Life Magazine 1953
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Condition Grading
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Issue Date: |
Cover/Issue
Description: |
Condition: |
Price |
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January 5, 1953 |
Special Issue: The American and his Economy.
Cover – Family Buys “Best $15,000 House”. Farm Revolution, Chemical Age,
Working Wives, Smiling Employees, Closed-Circuit TV |
Not Available |
NA |
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January 12, 1953 |
Majorca Displays Resort Clothes from US and |
G/VG |
$20.00 |
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January 19, 1953 |
Big-Time Managers in the Cabinet (Defense &
Treasury Secretaries). Jamaica Boyhood – 2 copies |
Good |
$17.50 |
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Stylist
For Ohrbach's Low-Cost High Fashions. Martha's Vineyard in Winter, First
Lady's Finery |
Not Available |
NA |
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February 2, 1953 |
Eisenhower
Inauguration – In Color. Comeback for
Big Families, Rouault Art, Male-Inspired Fashions – 2 copies |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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Same |
Good |
$20.00 |
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February 9, 1953 |
The
World We Live In: Miracle of the Sea. Dog of Distinction, King of Cambodia, Women's
Suits, Yehudi’s Yoga, New Cardinals, Top Doberman at Westminster Dog Show |
Not Available |
NA |
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February 16, 1953 |
Her
Majesty's Own Guards (A Coldstream Sergeant). Robert Ruark on the Mau Mau's,
North Sea Terror, 3-D Hits Hollywood, “Peter Pan”, Rita Hayworth as “Salome”
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Not Available |
NA |
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February 23, 1953 |
Nell
Owen: Prettiest |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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Same – 2 copies |
Good, edge chipping |
$20.00 |
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March 2, 1953 |
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G/VG |
$25.00 |
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Same – 2 copies |
Good |
$20.00 |
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March 9, 1953 |
Vanessa Brown Shows How to Wear Stoles. India, Goose Tatum, Wintry Laboratory |
Not Available |
NA |
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March 16, 1953 |
Malenkov and Stalin. Death of Stalin. Broadway, Love Among the Irish, Leslie Caron – 2 copies |
G/VG |
$30.00 |
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Same |
Good |
$25.00 |
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March 23, 1953 |
Budding Starlet. Malenkov, Stalin Funeral, Legacy of Mackenzie King photo essay, Igor Stravinsky Close-up, US College in Near East photo essay, Coventry’s New Cathedral, Dorothy Dandridge – 4 copies |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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Same |
Good |
$20.00 |
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March 30, 1953 |
Coronation Fashions: Countess of Dalkeith. Marine's Photos of Korean Fighting, Preparing for Coronation, Battle of City Streets (Saul Steinberg art) |
G/VG |
$30.00 |
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Same – 3 copies |
Good |
$25.00 |
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April 6, 1953 |
Lucille
Ball, Desi Arnaz & Family. Stalin’s Ghastly Secrets, 12 Great
American Preachers, Shrine of St. Ursula photo essay, Japan’s Giants, Mme.
Chiang at Wellesley – 2 copies |
G/VG |
$50.00 |
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Same |
G/VG, staff copy stamp |
$45.00 |
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Same – 2 copies |
Good |
$40.00 |
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April 13, 1953 |
The World
We Live In - Delicate Arch, |
Good |
$17.50 |
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Same – Reprint From – Delicate Arch, Utah, and La Sal Mountains – The World We Live In: Part III |
Good, spine splitting |
$10.00 |
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April 20, 1953 |
Marlon Brando as Marc Antony. Japanese Art, Parakeets, Patrice Munsel, NY Yankees of 1957 (including Mickey Mantle) |
Not Available |
NA |
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April 27, 1953 |
Elizabeth II - Official Coronation Portrait. Stalin's Secrets, "Shane" movie review, Benny Goodman |
G/VG |
$35.00 |
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Same |
Good, wear, spine splitting |
$20.00 |
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May 4, 1953 |
Special Issue: Africa – A Continent in Ferment. Masai Warrior, Rocky Sahara, Tangier, Nasser, Liberia, Albert Park, Ethiopia’s Haile Salassie, Victoria Falls, South Africa, Art in the Congo, Kenya, Diseases, Morocco |
Not Available |
NA |
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May 11, 1953 |
Denim Gets Dressy: A Cocktail Coat. Truth About Korea by Van Fleet, Color TV, Emile Zola photo essay, Caddy to a President, Bye Bye Blue Denim, Ingres |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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May 18, 1953 |
Harvest of Arts in the Midwest: Coed Opera Student. Truth About Korea, Survivors Watch "Titanic" movie – 4 copies |
G/VG |
$30.00 |
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May 25, 1953 |
Marilyn Monroe & Jane Russell in “Gentleman Prefer Blondes”. New Look at Ford, Valley Forge GI’s, Lutheran Sects, Jon Lindbergh’s Dive, New Warfare on Old Bugs |
Good, spine splitting |
$50.00 |
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June 1, 1953 |
Daughters of the Stars: Brooke Hayward. Coronation Guide, Josh Logan vs. TV, Nato's Boss Gruenther, Collie & Pups photo essay, Ping-Pong in Iron Curtain – 2 copies |
G/VG |
$25.00 |
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Same – 5 copies |
Good |
$20.00 |
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June 8, 1953 |
Baseball's Greatest Catcher: Roy Campanella. World We Live In, Italy Election, Penny Stocks, “Split Second”, Ford’s Geodesic Dome, Edna Wallace Hopper – 2 copies |
G/VG |
$40.00 |
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Same –
2 copies |
Good |
$30.00 |
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Same |
Good, spine insect dmg. |
$25.00 |
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June 15, 1953 |
The Coronation in Color. New Life for Brodie Twin, House with Reasons, Hi-Fi, Everest at Last – 3 copies |
Good |
$25.00 |
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June 22, 1953 |
Commencement cover. Whittaker Chambers on the "Witch Hunt", Art on the Andrea Doria, The Lowly Penny photo essay, US Glass House Embassy in Rio, Dorothy McGuire’s Maternity Dress, Shot-Put Record Breaker |
Good |
$25.00 |
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June 29, 1953 |
Cyd
Charisse. Victory on |
Not Available |
NA |
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July 6, 1953 |
Terry Moore. Complete “Bridges at Toki-Ri” by James Michener, Texas Drought, Visit to our Past photo essay, Squaw Skirts, Milwaukee Braves – 4 copies |
Good |
$30.00 |
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July 13, 1953 |
Conquest of Everest. Articles by Tenzing & Hillary, Provence in Stone, Portable Pier, Martin Luther Movie, “Moon Is Blue”, 17 Year Bugs |
Not Available |
NA |
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July 20, 1953 |
Senator
Kennedy Goes Courting ( |
Not Available |
NA |
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July 27, 1953 |
Cancan Lingerie. The Sea Elephant, Cinemascope and "The Robe", Larry Storch |
Good |
$17.50 |
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August 3, 1953 |
Nicole Maurey: Bing's New Leading Lady. Indochina, Year of the Snake pictorial essay, Italian Grand Opera |
Good |
$17.50 |
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August 10, 1953 |
Irish Invade Fashion World. How the Truce Came to Korea, Trip Down Oregon Coast photo essay, Tour de France Bicycle Race |
Not Available |
NA |
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August 17, 1953 |
The Pretty Wittlingers. Europe by Bill Maudlin, The Louvre, I Become a Citizen photo essay, The Louvre – 4 copies |
Good |
$20.00 |
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August 24, 1953 |
Ballerina's At Beach. Kinsey Report on Women, Animals of the Desert, "Roman Holiday" - 5 copies |
Good |
$20.00 |
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August 31, 1953 |
Donna Reed in “From Here To Eternity”. "From Here to Eternity", Perils of Space Flight, War by Television, Dior Short Skirts – 2 copies |
G/VG |
$30.00 |
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Same – 4 copies |
Good |
$25.00 |
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September 7, 1953 |
World
We Live In: |
Good |
$17.50 |
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September 14, 1953 |
Casey
Stengel's Winning Smile (World Series). Polygamy Uproar – |
G/G |
$60.00 |
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September 21, 1953 |
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Good |
$30.00 |
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September 28, 1953 |
Life Goes to a $100,000 Party. Faulkner - His Family - His County, The Smithsonian, Major Andre, Four Pacific Northwest Artists |
G/VG |
$30.00 |
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Same – 4 copies |
Good |
$25.00 |
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October 5, 1953 |
From Italians Into Americans. Faulkner, Part 2, “1984” on TV, Atomic Farm, Football Game in Color, Street Fashions |
Not Available |
NA |
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October 12, 1953 |
Backs are Back in Fashion. Autumn in Shenandoah, Stalking the Striper, Recording Authors Voices, Traubel Quits Met – 6 copies |
G/VG |
$20.00 |
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October 19, 1953 |
The World We Live In - Age of Mammals. Crimean War, Fastest Flight, Jackie Gleason's Girls, “Tea and Sympathy” |
G/VG |
$20.00 |
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Same – 2 copies |
Good |
$17.50 |
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October 26, 1953 |
Vikki Dougan: Actress, Model and Mother. Churchill's War Memoirs, Elgin Marbles photo essay, The Death of “Assassino”, Cooking Game Birds, Harvard’s New President, Farm Problem – 2 copies |
Good |
$20.00 |
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November 2, 1953 |
Churchill: Nobel Prize for Literature. Silver Anniversary for Walt Disney & Mickey Mouse, Greenwich Village Fashions – 6 copies |
Good |
$25.00 |
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November 9, 1953 |
Small-Town Girl Gets New Name and a New Career. Churchill's Memoirs, Dress & Décor from Paris, Lizards – 3 copies |
G/VG |
$20.00 |
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Same – 7 copies |
Good |
$17.50 |
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November 16, 1953 |
Queen
Frederika of |
Good |
$20.00 |
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November 23, 1953 |
Sandra Krasne: College Art Student. Harry Dexter White, Renaissance of the Rails, Churchill Memoirs, Dinah Shore |
G/VG |
$20.00 |
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Same - 3 copies |
Good |
$17.50 |
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November 30, 1953 |
Creatures of the Sea. Navy Radio, Horse Show, New American Comes Home, India’s General Thimayya, “Kiss Me Kate” – 4 copies |
G/VG |
$20.00 |
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Same – 8 copies |
Good |
$17.50 |
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December 7, 1953 |
Audrey Hepburn (Classic Cover). Racers in Mexico, Audrey Hepburn Close-up, TV and Teachers, Piccoli, Marines Film, Victor Borge |
Not Available |
NA |
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December 14, 1953 |
Nixon,
A Vice-President Making Good. "The Caine Mutiny", High
School Education in the US, Bermuda Summit, France in Vietnam, Great Art
Works of Poland photo essay, Scrabble Game, Ronald Reagan Van Heusen Shirt Ad |
Not Available |
NA |
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December 21, 1953 |
Canasta
Pajamas. House of Saud, "Kismet", Shipwrecked Goddess found
in the Aegean, |
Not Available |
NA |
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December 28, 1953 |
Virgin
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G/VG |
$25.00 |
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Same – 4 copies |
Good |
$20.00 |