Expert: Chris Brown - 1/23/2010

Question
Hello I have 4 magazines in what I think to be good condition (no wrinkles or tears) No. 76 Jan '63, No. 77 March '63, No. 99 Dec '65 & No. 102 April '66 & was wondering what their estimated value is? Thank you

Answer
Hi Nicole

"Good condition" to comic collectors generally means some wear, such as minor tears, wrinkles, creases, page tanning, etc. but still overall a solid magazine.  The Mad issues you list, if in Good condition, have a priceguide value sequentially of $7, $6, $5 and $4.

If they are in better condition, they could be worth two or three times those prices.  If in newsstand new condition, several times those prices.  Of course, these are the price guide, or retail, prices.  You would probably get only a percentage of those prices, maybe 30 to 50%, if you sold them to a store or on eBay.

Chris