HERE ARE SOME TERRIFIC ITEMS FRANCIS DOHERTY WILL BE SELLING AT THE FAIR. - See them (and buy them) at the Grand Collectables and Ephemera FAIR at the Parkview Room, Camberwell Civic Centre, … [Read more...]
Cricket at the fair
Ken Piesse, one of our cricket experts who regularly exhibits at our fairs, has a very rare brochure on sale at our autumn fair on 22 May: the 1932 Australians to America brochure featuring the great … [Read more...]
Your nation needs you
COLLECTING HISTORY - THE FEDERAL ELECTION. Here is a call out from the National Library: The National Library collects and preserves printed election campaign materials to ensure a permanent … [Read more...]
New stall holder #2 at the fair
NEW STALLHOLDERS ++ LOOKS LIKE JANET HAS A SPECIAL INTEREST IN MOVIE EPHEMERA. Have a look at some of the items she'll have to sell. … [Read more...]
Trophy (great) stall holder – new to our fair
IF YOU LOVE SPORT, COME TO THE FAIR, 22 MAY, AT THE PARKVIEW ROOM, CAMBERWELL CIVIC CENTRE, MELBOURNE. We have a new stall holder, John H. Holmes, aka the trophy monitor. Here are some of the wares … [Read more...]
Eclectic treasures: Bendigo Post Office Gallery
Collecting has a deep-rooted cultural history stemming from the 'cabinet of curiosities' which was common from the 16th century to today. The items amassed were extensive and varied – natural … [Read more...]
ANZAC Day
ONE OF THE DAYS THAT STOPS A NATION, 25 April. Here are some posters and book cover 'collected' from the biggest collector of them all, the internet. … [Read more...]
Poultry museum – help wanted
HELP WANTED CALL FROM DEJOHNN SIMONS: I am involved (volunteer) in a not-for-profit avicultural and poultry museum in Queensland (the only specialist type museum of this kind in the southern … [Read more...]
Judge a book by its cover
NICE DUST JACKETS for sale tomorrow: Where: Sacred Heart Op shop, cnr Glenferrie and Riversdale Road, Hawthorn. When: 10 am on Saturday 16 April, 2016 … [Read more...]