Old historical newspapers

[Nohal]

Found a bunch of old newspapers at my moms house. They are from the Watergate scandle, Princess Dianes wedding, President Trumans death, and when the local sports team won the Stanley Cup. I really want to get rid of them but I'm wondering if they are worth anything. If they are who would buy them?

 

[lynxstch]

Maybe contact a local library and see if they are interested in them

 

[Marchand63]

Not much since you can get reprints through some papers & websites.

Very few hold value

 

[Squirlz]

We toured Truman's Little White House in Key West a couple weeks ago. They have an original Dewey Defeats Truman paper. They said the last one sold at auction brought about $1000.

 

[Poohforyou]

Wow, I never thought of newspapers with stories during my lifetime as old and historic

 

[teller80]

I've been hanging on to the one where we landed on the moon (1961?), and while I don't think it's worth anything it is kinda cool.

Maybe donate the ones about the Stanley Cup to the local sports team?

 

[Nohal]

Wow, I never thought of newspapers with stories during my lifetime as old and historic

No insult intended. All these happened during my lifetime also. I just didn't know how to phrase the thread. I felt really old when my DS brought home his history book and the Vietnam war was one of the chapters. I knew I was old then.

 

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

Found a bunch of old newspapers at my moms house. They are from the Watergate scandle, Princess Dianes wedding, President Trumans death, and when the local sports team won the Stanley Cup. I really want to get rid of them but I'm wondering if they are worth anything. If they are who would buy them?

A definite maybe. It has to be a big event, but not one so big that there are still jillions of copies around. Also condition is everything. And sometimes mistakes end up more valuable than the correct ones. Chigago Daily Tribune paper headline banners reading Dewey Defeats Truman are worth quite a bit. The same day's Chicago Daily Tribune papers with the banner headline Democrats Make Sweep of State Offices are worth.... uh not so much. Other papers from that day with the correct headline. Same. Not so much. Most of your historical papers are going to be worth nothing to maybe $5 to $10 if someone wants it.
BTW Truman held up that paper to rub their noses in it. The same paper, Republican leaning, called Truman a nincompoop. He felt as highly of them as they of him.

 

[JennyWren]

Found a bunch of old newspapers at my moms house. They are from the Watergate scandle, Princess Dianes wedding, President Trumans death, and when the local sports team won the Stanley Cup. I really want to get rid of them but I'm wondering if they are worth anything. If they are who would buy them?

They would sell for $5-10 maximum and that's only if you find the rare person that is looking for that particular newspaper.

 

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

Wow, I never thought of newspapers with stories during my lifetime as old and historic

That's a meatball right in the center of the plate. Swing and a long drive to right.

"Well believe it or not Treaty of Versailles Signed!! is a rather old and historic headline."

It's back. Wayyy back. It's gone. A blast off the top of the upper deck.



Bwahahahah. Just kidding. Couldn't resist that set up.

 

[Poohforyou]

No insult intended. All these happened during my lifetime also. I just didn't know how to phrase the thread. I felt really old when my DS brought home his history book and the Vietnam war was one of the chapters. I knew I was old then.

No worries , I was just teasing.