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Old Skool

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  1. As a 40+ year collector of Playboy Magazine, I wouldn't set my sights too high on retiring off of the magazine's selling prices. I'm not sure where some of these "experts" get the idea that common magazines of the 80's or 90's would be worth thousands of dollars. As an example: the August 1993 issue with Pamela Anderson & Dan Akroyd on the cover. Some say it's worth $5-6000.00. You can buy as many copies as you want on Ebay for less than $25.00 each...with free shipping! Now, if it was signed by HH, Pam, and Dan, had signature certification, and CGC graded a "10" it might be worth a few hundred...maybe $1000.00...MAYBE. The highest premiums are going to be paid on the pre-1960 issues. The first 2 or three issues (Dec. 1953 -Feb. 1954) and the Bettie Page issue (Jan. 1955) in VERY GOOD + to FINE condition, ungraded, will fetch a pretty good price...maybe $3000.00 to $5000.00. The cleaner the copy, the higher the price. Graded ones...say 6.5 or higher should bring even a better price. For these premium issues, grading may be worth the cost as the value increase should more than cover it. The value of later issues drops off considerably after that. I saw 2 first issues on Ebay, signed by HH, CGC graded 9.2 & 9.6 listed at almost 1/2 million dollars. Granted, those are probably the best copies in existence, but I think the seller has some very high expectations. As the old saying goes " it's only worth what someone is willing to pay for it". He/she may be sitting on that one for a while.