What's it Worth? Appraisal of Civil War Era Newspaper
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AW says: After studying the photos of your paper closely, I’m going to base my appraisal on the assumption that it’s legitimate. U.S. law would require that this be stamped “Reprint” somewhere on this if it were a reproduction after the 1960s.
If it were a reproduction it would almost certainly be reproduced after then.
However, this is one case where I will refer to a friend and collectible newspaper expert for a second opinion. If your paper is deemed to be a reprint I will adjust the appraisal and notify you immediately.
UPDATE: After checking with my newspaper expert he confirmed what I thought originally, this is not listed in a list of known re-printed papers and is likely an original Civil War paper.
Date range: 1864
Retail value: $250 -$400
(top price)
Wholesale value: $100-$150
(The mid range price you could expect to achieve at a well advertised live auction. The price that is most often realized)
Quick sale value: $75
The price your likely to get if you have to sell your item immediately and your prospective customer is aware of this.
Common terminology, nicknames, keywords: Civil War, Grant takes Richmond, NY Tribune, antique newspaper
In most cases, I believe it would be beneficial for your to give the prospective buyer a link to this page, and to bookmark it via your favorite bookmarking service.
On occasion I’ve had readers ask for the contact information for the owners of items I’ve appraised here.
If you are interested in an item which was appraised here, state so in the comment section and leave your email address if you wish to be contacted by the owner of the item. I do not give out client emails.
If you’ve had your item appraised here, you may want to check back to see if anyone has expressed interest in it via the comment section.
Care and storage tips: This should be framed, set in archival quality matting.
