WHAT IS PALAEOGRAPHY AND HOW MIGHT YOU LEARN THE SKILL? Interpreting and transcribing historic handwriting. We at ESA recently had an Inquiry about an early 19th century lottery ephemera find … [Read more...]
Out of the box: collectables & ephemera – shown & told
ON SUNDAY 14 NOVEMBER 2021, SOME ESA MEMBERS JOINED WITH THE NAGAMBIE HISTORICAL SOCIETY TO TALK ABOUT EPHEMERA AND OTHER COLLECTABLES. What do historical society members collect? Well, they were … [Read more...]
Meet the Collector – Lloyd Holyoak
Bits and pieces from a collecting life; member interview with Lloyd Holyoak, of Abra Card Abra Roycroft, Antiquarian Booksellers, 680 High St, East Kew. Meet famous people? Undertake inspiring … [Read more...]
Collecting tips #2
In our series on collecting tips: from Mandy Bede: Find a focus point - I like to collect in what I see as neglected areas, for example, recently published Victorian material. If the … [Read more...]
Collectors and ephemera
Fresh examples of who collects and why? Our founder, an English museum curator in Australia for the Bicentennial museum activity, collected paper bags - free or cheap, easy to store, and a record … [Read more...]
Collecting tips #1
Collecting tips: a series From Christine Bell: My personal mantra has been, since 1969, five of anything make a collection. I got this from an important American collector famous for her Chinese … [Read more...]
Tarax advertising
QUESTION ANSWERED - SOFT DRINK DATING ASSISTANCE NEEDED -- ESA MEMBER EAMON DONNELLY WHOSE WORK YOU MAY KNOW FROM HIS MILK BAR BOOK Naturally, Eamon hunts out wonderful advertising, packaging, … [Read more...]
ESA president’s annual report 2020/2021
I would like to present the president’s annual report for the year July 2020 to June 2021. Activities To state the obvious there have been few activities possible in the last year because of … [Read more...]
Out of the box: collectables & ephemera – show & tell
NOW WE KNOW WE CAN TAKE A ONE HOUR GREAT ESCAPE TO NAGAMBIE, FOR A CHANCE TO SHARE COLLECTIONS + COUNTRY HOSPITALITY + SUPPORT A LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY & MUSEUM, SUNDAY 14 NOVEMBER 2021. The … [Read more...]