[Runscott]

Your point about woodcuts are good ones, as are the ones posted previously.

I have mixed feelings about the woodcuts - on the one hand, I sort of think that at the time these newspapers were created, the woodcuts were inserted intentionally to have appeal as items to be removed and tacked to the wall.

On the other hand, it's a different story 130 years later. I had all of the Harper's woodcuts at one time - a few as individual copies, but mostly intact in the complete newspaper. I would never have considered removing any of them - if I had wanted to frame one on the wall, I would have bought a copy that was already removed. A great example is the Buck Ewing - my Harpers that contained this one was in near mint condition with a special original brown cover. Ripping Buck out of the middle would have shown total disrespect for a historical item that simply can't be replaced. The value to the collector or seller, in my opinion, is irrelevant.