Newspaper Value?

[mintacular]

The two guys do set up next to each other each week and have some kind of rapport. The younger guy seems a bit dumb to me but I don't have hard evidence of that other than he bought some junk from me at a price that he probably should not have.

The older guy has no incentive (IMO) to rip me off as we have made a few trades, I have bought from him a couple times and to burn the bridge to me in the long haul would not be smart. Like I said, at no point did either engage me about this newspaper (nor did I ask q's).

You raise a legit point though, which is to be very careful and to trust nobody in this business....

[FrankWakefield]

If you see the old guy again and again, if you've had some good dealing with them, then I've over-reacted, I'd be inclined to trust the guy a bit. Why not just outright ask him what the deal was with a $500 newspaper. Maybe there's something to it, you can come back and educate us. Maybe the old guy was shocked about it too...

[mintacular]

now that we have that issue (potentially resolved/put on hold), are there any older sports newspaper worth much?

[steve B]

I haven't quite figured out the old newspaper pricing. I have a bunch of them, and some should be pretty good. I've seen a pricelist from an ephemera dealer with newspapers from the 1800's to more modern, and some are priced in that sort of range $300- 500 or more. But others that seem better to me are only about $30. I checked Titanic ones because I have a couple, and newspaper dealers want real money for them depending on the paper, edition, and how big the headline is. But on Ebay they don't bring much at all - maybe 10% of what the specialist dealers want.

Titanic
http://www.nytstore.com/ProdDetail.aspx?prodId=18978

Gangsters
http://www.nytstore.com/ProdDetail.aspx?prodId=27533

So yes, some of them can be worth something. But the condition and subject really matters, just like cards.

The rotogravure sections usually sell well, especially if Ruth is pictured.