Valueing of old newspapers - anyone know where/how?

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Helpful dopers, come once again to my aid!

I’ve been approached by someone (related to my job) who has a copy of a newspaper from 1914. In fact, from the very day of the declarations of war relating to WW1. It is the Melbourne Herald, and so perhaps not as valuable as the corresponding paper from England, Germany or such. But still likely to be worth something.

Perhaps I just can’t phrase my googling in a helpful way, but my searching doesn’t seem to dredge up much. Does anyone know of a website that could lead me to information as to how much the paper is worth?

To be honest, amount pending, I’d like to buy this from the person offering it, and would like to have some way of proving that I am offering her what it is worth.

All help and/or the UWR (ubiquitous witty response) appreciated.

Gmmmmmmmmmork

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Personally, I’d check eBay. Over the past couple of years, they have become the de facto “Blue Book” for the value of collectables - to the point where they are actually selling their final value data to companies that use the information to index prices for used goods.

I just took a quick look, and the average selling price for a 1914 newspaper on eBay was about $22 US. (All of the papers in question had something to do with the start of WW1.)

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Good idea, thanks.

(Should have thought of this…:smack: )

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Ask your local library or historical society if they are willing to purchase the newspaper. Something like that would be of extreme reference value (if you were in NZ, I’d put in a bid myself, for my own historical society).