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CGC has said that the inclusion or omission of subscription or ad inserts do not effect the final grade, they are just noted on the label when present. 9.8 grades for #1 are currently going for about $5,000. Sports Illustrated found boxes of issue #1 in mint condition in a warehouse years ago and resold them to the public in a fancy leather binder with a COA for $200-$400. That essentially flooded the market with copies in amazing condition for a 70 year old issue. Despite this, they still command a nice number today.

I’m all about the Sports Illustrated issues. Here are some of my recent slabs

Do you still have the 9.2 issue with the woman on the boat? Sorry, can tell what the date is from the pic. I'd consider purchasing it if it still have it, please let me know.

agree with the 6.5 estimate on the grade. Still a very rare issue if it's a true newsstand issue and not a subscription issue where the label has been removed. One graded at 9.0 just sold for $7,200 last week!

Yes, when it says "subscription insert" right under the publisher and date, that means that there's a subscription card inside the magazine soliciting people to subscribe to the magazine. Other times inserts would put between the pages as ads for various other products. What you don't want is for it to say "Subscription Edition" over on the left. That means that the issues is a subscription issue and not a newsstand issue. Newsstand issues have all the value in the market, subscription issues have very little value because too many were produced.

You're correct. Graded issues of Sports Illustrated are really starting to take off!

I've never seen one of these before. What is it? It doesn't look like the first SI issue which looks like this pic below. Also, what is that issue encapsulated in some way? What's the covering around the magazine?

If you look in the CGC census you'll see the first section is populated with newsstand issues and right below that are you subscription issues that have been graded. I can tell you there is very little value in grading subscription issues because Sports Illustrated has said they produced 2.5 mil to 3 mil copies of each issue. However, or 2%-3% of those were newsstand...so the collecting value is all in newsstand. I hope this helps!

I just filled out the submission form today, and I agree it can be confusing if it's your first time. Be sure to select magazines on the first screen vs comics, trading cards, etc. Then choose your services. When you get to the field entry page, type in Sports Illustrated and it should auto populate. You'll then need to select the publisher (Time Inc, also should auto populate). Then you need to put the volume number in...that can be found in the census by looking for the same issue date. If that issue hasn't beed graded before, you'll need to find the volume number yourself by opening the magazine and going to the table of contents. Then you put in the date, country or origin and how much you value the raw issue. Please try this and let me know if you get stuck on anything or have any other questions.

You should get them graded, it's a lot of fun and a growing subset of the collecting hobby. But if you're looking to get a return on them, make sure they are newsstand issues and not subscription

My personal experience is that CGC will always be able to tell if the label has been removed. I've sent in issues of Sports Illustrated to be graded that I had assumed were newsstand, that I had looked over extremely closely for signs of a label and came back labeled subscription. Believe me, they know what to look for and their reputation is on the line with getting it right.

Like anything else. I bought it, never read it and put it away until recently when I had it graded.

Sports Illustrated issues are getting more and more popular. You can look at the data, more issues are being submitted each month

Great score! I love collecting graded issues of Sports Illustrated, this one is a total gem!

Here are a few of the mags I've had graded