Aug 22, 2024 - Sale 2677

Sale 2677 - Lot 235

Price Realized: $ 375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900

(PERIODICALS.)


An extensive early run of "Bay Windows: New England's Largest Gay and Lesbian Magazine."
129 different issues plus numerous duplicates, most about 24-48 pages (440x290 mm; 17x11¼ inches) on newsprint; generally minor wear and toning. Boston, 1983-1996.

Bay Windows was founded by Sasha Alyson as a monthly in March 1983, went bi-weekly during its first summer, and then went weekly in May 1985. This run has 5 scattered issues from 1983; a nearly complete run from January 1984 to mid-December 1986 (lacking only 6 issues); plus 13 scattered issues from 1987-1996.

With--5 issues of "The Mirror, a Reflection of Our Community," including Volume 1, issue 1. Boston, 1985-1987.