Retiree makes unusual investment: 10,000 copies of Wash. state ...

Sixty-seven-year-old Thomas Baldwin bought 10,000 copies Wednesday of The Bellingham Herald's election wrap-up edition.

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jds Baltimore, MD	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #1 Nov 10, 2008 Sadly, "collector's items" become valuable when they are rare, and he's ensured that this newspaper edition will never be rare.
Hey Hey Tiger Lilly “Queen Of The Universe” Joined: Jun 20, 2008 Comments: 8523 Jax, For Now ISP: Jacksonville, FL	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #2 Nov 10, 2008 When the time is right, all he has to do is destroy most of the copies.
Dr_Dirty “MMMMMmmmmmmmm” Joined: Jul 14, 2008 Comments: 3105 Eugene, OR	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #3 Nov 10, 2008 Hey Hey Tiger Lilly wrote: When the time is right, all he has to do is destroy most of the copies. Unfortunately there will be 10,000,000 copies of other newspapers around the country that have been saved and tucked away. I'm still looking for a copy of that Chicago newspaper that had the headline reading "Dewey Defeats Truman". Wonder what that's worth???
Hey Hey Tiger Lilly “Queen Of The Universe” Joined: Jun 20, 2008 Comments: 8523 Jax, For Now ISP: Jacksonville, FL	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #4 Nov 10, 2008 Dr_Dirty wrote: <quoted text> Unfortunately there will be 10,000,000 copies of other newspapers around the country that have been saved and tucked away. I'm still looking for a copy of that Chicago newspaper that had the headline reading "Dewey Defeats Truman". Wonder what that's worth??? I am sure you are right about that. I see a second problem. This guy is in his sixties. If he was much younger, he could wait out lots of the people who have copies. Hope he did not pay too much for those papers. Now that Dewey Defeast Truman must be worth a great deal. Especially in mint condition. Doubt that could ever happen again things are so differnt now.
Dr_Dirty “MMMMMmmmmmmmm” Joined: Jul 14, 2008 Comments: 3105 Eugene, OR	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #5 Nov 10, 2008 Hey Hey Tiger Lilly wrote: <quoted text> I am sure you are right about that. I see a second problem. This guy is in his sixties. If he was much younger, he could wait out lots of the people who have copies. Hope he did not pay too much for those papers. Now that Dewey Defeast Truman must be worth a great deal. Especially in mint condition. Doubt that could ever happen again things are so differnt now. Agreed on all of the above...grin...I went and did an ebay check and it looks like it could bring $1000-$3000 give or take. I would have thought more, actually, but still that's not too bad.
DaJellyBelly AOL	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #6 Nov 10, 2008 He'll make a FORTUNE selling them as bird cage liners!
Darwin Philadelphia, PA	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #7 Nov 10, 2008 Nice thought, but I would have gone for Time Magazine, or some other established periodical.
mike	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #8 Nov 10, 2008 Judged: 1 i'm waiting for limited edtion obama nascar plates, than i'm all in...

uglo United States	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #9 Nov 11, 2008 He had better keep the papers somewhere dry or 50 years from now they will fall apart. Of course, 50 years from now, who will remember Osama's (oops obama's) name? Not me for sure.
Doug Baltimore, MD	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #10 Nov 11, 2008 He probably bought pet rocks and is still waiting for the return on them.
Hillary Seattle, WA	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #11 Nov 11, 2008 It's sad because everything is in internet nowadays! Newspaper is maybe worth a penny after my 50 years!
Dismayed Joined: Dec 28, 2007 Comments: 2317 Astatula, FL	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #12 Nov 11, 2008 Will my special section of the Orlando Sentinel be worth anything? I didn't even have to pay extra for it! Right now it's still laying on top of the couch because I don't have the special acid free folder or box to put it in. Anybody want to make me an offer?
Chris1982 Joined: Jul 17, 2008 Comments: 229 Portland ISP: Farmington, CT	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #13 Nov 11, 2008 haha...worst investment ever, he'll never live to see those be worth anything

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