Welcome to my Sports Illustrated/TIME magazine blog – Your collector’s guide to the latest hobby updates and insight into what’s trending now. Early collector decisions have a huge impact on your long-term collection value. I have chosen this subject as it seems there is a growing interest in labeled, label removed, and otherwise restored magazines. By “interest”, I mean, more buy and sell auctions are creeping/leaping into our everyday purview and I want my readers to make the best long-term decisions possible. The longer you go into the future, the more your early buying decisions have time to magnify – either great, good, or not so good. If you’re like me, early on in your collection endeavors you paid less attention to mag condition than you did cover athlete. Mistake. As time passed, you noticed that those that paid more up front (newsstand, high condition for ex.), were realizing more, sometimes exponentially more, on the back. One lesson I had to learn from not buying the best – the slow pace of my increasing equity. I also noticed that there was not a shortage of “buyers of the best” – you only need one! And Negotiations are short when you own the best. I subscribe to my own philosophy so, when you buy from sportsillustrated98.com, and I am only stating fact here, you are assured of receiving quality/value for the price and I stand behind everything I sell. Approaching 4000 positive feedbacks on Ebay, no negatives. Proud of that! I don’t deal or sell in label removed/labeled magazines – PERIOD. As this is an opinion blog, I want to be clear that I am in total agreement with all kinds of collecting avenues – including those that I have mentioned above. My choice of business endeavor however, is to deal in the best conditions/grades I can, not for me but for you. When you are happy, I succeed. So, at some point in your collecting evolution, you will have to make a decision – can I afford a bit more for the best, or should I settle for something – almost. My advice is to always do your homework and go for the most you can afford. My Ebay handle is “sportsillustrated9.8”, not to be confused with other similar tags. If you’re interested in one or more of my ebay auctions and you would like to purchase, email me at wylliejohn@yahoo.com to save on taxes, fees, and shipping. Thanks for your loyal following. My readers always receive “first among equals” pricing/service. Many thanks for your continued support and patronage. On the web – Sportsillustrated98.com I hope you are enjoying the reads on the history of SI, SPORT, and BASEBALL magazines as well as an insight into relevant magazine collecting. Great collecting to you in our second century of blogs and best fortunes with Sports Illustrated/SPORT/BASEBALL magazines. For a complete review of previous blogs, please visit www.sportsillustrated98.com |
