I don’t know how to determine rarity, but I did find this article informative when thinking about the value of such a collection: http://myauctionfinds.com/2012/08/10/the-value-of-your-jfk-and-obama-newspapers/

 

I second Judith.  Collectors want individual stories, not bound volumes, so it may not have a lot of value as is even if it is rare.  If it’s not a question of access to the actual material, then IMO it may not be worth hanging onto it at all, esp if it’s in bad condition.  Sorry I couldn’t be of more help.

 

 

Abbigail Stauber

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This link might help you.     https://www.loc.gov/rr/news/faqs/abaa.html

 

If they were not bound, they would probably have more value.   There was an interesting case a few years ago where a taxpayer purchased bound newspapers, donated them to an organization, and then tried to use the value of the individual issues as the appraised value.   The IRS disallowed the deduction.  

 

Considering the short life of newsprint, I wonder why they have been kept all these years since they are not needed for research?   If it were my library, I would not want them.   


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On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 9:56 AM, Melissa Hill <mkhill@owu.edu> wrote:

Dear Brain Trust,

My university has an incomplete bound run of The New York Times 1914-1935 held elsewhere on campus. We might have to have a realistic conversation about whether to move these gigantic volumes in varying condition to our periodicals collection, our special collections, or somewhere else not under our library's purview. This conversation will be less about access options across formats (especially as we already have complete coverage both on microfilm and online) than the value of the bound volumes. We want to have actual information ready for this conversation should it occur, including an approximation of exactly how rare these volumes are.

Do any of you know of a reasonably efficient way to ascertain holdings of *bound* copies of the NYT for certain years? Most everything I'm finding is holdings that say "Retained for X period until microfilm arrives". Am I missing some amazing tool or resource that might help me do this?

Thanks in advance for any suggestions on determining how rare these volumes are!

Melissa Hill



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Melissa Hill
Serials & Electronic Resources Manager

Ohio Wesleyan University
Beeghly Library
43 Rowland Ave.
Delaware, OH  43015
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