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The Irish independent dated Friday May 6th 1916

  • 30-08-2012 6:48pm
    #1
    tonyheaney
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    Ive just read an original printed page from the Irish independent dated Friday May 6th 1916 :O wow a news paper nearly 100 years old. My friend has it framed on his wall.

    is it worth anything? :confused:


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  • #2
    Missent
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    Tonyheaney

    Unless the front page is covering a special event, they don't seem to command much on Ebay from what I've seen. Similar English pages seem to go for around the £1 to £5 range. However, you might get more for an Irish version.

    As mentioned in another message posted below, these editions are now easily accessed on subscription websites.


  • #3
    coylemj
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    Missent wrote: »
    Unless the front page is covering a special event.........

    Hello, anyone at home? Early May 1916 - special event? History probably wasn't your best subject in school.

    Four of the leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising were executed on May 4th incl. Willie Pearse and Joseph Mary Plunkett, that would have been the main story in that edition of the Indo and there was probably reportage of the fallout from the execution of Patrick Pearse, Thomas McDonagh and Thomas Clarke who were executed the day before (May 3rd).
    Missent wrote: »
    As mentioned in another message posted below, these editions are now easily accessed on subscription websites.

    That's like saying that an original edition of 'On the Origin of Species' or Ulysses has little value because you can download it for free from the internet.


  • #4
    tonyheaney
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    so does this page hold any value then?


  • #5
    coylemj
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    Why don't you tell us what's on the page? Most items from 1916 make good money at auction. You could either offer it for sale on eBay or see if one of the Dublin auction houses is planning an auction of early 20th century Irish historical items.

    A page of a newspaper by it's nature is not very unique because obviously they were printed in the thousands so it all depends on how many of them are around and how much someone is prepared to pay on the day.

    Are you sure it's an original? It should have faded and discoloured if it's been exposed to light for all of those years.


  • #6
    tonyheaney
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    from what im told it was in a frame in a pub and there was no natural light, there is a story about a gas main exploding and parts of the O'Connell footpath flying through a restaurant window, there is a list of dead, missing, AWOL shoulders i didn't get to read much


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  • #7
    coylemj
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    Nothing about the aftermath of the Easter Rising? Are you sure it's May 5th, 1916?

    If you can read it there is light, natural or electrical which will affect the paper. Newsprint is poor quality paper, only intended to last a few days, not 96 years in a frame.


  • #8
    gobnaitolunacy
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    coylemj wrote: »
    Nothing about the aftermath of the Easter Rising? Are you sure it's May 5th, 1916?

    If you can read it there is light, natural or electrical which will affect the paper. Newsprint is poor quality paper, only intended to last a few days, not 96 years in a frame.


    To add to this, does it actually LOOK 96 years old?
    I am aware some newspapers reprint front pages from old editions to order for birthday presents and so on.


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