What or When do Sports Newspapers Section start becoming worth something?

Question

I have been collecting the Sports Section out of the Oregonian for a long time now. I have articles on Magics sudden retirement, MJ retirement, comeback, retirement, Tyson going to Prison, the list goes on and on from about 90 on up to 2001 or 2002. Just wonder if they would be worth anything down the line?

Answer 1

I would guess the value would be pretty low. There are a great many sports sections out there, and many of them would have the same story.

Your best bet would be to sell the paper locally when something big locally happens.

For example -- if you had the Portland paper from the day the Blazers won the NBA title in 1977, someone in Portland might pay several dollars now to read it 30 years later.

The best way to get a newspaper of value is to save the whole paper when something big happens. The newspaper from 9/12/01, especially from New York or Washington, might be the most valuable now. December 8, 1941 would hold an interest to people.

Answer 2

These kind of things are only ever worth what people are willing to pay for them.

Why not stick them on eBay and see if you get any nibbles. Couldn't hurt to try, right?