• Announcing: Catalog #346 for September, 2024 – Rare & Early Newspapers…

    Updated: 2024-08-30 15:29:21
      The September catalog (#346) is now available. Shown below are links to various segments of the catalog, our currently discounted newspapers, and recent posts to the History’s Newsstand Blog. Please enjoy. CATALOG #346 – This latest offering of authentic newspapers is comprised of more than 300 new items, a selection which includes the following […]

  • Leading up to the Political Season… Late 1800’s Edition…

    Updated: 2024-08-26 09:05:44
    Here it comes – at about this same time on a 4-year rotating basis… the autumn media ramp-up to our presidential election. Although it can seem a bit overwhelming at times – like a tsunami of ads and interviews, I thought it might be fun to look to the past at a more humorous version […]

  • Snapshot 1887 – The End of the Western Frontier?

    Updated: 2024-08-23 09:05:02
    Although I’ve said this before, I love this collectible! If someone were to ask me what brought about the end of the Western Frontier, until today I would have likely provided guesses such as: the ongoing threat to life through danger and disease, the hardships of life in an era we now romanticize, the increasing […]

  • The reason I collected it: Ai Anglo Sacsun…

    Updated: 2024-08-19 09:05:55
    Sometimes stepping outside the normal categories of historic, rare, or early when it comes to collecting newspapers can turn up some intriguing items. The odd, strange, unusual, and outright bizarre can be attractive additions as well.The Ai Anglo Sacsun fits that bill. This newspaper attempted to exploit a movement to spell words phonetically, just as […]

  • Announcing: Catalog #345 for August, 2024 – Rare & Early Newspapers…

    Updated: 2024-08-02 00:05:09
      The August catalog (#345) is now available. Shown below are links to various segments of the catalog, our currently discounted newspapers, and recent posts to the History’s Newsstand Blog. Please enjoy. CATALOG #345 – This latest offering of authentic newspapers is comprised of more than 300 new items, a selection which includes the following […]

  • Champagne found in 19th century Baltic shipwreck

    Updated: 2024-07-26 02:31:33
    By Franck Andrews - CBS News A team of divers has discovered a massive haul of champagne and wine on a shipwreck on the floor of the Baltic Sea. On a recent dive trip off the coast of Sweden, the Polish diving group BaltiTech spotted what looked like an old fishing boat on their sonar, 20 or so nautical miles south of the Aland islands, between Sweden and Finland. "At first, there were doubts whether there would be anyone willing ...

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