ESA member Michael Aitken was honoured with an Australian Museums and Galleries Association, Victoria Lifetime Achievement for his work with the Cyril Kett Optometry Museum and Archive (established in … [Read more...]
Through the nappy cycle
COLLECTORS OF PHONECARDS, TRAIN, TRAM AND BUS TICKETS, and other ephemera of daily life have seen types of ephemera replaced with a plastic or electronic formats. The ephemeral babies’ nappy, because … [Read more...]
2022 UPDATED calendar
2022 is back to the old meetings, fairs, other collector gatherings. What’s on in 2022? IMPORTANT UPDATE Subject to health directions (vaccination, masks and spacing) we plan to resume normal ESA … [Read more...]
Pharmacy ephemera 1975
NICE FIND, SAMPLE PAPER BAGS AND WRAPPING PAPER OFFERED TO MEMBERS OF THE PHARMACY GUILD OF AUSTRALIA IN 1975. Or is it? Frustratingly the bags reproduced above measure 26.6x9cm and 20.8x6.8cm, … [Read more...]
Will Donald
MICK STONE MENTIONED A COMIC BOOK HE WOULD LIKE TO FIND - MYSTERY ISLAND BY WILL DONALD. Curiosity led to a bit more searching about Mystery Island and Will Donald: MYSTERY ISLAND There is so … [Read more...]