High Times #1 2 2

[ThothAmon]

Only 1 Reprint on census. 
 

[FoggyNelson]

Is it rare?😷

[ThothAmon]

4 hours ago, FoggyNelson said:

Is it rare?😷

I'd say a first print is pretty darn rare.  I'd sure like one for the collection.

[mrtank]

On 7/19/2020 at 9:38 AM, ThothAmon said:

Only 1 Reprint on census. 
 

That's crazy. I mean, I have spoken with High Times directly, so I know for sure about the 4 different prints of the first issue. Plus, there's the article that High Times did on the subject in the November 2009 edition that explains it all (see below):

So why does the census only show the one reprint? Is there someone we can contact to confirm the fact that there were actually 4 different printings of the first issue? Please help me if you have the time. I think it would be nice for the census to reflect the facts for this issue.

On 8/1/2020 at 6:09 PM, ThothAmon said:

I'd say a first print is pretty darn rare.  I'd sure like one for the collection.

The first printing of the first issue is hard to find. But they're out there.

I have been monitoring and collecting data on first issues of High Times for years. I collect data anytime a new one is listed. Then if it's a Buy It Now, I collect the price and follow the changes to the price until it gets sold or is unlisted. If there's one up for bid, I collect the starting price and ending price.

I currently have sale data for (Winning Bid or price sold at Buy It Now) 920 copies. I wrote a -script years ago that crawls and scrapes ebay to accomplish this, and it still works to this day. I double check it every so often by making sure it picks up all listed copies and it's never let me down.

I have the Winning Bids or Buy It Now prices for:

1. 7 first print first issues
2. 149 second print issues
3. 288 third print first issues
4. 476 fourth print first issues

I am trying to compile a price sheet by year showing the price changes over time. I'll upload it soon.

I can get averages of each issue to see exactly what people are paying for them and what they have been worth over the years.

What they're worth and what people are willing to pay are two different things. I don't think there's enough solid information out there to really be able to price an issue because nobody else is collecting data (as far as I know). I see many on eBay listing fourth prints if the first issue for like $300-$900 and I try to tell them they don't sell for that much. Someone is telling them they're worth a certain amount. I just wish I knew who it was and where they got their information from. I have stats and real data.

[FoggyNelson]

One of these days , High Times number one is going to be a huge key👍‼️😷

with weed legal everywhere an all young people toking it .. High Times mag is just like 

a movie release 

[PetuniaGrimm]

Here you are gentlemen, I have all four

[Randall Dowling]

Tough book!  

Is one of those the actual "first print" and the others later printings?  I know nothing about the publication history of this issue.

[PetuniaGrimm]

The first one in the post is the actual first printing, it's the one without a banner in the upper left hand corner. There was supposed to be only 1000 of them printed, who knows how many are left today. 
I have the whole run up into the late 80's

[FoggyNelson]

I get flashbacks when I see High Times mag🥵🥵🥵😂

[cd4ever]

This thread made me go and break out my copy...a third print...and flip through it. 

I loved seeing this review of a then unknown bands album,,,,,it's about as spot on as a review can get.