Old Style South Jersey Magazine

Nyylexa

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Hello all! This looks like a knowledgable group here, looking for some info/advice on this collection of the old style south jersey magazine.

Backstory: My grandfather passed away recently, and in going through one of the closets what appears to be a full run of these 1972 - 2002 paperbacks. He Lived and worked in Millville, Vineland, and Leesburg (and who knows where else he got around :p ).
Looks like they were read once and sealed up in protectors, majority of them are spotless :eek:

So im wondering if its actually all of them, they go from winter 1972 to summer 2002, 123 of them if my terrible math is right.
And what sort of market is there for it, ive seen a few loose ones scattered across the web, but no sets.
I front and back pictured the lot, google photos may or may not have decreased image quality, my browser is about as old as he was lol.

Thanks in advance :)



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bobpbx

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Very impressive, I say. I never started reading them, and I have no idea of the true value. I'd offer you something for them, but shipping may be the pain. Are they here in NJ or out of state?
 

Nyylexa

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He retired in the 90's and moved down the coast to North Carolina. Nothing but swampland but he enjoyed it :p

All together they weigh about 40 lbs, so probably a ups thing at that size.
 

GermanG

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Very impressive, I say. I never started reading them, and I have no idea of the true value. I'd offer you something for them, but shipping may be the pain. Are they here in NJ or out of state?
The magazine was somewhat skewed towards the southwestern part of the state, but did cover topics in our region (meaning you and I). I remember a series of articles spreading across maybe 5 or 6 issues on Lacey Twp history, including going into depth on the Rutherfurd Stuyvesant and Woodmansie estates, that I assume you would have been interested in. The magazine was a great resource. I wish I realized as much back when I got rid of my copies. It would be great if a library or other entity digitized it, as the Ocean County Library has with many old newspapers.
 
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bobpbx

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I can't seem to keep enough reading material around. I'm always searching the house to read things while I eat. I have most of a collection of Zane Gray books I'm working on, and about 50 National Geos. I won't read them at the table.
 
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