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87019Chris

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Hi there,
I have a large collection of railway magazines from a few different publishers. I was wondering if there was a place that may buy them from me or even in the worse case is there somewhere I can give them so they can make some money from them e.g. heritage railway's or so on or would it be best if I just put them on eBay individually? Note that most are in a very good condition for there age.
Thanks very much any help is appreciated
Chris
 
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To be honest, unless they are a particularly rare or sought after issue, you see them selling bundles for a few pounds at most MR shows. I wouldn't have thought the hassle of selling them would be worth it.

Most smaller heritage groups will happily take them to sell.
 
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I see them at preserved railways, often for a very cheap price. I'm sure many preserved railways would want them, so each time you're visiting one, you could take a few to donate.
 
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I was talking to John Stephens of the CFPS about magazines only a couple of weeks ago - there are certain titles which will sell quite well, and others that won't (so aren't really worth bothering with).
 
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Most of the magazines are Railways Illustrated and Rail from before it became too political, and recently RI and Todays Railways UK. I do have some specials such as Rails 500th magazine and so on. I think I shall just give them to the K&WVR next time I'm near. The only reason I want rid of them is that I'm starting to run out of room for them.
 
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A couple of years ago I was given 2 Full carloads of mags.
My car at the time was an Isuzu Trooper and it was stuffed full of mags from at least 5 titles, in reasonable condition. Model Engineer, Railway Mag, Railway Modeller for 3 of them.
Most in consecutive years and at least 2 titles dated back to 1928.
Asked around not a single response.
Ended up giving them to VCT at Ingrow otherwise we would have sent them to recycling which we are registered for anyway.
 
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