Selling an old magazine should be simple. It is easy to check a magazine, and any description should include:

1. total pages (count them...total number of pages, any missing?)

2. condition of pages (age tanned, nice & white, wavyness, any water damage, pages stuck together, folds, rips, tears, cut outs?)

3. condition of covers (loose, attached, folds, tears, dirt?)

4. condition of spine (pieces missing, chips?)

5. date of publication (seems simple enough)

6. picture(s) of the actual mag (speaks a thousand words)

This should take a seller, what, a minute or two to do this? And another minute to put it in their description. 

Buying a vintage magazine can be harder...

Some sellers state in their description that they sell too many mags to check each one...those are the sellers to avoid, as they are simply Lazy or they are hiding defects.

If a description is too short or vague, ask the seller any questions about it that you need to know. If a seller gets offended by your questions, avoid them like the plague. Check their feedback, see what others have to say about their previous magazine sales.

This information comes from years of buying and sometimes getting burned. Nothing like anticipating a great mag for weeks and receiving a crappy one!

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