SIPPING TEA? THE NATIONA TRUST OF VICTORIA IS LOOKING FOR VINTAGE CHILDEN'S TEA SETS TO DISPLAY IN AN EXHIBITION AT COMO, SOUTH YARRA. As this the information accompanying this lovely set points out … [Read more...]
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HELP - CAN ANYONE recognize the artist here? The menu is one of a series by the same artist produced in the 1950s. The koalas look a little like they might have been drawn by an Italian artist … [Read more...]
Calculating the cost today of an older item – step 1
YES ITS COMPLICATED SOMETIMES TO WORK OUT IF A BOOKLET WAS TREMENDOUSLY CHEAP OR EXPENSIVE ORIGINALLY. But the Reserve Bank of Australia is here to help, at least between 1901 and last year (2023). … [Read more...]
Visiting the State Library of Queensland
NOT ONLY DOES THIS LIBRARY HAVE INTERESTING EXHIBITIONS FOR THE EPHEMERA COLLECTOR, but also these bookmarks showing selections from the SLQ's collections, collected in January 2024, standard bookmark … [Read more...]
Recently collected
ATTRACTING OUR ATTENTION, AND THUS OUR DOLLARS, is a big part of the work of NGOs' marketing teams. This seems to be a good idea from the Salvos, buy a meal get a paper plate as a record, December … [Read more...]
Cooking with gas? No
Cooking with gas? No. Long before our current urge to go all electric for climate change reasons, the State Electricity Commission had a challenge to interest us in electric rather than the modern gas … [Read more...]