What is it worth? Appraisal of an antique Abe Lincoln souvenir newspaper

Marie asks: What is my antique newspaper of Abraham Lincoln worth?

AW says:  The old newspaper you have, contains interesting subject matter, but not early enough in Lincoln’s history to be very valuable.  Your edition of the New York American is after the turn of the 20th century. and thus is not very scarce.

There may not be a lot of these particular issues around, but Lincoln was so popular, that many thousands of copies of various, souvenir edition papers were printed with his biography on it.

And those satisfy the demand in the market place up to the price range reflected here.

I do like the fact that your’s appears to be complete, at least  from these and the other photos you’ve provided. It gets points for that.

Retail value = $45-$60

Wholesale $25

Quick sale $10

 See a photo gallery with a price report for antique & collectible newspapers here.