"George" magazine seeing surge in collectibility among JFK Jr. FX show
A total of 57 issues were published between 1995-2001
The magazine ran publications from 1995-2001, two years after JFK Jr. 's death. Magazines have been somewhat collectible for a while, but we've never seen anything in the non-sports space like we are seeing with "George" Magazine.
Boosted by FX's anthology series, "Love Story," based on the romance of JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette, 70 copies of JFK Jr. 's defunct and unsuccessful play into publishing sold on eBay on Thursday alone.
And since the show began on Feb. 12, more than 115 copies of the inaugural issue from Sept. 2005 with Cindy Crawford dressed as George Washington on the cover, have sold in the $200 to $400 range.
One copy, that closed on March 27, had an astounding 71 bids. The magazine, hoping to tell stories on politics in a different style, lasted six years and folded in 2001 after losing $10 million. JFK Jr.