EXPERTS

Jim Lyons, author of Collecting American Newspapers.

Rich West, magazine dealer in Easthampton, Massachusetts.

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES
The website www.historybuff.com gives prices for newspapers covering events like the attack on Pearl Harbor. "Bad news tends to sell," Lyon says. There is no comprehensive guide for old magazines, but West suggests contacting him through his website, www.periodyssey.com.

HOLY GRAIL
The early edition of the Chicago Daily Tribune from November 3, 1948, with the hasty headline DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN, is worth up to $1,000. For magazines, a complete set of Harper's Weekly from the Civil War years can fetch up to $6,000. Life magazines are generally worth saving only for your enjoyment.