Collectability of vintage book/magazine/newspaper clippings?

[Exhibitman]

I collect clippings about my relatives' boxing careers. Often it is all I can find about specific bouts or events.

IMO it is a bit snobby to denigrate what people collect because you don't like it. There is a thriving market for clippings, scraps and publication images, especially 19th century wood cuts and book plates. My boxing HOF collection has quite a few representing pioneers with no career contemporary cards or photos. I way prefer an old print to a modern tribute card

[Mark70Z]

While I don't really actively collect cutouts I have picked up some over the years that I liked. I also did plenty of cutting out myself when I was young and just wanted a picture of my favorite player for a scrapbook. I'm a collector and as such I don't really concern myself with weather I'll be able to sell it in the future. Also, relatively recent I cut out some pictures out of a couple of newspapers that were pretty torn up; they look nice and neat now.

I think others have said collect what you like and can afford. I think cutouts are an relatively inexpensive alternative.

[Den*nis O*Brien]

... on the "Old Board" we discussed a guy that actively sought out Spalding Guides and then cut out the images. So...that is the line we are discussing here. But this seller, in my opinion, crossed another line. He ran his own grading company, with a name that I do not remember, and then graded his own cut out pages without calling them pages. They all turned out to be very high grade!! The seller placed them in those 2 piece, 4 screw down, hard plastic holders. He actually used pop rivets to "Seal" the graded items. His items were somewhat prolific for a while on eBay. He was spoken about here on several occasions. Leon may remember these conversations. He destroyed a lot of guides to feed his grading company. But as has been stated in this thread...maybe he satisfied a lot of collecting needs by making the pages available.