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Lot # 1538: Early Body Building Magazine Archive (appx 500)

Starting Bid: $300.00

Bids: 5 (Bid History)

Time Left: Auction closed
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Item was in Auction "2019 Fall Classic",
which ran from 11/3/2019 7:00 PM to
12/6/2019 10:00 PM



Interesting and scarce group of body building & health magazines fresh to the market from an early hobbyist. The collection includes: 1950's-60's Mr. America including #1 (rough) mixed condition with some beauties (27); 1940's-50's Muscle Power mixed condition with some excellent or better (39) small format 1940's body building earliest issue #3 (3); 1950's-60's Muscle Builder with some nudes plus Steve Reeves and early issues (25); various early titles including Body Moderne, Superman, other short lived titles, #1's, Schwarzenegger; competitive body building programs etc. (40); The Body Builder by George F. Jowett #1 & 2 (2); Your Physique 1940's with Steve Reeves (some early issues are nice/rest are rough) (56); Arena & Strength 1930's in fair condition (5);1960's-80's Strength & Health VG overall condition (118); 1956-69 Iron Man Lifting News (86); William Moore's Collectors Newsletter, Iron Master, and other fanzines (61); Iron Man 1940's-60's.(20); A total of approximately 500 Magazines. Magazines range from poor (some coverless) to excellent. A vast and diverse array of body building ephemera.

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