posted on October 4, 2001 05:58:58 PM new
At a garage sale recently I bought a large stack (about 6" high) of old newspapers from Buffalo, Missouri. I only saw Buffalo at the top of the stack and assumed they were from the city in New York state. They date from the mid and late 30s through about 1944; they're obviously old and foxed but still readable and not beaten up.
Should I try to sell them? I'd be willing to send them to someone just for the cost of the postage. Any ideas for me?
posted on October 4, 2001 07:13:37 PM new
I beleive I read about a company that will sell you a actuall paper from the day you were born if I recall they didn't garantee the city just the day you were born
I would go to google and do a search and see if you can locate them .....they have to buy their papers somewhere.
spock here......
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posted on October 4, 2001 08:27:52 PM new
Sell them. I won some old newspapers from my home town where I still live once. We got together with home town friends and read them. That was an evening of remember when and who and it was a fun evening.
I was lucky to find them. My dad was interested in an auction for a yearbook from my town that the seller said was found in a suitcase. I just happened to check the sellers other auctions to see what else he was selling. He had another auction for old newspapers he'd found in a suitcase. I emailed and asked where the newspapers were from. Lo and behold they were from here. I bid and won them for hardly anything.
My father won the yearbook. It was the first yearbook published in my town and he got it at a great price, too.
posted on October 5, 2001 05:07:38 AM new
roadsmith,
Do the newspapers have any good advertisements in them? If so... you may be able to get MUCH more for the ads seperately than you would for the complete newspaper. I'd do a completed search on ebay and see what similar newspapers are selling for. If it's not too high, try cutting out the ads and selling them! Lots of people sell magazine ads, but newspaper ads are often more difficult to come by (since newspapers don't hold up as well over age). You might be able to find some ads that will be very desireable to collectors. Hope this helps!
posted on October 5, 2001 06:33:14 AM new
really wierd deja-vu story here.....
when my baby was 2 years old, 26 years ago, we moved into an old house that had a one car garage.
the garage had been cleaned but there was a box of trash sitting in the middle of the floor that the previous tenants had forgetten to put in the garbage
on top of the box was a newspaper from 1955...the newspaper was opended to and neatly folded so that MY Grandfathers obituary was right on top!!!!!
the only thing I remember of this grandfather is seeing him in his casket, he died when I was very young.
I treasure that newspaper and am still amazed at the way we found it!!
