd just watch out on ebay now it's all "simple shipping" for private sellers that anything you do sell for a good amount is properly insured in transit and tracked and not just chucked about by EVRI ...

Anyhow best of luck!