Videos regarding the hobby… Private Collections…

May 30, 2009 by  
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Collecting rare and historic newspapers is a hobby with a personal flair.  Although an individual may begin collecting random issues covering a wide variety of topics, eventually they typically settle on a specific area of interest.  Perhaps it will be one of the war eras, the Old West era, or issues with Presidential signatures, acts, or addresses.  One might derive pleasure from collecting Civil War battle prints or issues with decorative mastheads.  Others may like to collect issues from each decade of the last few centuries or issues from each President’s administration.  Yet another way to collect newspapers is to use them as a companion collectible for another area of collecting interest – images of sewing machines, inventions, railroading, early flight, dentistry, slave ads, from the year of each coin’s release within one’s collection, with a box score for each major baseball card held, etc.  We’ve even known a number of collectors who have spent years focusing on a particular era (perhaps Civil War), who then migrate with a focus through time (perhaps moving on to the Revolutionary War and then Colonial eras).  The possibilities are endless. In the end, one thing is for certain, like an heirloom violin, no two collections are exactly the same.  Feel free to either share your areas of interest by commenting to this post or send us your collecting story (see more details below).

Timothy Hughes Rare & Early Newspapers continues to maintain and add to their own private/personal collection.  The focus has been on one-of-a-kind/rare titles and major historic events.  Even what one considers to be historic is somewhat subjective. Below is a video which was done a number of years ago which features Tim showing some of the Private Collection.  Please enjoy!

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If you would like to share your story of how you became interested in collecting rare and/or historic newspapers, e-mail it to guy@rarenewspapers.com and place “My Story” in the subject field. Although not necessary, feel free to include an image. Please do not include your e-mail address or a personal website as part of the text of your story. We will post collector stories every few weeks and will send you a notice when your story appears. Thank you for your contribution to the community.

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