The spotless and clean untouched copies can sell for up to their face value, depending on the cover story. “Wars, the World Series or some kind of election upset are good for bumping prices up. They become collector’s items. But for day-to-day business it’s kind of like the ‘day-old-bread’ concept,” he said. “The news isn’t quite as fresh, but neither has it gone stale. How hungry are you for information?”

There are plenty of reasons to buy day-old news, Lionel affirms.

If you missed the televised news the night before, you're not even going to notice the news is dated, because it's still news to you. Someone who works the midnight shift or has no access to television, the radio or the internet might find great value in a newspaper that is a fraction the price of a brand new one.

Unless that news has an immediate impact on the reader, such as a hurricane warning, the news can be digested at the reader's own pace. And world news in countries where the time zones are hours ahead of us, reading the news the next day is akin to hearing it the same day.