The Growing Hobby of Collecting Graded Sports Illustrated Magazines, w/
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- čas přidán 19. 12. 2023
- James Kehoe joins me to discuss his graded modern and vintage Sports Illustrated Magazine collection and teaches me about the hobby and how it's growing.
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Thanks for having me on the show Mike, loved the discussion!
I appreciated you coming on! Really interesting stuff.
Great interview, Jim! Thanks for taking the time to discuss your hobby with us.
Your passion for collecting is infectious. 👍
@@Johndeplume.thanks John!
@@JunkWaxHero mike i sent james first si and second si gretzky they both got 9.4 the gretzky first si is one of four only one better he has pressed and cleaned others as well some 9.6s and 9.8s as well he is so trustworthy great to find people like him in the world
@@tomharrison6607 awesome!
Thanks Mike!! Wow what an interesting amazing show. I'll probably watch this one again it was great in so many ways. I also collect magazines so this was very entertaining. I learned so much and your guest was the best with teaching everyone about that category of the hobby.
Agreed! Thanks Adam
Mike, best interview ever! So glad to know about Jim now. Couple things: SI issue #1 was mailed at no charge to many TimeLife subscribers and it came w a letter from the Publisher. Regarding the sales of warehoused issue #1, SI ran ads in 1994 (40th Anniv.) and the price was $149; which I gladly paid. I own both of the pre-premier dummy issues (much more scarce) and they sell for less than they should. Another fun aspect is the cross over appeal of the several 1950’s issues with beautiful reproduction of 27 cards on a gatefold. They R gorgeous. I recommend reading THE FRANCHISE by Michael MacCambridge to read the history of SI. It.s an amazing story.
Very cool! Thanks Karl!
Thanks for the kind worlds Karl! There are actually three “dummy” issues, so keep an eye out for the third. And you’re right, The Franchise is a great book!
Great interview JWH! As a subscriber to SI for most of the 80’s / I had stacks of hardly touched issues because I’m not a huge reader. Selfishly, because I tossed them about ten years ago, I’m glad the subscription copies aren’t nearly as valuable. 👍❤️
Great video! I still have my subscription copy (with mailing label) of the 1st Michael Jordan cover when he played for North Carolina. I also used to buy newsstand copies of certain players or championships. Lastly, I used to work for a magazine customer service company that handled SI, and we'd get free copies with a blank mailing label on them. I'd taken many copies of certain players or championships. I sold some on ebay a long time ago, but the rest are just sitting in boxes. I'll have to go bust them out!
Nice!
@@JunkWaxHero I think youtube deleted my follow-up comment because I posted a link to the article I mentioned, so I'm posting this again. If for some reason you deleted it, my apologies in advance for posting again.
I had to run some errands yesterday, so I just watched the last 10 minutes of the video today. I just wanted to mention one thing that wasn't mentioned in the interview about what would be considered an "altered" magazine with bad intentions. For issues before 1995 (from 1995 on, addresses were/are printed directly on the magazine), some people will try to remove the mailing label to pass off a subscription copy as newsstand copy. There are videos on youtube where people show how to do it. According to an article I found, CGC will detect when a label has been removed 99% of the time, but sometimes the removal is so clean that most people won't be able to notice, so some bad sellers will sell it raw as a newsstand copy to get more money.
@@PaullyPorkchopsVids fascinating. I didn’t delete, but CZcams usually removes comments with external links.
I had the Michael Jordan / Sam Perkins in my hands a couple months ago. Sadly, it didn’t go home with me. 🥺 What a fantastic collection being shared here.
That Jordan issue is probably a top 3 piece in the hobby, along with the 56 Mantle and the 63 Ali
@@cgcsportsillustrated5290, I do regret not taking it home with me.
I own the first issue of sports illustrated, 1954 with Eddie Mathews on the cover, it also has 54 Topps baseball cards in it. Also have many sports illustrated from the 70s.
Loved it! Thanks for spreading the hobby! And great job, Jim!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks my man!👊
Mike, this is a top-notch video, and I love that you find these kinds of passionate collectors to interview. I subscribed and followed him. I had a great time watching this video.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Fantastic interview with an interesting person.
Thank you!
Good topic, great interview! I've got some old magazines I've been thinking of submitting. A few SI's and 1st Becketts of Jordan and Griffey. I used to be one of those guys at the newsstands looking for the best covers also..lol I did the same thing in the cereal aisle with Wheaties boxes too..😂 I'll be subbing to James' channel!
Nice!
Hi Mike, interesting video. My issue with grading a magazine is that you would have buy 2 copies so that you have one to read. There is also the issue with space. Thanks for the video.
Yep, for sure
Every copy of SI is available online to read. Also, many people buy cheap subscription issues as a “reader” copy. This is very common in comics
That's some good info on sports magazines Mike. I have 3 or 4 box's that I need to get grading now 💰 💰. I'll send you some pics. I'm going to subscribe to him. Thanks Mike for the great information.
Nice!
A mailing label on a magazine is like buying a photo inscribed to another person
Good call
Kills the eye appeal
Having seen some top sold videos in this genre, the prices have jumped pretty substantially in the last few years. Was pretty shocked. Not just SI either. Beckett magazines, other sports magazines, etc have all jumped so this is a growing hobby and with cgc leading the way grading wise, I don't see that happening.
Sorry, you don’t see what happening?
Oops I don't see it slowing down. Ironically some of the biggest jumpers are those older and smaller magazines that he avoids.
I've got the 1st SI Mantle with the missing pages, newstand in VG+, unfortunately it's got some foxing. I still think it'll grade pretty high although I've never had anything graded. Interesting about Kobe's personal MJ issue. I've got Bing Crosby's personal subscription issue of Roberto Clemente's cover when Bing was part owner of the Pirates. Crazy thing is the person who sold it to me on ebay didn't know it and when I got it and saw Bing Crosby, I didn't know he was an owner! James, since you seem to know many high end collectors, maybe we could work something out with my collection. I'd love to see it stay together but after hearing some of these prices which has totally shocked me, that'd take some deep pockets, but if you know a guy, let me know. I'd like to work with you in some fashion as I love your passion for it and makes me remember the passion I had and that you're also rekindling!
I think Heidi Klum Swimsuit Issue was my favorite cover 😂
I meant to ask him about swimsuit issues!
Theres a group of people that only collect swim suit issues! So there’s certainly a market for them
I had a subscription to sports illustrated from May 1972, until 2011. And I had saved every copy. I had also bought every issue back to 67 from my local library. Over the last few years I ended up giving a bunch away selling or trading. I kept mostly anyone that had a Boston related cover or article in it.
I’ve got that first bird cover in a big top loader as well
That’s such a great cover!
This is a great interview Mike. I will have to follow this guy. I don’t have the first sports illustrated but I do have the Ted Williams card from it.
@@markhoyle2275 thanks Mark! I don’t have any of those cards. They’re closed to paper stock, right?
They’re paper. Two Bosox. Parnell and Teddy
He’s definitely passionate about magazines. Lots of room for growth as well in that market
Absolutely
old VHS tapes in their original shrinkwrap have taken off as well
Great interview! The pressing “issue” is strange to me since I’m a sports card colllector. Would be interesting to see a discussion about pressing the SI for Kids magazines and what that would do to the cards, and whether PSA would consider the cards altered. Obviously they should but it would be interesting to see how that worked.
I would guess that the SIFK cards are too thin for them to notice. Those aren’t made of the same thing as normal cards. They’re paper thin.
Good question. Pressing mostly effects the cover and the back, so it’s unlikely the card on the interior would be effected.
What would be the point of having a "first" qualifier on the first issue of a magazine? Can you put Mario's first cover on my Nintento Power?!?! 😂
What’s the point of collecting rookie cards? Or 1st appearances in comics? And yes, you should definitely get the Mario label on the slab!
Stud show thx
How to find pop and graders notes on cgc graded sports illustrated.
Pop is right on their website. Not sure about graders notes.
How much is that Steve Jobs issue?
It’s not for sale. But I’d need an offer north of $10k to let it go
It pains me to watch this, as I cut all of my 80s SI's into pieces to wallpaper my childhood bedroom. Retirement fund down the toilet.
Meeeee tooooooo
I did that too! The Jordan “Sky High” issue was right by my door, still one of my favorite covers!
Tried to get into this conversation, but just couldn't.
Thanks for the honesty. Sorry it wasn’t for you.
i was just a card collector before but when you get a real nice magazine that you got graded in your hands it is an awesome feeling plus they are esthetically more pleasing than cards
I just ordered my first graded sports illustrated the 1989 swimsuit issue 6.0 Kathy Ireland cover this video was inspiring to me to seek it out
A classic
@@JunkWaxHero it was a triple whammy for me first it has my childhood celebrity crush on the cover second it was 80 bucks which isn't bad and third the 6.0 is a pop 1