HAVE YOU BEEN OFF THE BEATEN TRACK AND FOUND A SHOPPING STOP YOU CAN RECOMMEND? Here are a couple of recent finds from Central Victoria (Trentham Books, Di Parsons 0448, 760 563, 19 Victoria … [Read more...]
The business of diaries
WHO DOESN'T LOVE THE FRIVOLOUS OR INDULGENT 'FANTASY' DIARY, THAT MAKES EVERY DAY A WALK IN THE PARK, BEAUTIFUL COUNTRYSIDE OR A LAUGH? THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A BUSINESS SIDE TO DIARIES AND HERE … [Read more...]
Mopping up children’s spills – with blotters
PUDDLES, SPLASHES, BLOODY KNEES, SPLUTTER. Did the parent of the 1950s think about blotting up domestic disasters at work? Paddle Brand shoes are first advertised in the early 1920s and … [Read more...]
Card fair 3 May 2015
SUNDAY 3 MAY 2015, AUSTRALIAN CARTOPHILIC SOCIETY'S FAIR. 10 AM to 3 PM, at the Moorabbin Masonic Hall (corner of Rowans Road and Isabella Street). They will be selling: postcards, trade cards, … [Read more...]
Symbols of Australia– still available
Buy the book - 'Symbols of Australia' by Mimmo Cozzolino & Fysh Rutherford The first and only book on the visual history of Australian trademarks from the 1880s to the 1950s showing the marks and … [Read more...]
Another Swann auction – posters – gorgeous
Here is the link to the next Swann poster auction 3D catalogue. There is a bibliography and artist index near the back. … [Read more...]
Are you free on 25 February 1939?
ESA MEMBER RICHARD FELIX COLLECTS OLD AND CURRENT DIARIES. Richard has more than 600 diaries including one for 1939 and 2015. There is nothing written in his 1939 diary (he prefers the diaries not to … [Read more...]
Ephemera news #50
FINALLY, EPHEMERA NEWS #50 HITS THE NEWS STANDS. Actually its only available by subscription and will be posted out to members this week. It is 32 pages of full colour about collecting and collectors … [Read more...]
Australia Day in July?
THIS SERIES OF BADGES FROM THE 1910s MAY SURPRISE MANY BY BEARING THE DATES IN JULY. In 2015 there is discussion about what a national day should be and so when it should be celebrated. Many see … [Read more...]