SWAP CARDS, TOYS, POSTCARDS, BADGES, BUTTONS AND OTHER COLLECTABLES - for those who don't want to go to the footy. Head down to Geelong. … [Read more...]
Australian greeting cards, (recently purchased)
ARE GREETING CARDS EPHEMERA? The answer used to be a resounding 'yes'. Is that still so? In light of today's more common and much more ephemeral means of communication, emails, SMS, twitter, the … [Read more...]
Farewell Australian cricket captain Pup
HARD TO IMAGINE THAT CRICKET EPHEMERA FOR THE SOON TO RETIRE MICHAEL CLARKE WILL BE WORTH MUCH IN THE FUTURE. Are we wrong? Michael Clarke made his first class debut for New South Wales as a … [Read more...]
Remembering Hiroshima
The centenary of World War 1 has been well marked; time to look at the ephemera of other war events. The atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and then Nagasaki on 6 August and 9 August 1945. Here is … [Read more...]
Bounce Down: Women’s Australian Rules Football Centenary
EXHIBITION IN PERTH: BOUNCE DOWN EXPLORES 100 YEARS OF AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S FOOTBALL in Western Australia and beyond. Beginning in Perth in 1915 the women’s game started as a war time … [Read more...]
Our fair Sunday 17 May
BE THE FIRST TO CHECK OUT THE 40 STALLS OF EPHEMERA AT OUR FAIR. Get in at 9.15 as an early bird (current member or join up on the spot). If you are patient, come in at 10. There are some new … [Read more...]
What do major libraries say about collectors?
'MANY OF THE [STATE LIBRARY'S] MOST UNIQUE COLLECTIONS ARE THE LIFETIME WORK OF A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS OR ORGANISATIONS'. So says the State Library of Victoria in its Collections and Content Strategy … [Read more...]
Bidding against friends – record sale
HERE IS ANOTHER EXTRACT ABOUT COLLECTING FROM A NOVEL. The scene about a record sale in Northern Ireland, comes from a police procedural by Adrian McKinty. McKinty is a St Kilda, Melbourne based … [Read more...]
Long held views, ephemeral signs
LONG HELD VIEWS ARE OFTEN RECORDED IN EPHEMERAL WAYS. The Palm Sunday rally in Melbourne on 29 March 2015 (and around Australia) saw many marching with homemade signs, likely not to survive … [Read more...]