[CheneyChick]

One word: ebay

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

You may not be interested, but this is the only ping list I have:)

Becky

[Tax-chick]

Maybe your public library or town historical society would like it. Or you could cut out some of the most significant items and put them into a scrapbook.

[COUNTrecount]

What you have is called "Ephemera"...not just a bunch of old paper. Check it out and see what it's worth by Googling the word. Price it, and then Ebay it.

[cripplecreek]

I would keep it for a while but you might consider checking with local historical societies and museums, they may want the stuff.


I save the special racing editions of my local paper when NASCAR comes to town. A few years ago I called the big NASCAR museum down in Daytona and asked if they wanted them. They said sure send them down. They just go into storage there but maybe it will help preserve the historical record.

[socal_parrot]

Here are some Kennedy papers on Ebay...


http://search.ebay.com/kennedy-newspaper-assassination_W0QQfkrZ1QQfromZR8

[knittnmom]

EBay is worth a try - a friend of ours had to clean out his parents' home a few years ago. They had boxes and boxes of old Life, Saturday Evening Post, etc. Those brought more than the fairly new fishing boat on the estate auction.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

Only time I watch much PBS is for "Antiques Roadshow". It is amazing just how valuable some stuff is. Don't dump anything, yet.

[HairOfTheDog]

That is the category of stuff that is really hard to throw out or know what to do with. It's the kind of stuff that I've found going through my grandparents' and my mom's estates, and we all gathered around and marveled at it... then wondered what to do with it :~D

Some of it is worth something to somebody, somebody else will think it's at least really cool to look at. You may offer the lot of it (it'd be tedious, perhaps, to offer it all individually) on Ebay and see what kind of bids you get. People may spot one thing that is worth money and in exchange, they get all the rest and you get rid of the clutter! We did that with old record albums too.

[wildehunt]

Wheaties boxes...
so attractive gathering dust on a shelf.

Ebay sounds like the ticket..

[upchuck]

Ping

[swmobuffalo]

Do you have grandkids or young nieces or nephews? You might consider making them "historical yearbooks" of the headlines and articles, just use plain 3 ring binders and plastic sleeves. It will help preserve the articles and preserve a little bit history that they may not otherwise know anything about!

[SunkenCiv]

"Kennedy's assassination"

Ted Kennedy was assassinated?

["When Harry Met Sally" flashback]

[tuffydoodle]

Good scrapbook stuff. Your grandkids and great grandkids will thank you after you are long gone.