Old Cars Price Guide: version 1

Saved 2026-09-25 08:17 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: Added the March/April 1994 issue of Old Cars Price Guide (Krause Publications), barcode 009128490472, from the wanted list. Identity from the upcitemdb record of an eBay US listing (2020); magazine an. This is the current version.

Source of v1

# Old Cars Price Guide <!--brand-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Old Cars Price Guide
summary: American collector-car pricing magazine started by Chet Krause in 1977, later titled Old Cars Report Price Guide.
founded: 1977
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## Relations <!--relations-->
| role     | target                      | market | from | until | ended | status  | source      | note |
| -------- | --------------------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | ------- | ----------- | ---- |
| owned_by | company/krause-publications |        | 1977 |       |       | sourced | ^scm-krause |      |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name                        | type | locale | from | until |
| --------------------------- | ---- | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Old Cars Report Price Guide | name | en     |      |       |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref          | url                                                                       | title                                          | accessed   | publisher         | kind         | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| ------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ----------------- | ------------ | --------- | --------- | ------- | ------- | ----------- | -------- |
| scm-krause   | https://www.sportscarmarket.com/news/in-memoriam-chet-krause              | In Memoriam: Chet Krause                       | 2026-09-25 | Sports Car Market | publication  |           |           |         |         |             |          |
| ocw-transfer | https://www.oldcarsweekly.com/redeem-your-old-cars-big-book-pricing-guide | Get your Old Cars Big Book Pricing Guide eBook | 2026-09-25 | Old Cars Weekly   | manufacturer |           |           |         |         |             |          |
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## About <!--about-->
Old Cars Price Guide is an American magazine of collector-car values that Chet Krause started in 1977, introducing the 1-to-5 condition rating scale for collector cars.[^scm-krause] Published in its later years as Old Cars Report Price Guide, it stopped as a standalone magazine after the November/December 2022 issue, when its pricing became a quarterly section of Old Cars magazine.[^ocw-transfer]
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