SEW WHAT? Highlights from an ESA member's collection of domestic tricks of the trade. Member DP collects many things, like many of us, one part of her collection documents the ephemera of making … [Read more...]
Happy New Year
HAPPY NEW YEAR AND HERE IS TO OUR NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION TO BE A MORE ACTIVE AND RESPONSIVE WEBSITE. We start with some recent and older posters and the like for new year's eve. Yes we had to look … [Read more...]
Pricing advice
HELP WANTED TO VALUE CARDS, part of a sequence from 1928. The inquiry is: I have a set of John Player Cigarette Cards 1928-29 Footballers. They are numbered 51 to 75. I am inquiring as to … [Read more...]
Fowler’s some answers! Thanks
INFORMATION HAS COME TO HAND FROM A FRIENDLY COLLECTOR REGARDING SOME OF OUR QUERIES. Here goes: Karen's query - I have a Vacola jam jar sealing machine and some bottles labelled Fowler's … [Read more...]
Fowler’s questions – they never stop – can you help?
FOWLER'S FANS CAN YOU HELP WITH ANSWERS/INFORMATION? Is Fowler's enthusiasm an addiction one cannot quench? We get more and more questions for Mark Benbow about Fowler's can anyone else … [Read more...]
Looking for directions
HELP WANTED #1 TRAVEL Our inquirer writes: I am looking for some direction to where I may locate an old travel brochure from around 1979. It was promoting a tour to Singapore and Hong Kong … [Read more...]
Help wanted
QUERY VIA THIS WEBSITE Anyone know what these initials stand for: M.B.E.H.C.U. We have a 1917 tin button an example of it is here … [Read more...]
WAVING THE RED FLAG: CHINESE POSTERS 1949-1976
FROM 18 JULY IN CANBERRA, POSTER EXHIBITION at the National Library of Australia, running until 12 February 2018, WAVING THE RED FLAG: CHINESE POSTERS 1949-1976. The authorities in the early … [Read more...]
RBW preserving the past
THURSDAY 6 JULY 12-1, gsv MEETING ROOM, LEVEL 6, 85 QUEEN STREET, Preserving the past: photos, books & paper-based items Debra Parry will share her expertise about the preservation of books and … [Read more...]