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A Topic After My Own Heart: The Most Valuable TV Guides For Collectors
This story is about the most valuable issues of TV Guide, the once indispensible list of what was on your television, back when there were only a few networks, and no cable or streaming. The rankings of high demand editions for collectors includes milestone events in the world (The Apollo 11 moon landing, the Beatles appearing on Ed Sullivan) and the previews of record setting TV shows (Who Shot J,R, and the final episode of M*A*S*H - I happen to have that one.)
I know I'm in the minority, but I've always looked at TV Guide (the original, not an off-shoot like The Star Week) as a kind of cultural media history book, showing where the world of entertainment was at during a certain point. They are moments frozen in time, but I remember them like they were yesterday.
Because, in fact, they were.
How Specific Old TV Guides From Landmark Broadcast Nights Became Genuine Collectibles
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TV Guides are time capsules of a week in pop culture history. I collected a few years ago, but none of those mentioned here, they got sold at a garage sale, wish I kept them! One of the events mentioned in this article was “The Miracle on Ice”, which I always thought was a bit overhyped, still do! Guess you had to be there. Thanks for posting RA.
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From what I have read, the two most desired issues are 1. the April 3, 1953 premiere issue with Lucy's baby on the cover and 2. the September 25, 1953 issue featuring George Reeves/Superman on the cover.