Complete Daily Edition of New York Times - October 1930

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SAME GREAT ITEM RELISTED WITH NO RESERVE! ***The New York Times*** "You simply must take a closer look at this rare binder of newspapers in absolutely amazing condition!" "Two weeks of the New York Times (Daily Edition) printed from October 1, 1930 through October 15, 1930. These are complete newspapers and include two Sunday Special Editions. It's very easy to spend hours upon hours reading about how life was in "The Big Apple" more than seventy-five years ago! This has been a great item to share with family and friends." This auction is making available for your reconsideration a large library book binder (canvas-type finish) containing two weeks of the New York Times printed during the Fall of 1930. These are actual prints that were originally kept in the Indiana State Library @ Indianapolis. It's most likely safe to assume this is the one and only copy officially maintained by the State of Indiana (Capital). I was fortunate to find this unique item in an antique store during a road trip to Southern Indiana several years ago. Since then, my entire family as well as many of our closest friends have enjoyed looking at the newspapers. What's very interesting is they seem to be popular with teenagers. It has something to do with them thinking they are "really ancient" like the great pyramids of Egypt. Go figure, most of them don't even remember life before X-Box! The outside binder is fragile but still securely holds the newspapers as they were originally bound. The inside cover is in much better condition. Surprisingly, t are virtually no tears, wrinkles, stains, or significant fading on the individual pages. This leads me to believe they could have been in storage for an extended period of time because the outside wear is much more advanced than the inside. The below photos are accurate and if anything this particular set of newspapers looks better in person. Let me share a few interesting facts from October 1930: "Money does matter" Daily Edition of the New York Times cost 2-cents Special Sunday Edition went for a whopping 5-cents Texaco Oil introduced ETHYL @ 18-cents per gallon and boldly advertised this new gasoline product as coming with "the nationally famous anit-knock compound!" 12-day round-trip luxury cruise from New York City to Bermuda for a measly $118.00 (Business Class) Gimbels celebrated 88-years of steady growth by offering men's formal suits for $33.00, men's dress shirts for $1.09 and a matching silk tie for around 88-cents Chrysler introduced a new line of 6's and 8's starting around $795.00 and the ever popular top-of-the-line Imperial 8 had a sticker price of $2,895.00 " Sports shorts" President Hoover through out the ball at the 1930 World Series between the St Louis Cardinals and the Philadelphia Athletics Harvard and Princeton were considered monsters of the college gridiron and far better than either Ohio State or Michigan Army and Navy were both defending long winning streaks and Central Missouri State featured a star running back from Kansas known as Jack "The Flash" Smith, maybe this is w the Rolling Stones came-up with "Jumpin' Jack Flash?" These are merely a few of what must be hundreds and thousands of different newspaper articles covering many of the same topics as today. Finding this two consecutive week printing of the New York Times (in a library-type binder) certainly seems to be fairly rare, especially in this wonderful condition. The Special Sunday Edition is indeed special and includes "The New York Times Book Review and Magazine" as well as "The Rotogravure Picture Section" which is truly amazing and a must see. This section has 18 to 20 individual pages containing beautiful advertisements, photographs, and editorial shots (a few photographs are provided & appear somewhat darker). I did some studying of older newspapers but not nearly enough to be considered an expert. With that in mind, it was difficult for me to determine a monetary value for this unique item up for bid o... read more

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