How Much Will Today's Magazines/Periodicals Be Worth In The Future?

Question

For example, if I buy an "economist", how much will it be worth in 10-20-30 years?

Is there any point in even keeping them?

Answer 1

I think there would be a value in covers that include a momentous or historic event, although The Economist is pretty niche in terms of what it covers. There may be more value in Time or Newsweek in terms of magazines.

Answer 2

ask my dad

Answer 3

I would guess that they have little future worth. I base this opinion on old periodicals I see for sale in antique stores. I deal in antiques and have had very little luck selling them.

I would not keep them. However, if there are articles that you find personally helpful or interesting, save that particular periodical or cut out the article itself. Then, "think green" (Recycling) for the rest!

Answer 4

Impossible to give a general answer to this. I'd have thought it unlikely that something like the economist would be worth anything, but specialist publications that appear in small numbers may be worth a punt, especially if they have visual appeal and are about subjects that people will still be interested in.  Why not check out e-bay to see what still sells from 10, 20 and 30 years ago, and try and extrapolate.  I wouldn't bet your pension on it though, and it could take up a lot more physical space than you might think - they are quite heavy objects en masse.

Answer 5

If one has a specific person on the cover, which will achieve same huge fame, like Marilyn Monroe did. The chance of that is low and you don'y know, who will be the one anyway.

In my opinion its not even worth reading the magazines, because articles are outdated, by the time they appear and usually to opinionated to give you facts.

Answer 6

No, I don't believe it's worth keeping them. My father collected about 40 years of a scient. magazine (incl. book binding) for nothing - all of them have been availale on CD-R /DVD since last 5 year editions. It's was an incredible waste in time and space. Who needs meters of books if you can have all indexed via DVD or internet?

If we don't run out of paper I would not invest in magazines / period.s  keeping.

Answer 7

Practically nothing. Most periodicals will eventually be archived online, making the need to save back issues a non-issue.