# Are any particular Rolling Stone mags from the 80's/90's worth much? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 3, 2014, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-particular-rolling-stone-mags-from-the-80s-90s-worth-much/697363 "2014-09-03T14:37:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-particular-rolling-stone-mags-from-the-80s-90s-worth-much/697363/1 "2014-09-03T14:37:38Z")
…before I yard sale them for 50 cents each and then recycle the rest. Seems like I remember the early Madonna and Britney Spears covers had some value. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-particular-rolling-stone-mags-from-the-80s-90s-worth-much/697363/2 "2014-09-03T15:22:22Z")
[See if this eBay search URL works for you.](http://www.ebay.com/sch/Magazine-Back-Issues-/280/i.html?_from=R40&_dcat=280&Publication%2520Year=1980%252D1999&_nkw=rolling+stone+magazine&LH_Complete=1&LH_Sold=1&rt=nc) Went to eBay, typed in “rolling stone magazine” in “magazine back issues” then checked the “1980-1999” box and then checked “sold listings” and the result is a list of what those back issues have actually sold for. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-particular-rolling-stone-mags-from-the-80s-90s-worth-much/697363/3 "2014-09-03T23:53:48Z")
Its the current ones that are worthless. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-particular-rolling-stone-mags-from-the-80s-90s-worth-much/697363/4 "2014-09-04T00:54:34Z")
Do you have the cover from January 1981 memorializing John Lennon? That might be worth something. The cover picture was taken the last day he was alive. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-particular-rolling-stone-mags-from-the-80s-90s-worth-much/697363/5 "2014-09-04T07:48:22Z")
I sold several years worth a few years back. I sold them via Craigslist all together as a group, and got more that way than I would have made from selling them individually – people had been making offers for specific individual issues and then little or nothing for the rest. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-particular-rolling-stone-mags-from-the-80s-90s-worth-much/697363/6 "2014-09-04T07:54:00Z")
Any of the issues with glowing appraisals of the work of _Rush_ would be worth a pretty penny. ---
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-particular-rolling-stone-mags-from-the-80s-90s-worth-much/697363/7 "2014-09-04T09:26:01Z")
I’ve got some Rolling Stones from '68 and '69. Would they be worth anything? ---
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-particular-rolling-stone-mags-from-the-80s-90s-worth-much/697363/8 "2014-09-04T12:36:03Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > [See if this eBay search URL works for you.](http://www.ebay.com/sch/Magazine-Back-Issues-/280/i.html?_from=R40&_dcat=280&Publication%2520Year=1980%252D1999&_nkw=rolling+stone+magazine&LH_Complete=1&LH_Sold=1&rt=nc) > > Went to eBay, typed in “rolling stone magazine” in “magazine back issues” then checked the “1980-1999” box and then checked “sold listings” and the result is a list of what those back issues have actually sold for. Thanks for the link…some of those prices are surprising. Multiple sales of the Layne Staley issue for from $45 to $15. Death is probably a general indicator of value. I wonder if I’m really getting those “sold” vs completed but didn’t sell. I do have the proper box checked. ---
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-particular-rolling-stone-mags-from-the-80s-90s-worth-much/697363/9 "2014-09-04T15:44:22Z")
Anybody know if the first issue (Lennon Vol. I; No. 1 11/9/67) was reprinted? As I was going thru all my boxes I found a copy…there is nothing that would suggest a reprint except for the great condition that it is in and the fact that I didn’t put it any place special. ---
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-particular-rolling-stone-mags-from-the-80s-90s-worth-much/697363/10 "2014-09-04T16:17:30Z")
> [@What\_the](#): > > Anybody know if the first issue (Lennon Vol. I; No. 1 11/9/67) was reprinted? > > As I was going thru all my boxes I found a copy…there is nothing that would suggest a reprint except for the great condition that it is in and the fact that I didn’t put it any place special. NM…it’s a 1986 reprint as noted in small print on page two in the Table of Contents. FWIW…my collection goes back to the late 70’s. I found a few Robin Williams covers (including 8/23/79)…hope it’s not too late to profit from his untimely death ☹ . Ebay here I come.