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I was curious if anyone here sold vintage magazine ads. I have acquired several old magazines that did not seem to have much value as a magazine but might do well if the ads were individually sold. This would be something that would not take up space in my house like my other items do.
One of my biggest questions is packing and shipping them so they are not damaged.
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I found some WWII era National Geographic mags and took pix of individual ads (many showed military themes and pix of tanks, airplanes, fighting men, etc.). Tried selling those for a year: at $10 an ad. No luck. I thought they would make interesting framed art. I still have the magazines (about 20) and may try selling them one at a time. Death pile, currently.
I had planned on sandwiching the ad between 2 pieces of double wall cardboard and shipping in an envelope.
Better ideas are welcome….
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If you do searches, there are sellers who specialize in vintage advertising art. Thousands and thousands of ads from magazines. https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=vintage+magazine+advertising+art&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.Xvintage+magazine+advertising.TRS0&_nkw=vintage+magazine+advertising&_sacat=0
It’s like selling old postcards. There’s a market, but its about listing like crazy because you never know what people want.
One way to ship delicate paper art is sandwiched between two pieces of cardboard. Of course this makes the shipping more expensive, but thats a safe way.
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I decided to order an advertisement from one of the big sellers and see how they package it. I found an ad for a company that has the same name as my last name – Henke. I bought a Herpa miniature delivery truck that features a company in Germany with my last name.
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When I started selling vintage ads, I also bought an ad from one of the large sellers. They sent the ad in a plastic sleeve with a thin piece of cardboard. Ads are slow sellers. You can list and list and list, and get a few sales. I decided that altho the markup was great, it wasn’t worth the time.
Packaging: Because I shrink wrap the books we sell if I were still selling ads today, I would shrink wrap the ad with one piece of cardboard inside the shrink wrap.
When I was selling old original photos, I shipped them in a sandwich between two pieces of cardboard with one piece of CB turned so the fluting was vertical and the other piece turned so that it was horizontal. A buyer happily told me once that his postman tried and tried to bend the package, but was unable to do so. Please let us know how the ad sales go.
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