#Famous #Faces #Vintage #Magazines #Valuable #WorthPoint
If you’ve watched our at-home special edition of This Week in Thrifting (in which I did a little research on a few knickknacks that are just sitting around my house), you probably remember that I have a thing for vintage magazines (especially if they include colorful UFO photos). So, it’s no surprise that on a recent thrifting trip to Thrifty Queen, an incredible thrift store in Santa Fe, New Mexico, I naturally gravitated toward a giant pile of Family Circle magazines from the 1930s and 1940s. To me, all the vintage advertisements inside are irresistible, and it’s even better if you can find a few famous faces on the cover.
I’m a huge movie fan, so I was thrilled to see one issue of Family Circle featuring Jean Arthur, Ronald Colman, and Cary Grant on the cover. I was sure that a cover with this level of star power would resell for at least $50, but after looking through the WorthPoint Price Guide, I was disappointed to discover that other buyers aren’t quite as jazzed about these stars as I am. This letdown got me thinking about other famous faces. Are there any celebrities who can add big value to vintage magazines?
After another Price Guide search, I discovered one particular issue of Family Circle that resold for several hundred dollars (with some resale records of over $1,000). To see which famous face you should look for when you’re sifting through thrifted magazines, watch the latest episode of This Week in Thrifting.
In addition to her role as HIP’s curator of photography, Allison Radomski is a writer and filmmaker. She spends her days hunting for analog cameras, scoring her own movies in her laundry closet, and building her collections of Polaroids and handkerchiefs. She has degrees in cinema & media studies and religious studies from the University of Chicago.
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