The Sun millenium edition

[filthiestfis]

I have kept a copy of The Sun newspaper and another tabloid too from January 1st 2000 and it is in pristine condition. Would it fetch anything?

[tomtech]

i think they will be very handy for lighting your bonfire on nov 5th.

[dot.hawkes]

If you had a few thousand of then you might get a fiver from a recycling depot. But it would be a long shot.

[Suzyboo]

Am intrigued to know what tabloid you won't name when you've already admitted to owning a copy of the Sun!

[keithlbw]

Maybe you should have kept a couple of copies from January 1st 2001...that is when the new millenium started.

[filthiestfis]

The other one is Daily Star! But I didnt keep the Daily Sport...

[Toureman]

Yes, you can fetch fish and chips with it.

[filthiestfis]

i think The Sun will fetch me loads of money in auction. Shall I take it to the cash in the attic programme?

[ELVIS68]

Put it in the attic, and call it Trash in the attic lol

[SteveD]

Probably worth very little as this company will sell you one in a gift folder for �25.00:

http://www.bygonenews.com/index.asp

[reinganum]

Probably not, since loads of people kept newspapers from that date (and probably 1.1.2001 as well).

I dabble a bit in collecting newspapers and the issues which fetch high prices are not the ones most people think of keeping. Two of the most desirable Sun issues are the Gotcha issue of 4 May 1982 (Belgrano) and the Freddie Starr ate my hamster issue from March 1988.

Other papers which are collectible are issues featuring pop and film stars, e.g. issues featuring the deaths of Elvis and John Lennon.

[dot.hawkes]

I have one of the Queens Coronation and Winston Churchills funeral

[filthiestfis]

Yes Dot. Have you wondered how much yours are worth?

[reinganum]

Hate to pour cold water on you guys, but Coronation and Churchill (funeral) issues are both very common. Worth a pound or two as souvenirs, depending on condition.

Everybody seems to have kept Royalty-related stuff and that's why there's so much of it around. It's the issues you throw away which often seem to become valuable!

Despite salvage drives, etc., there seems to be quite a lot of WW2 stuff around, too, but beware reprints.

Further to my earlier post, issues relating to deaths of pop or film stars are only likely to be of interest if their deaths were sudden, unexpected, premature, or in tragic circumstances.