Laguna Beach Man Collects Thousands of Old Newspapers

It started in 1989 when Chris Kling asked his dad if he could hold on to the final edition of the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner. Today, per a fun article by Joanna Clay in the Coastline Pilot, that innocent request has mushroomed into a one-of-a-kind collection.

Kling (pictured) spends an average of $1,000 per month bidding on old newspapers and another $200 to house them in his apartment complex basement. He spoke with Clay shortly after snagging a March 12, 1959 issue of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin (with the large red-font headline “Statehood!”) via eBay for $93.50.

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