SATURDAY 12 OCTOBER - REMEMBER TO SAVE SOME $$$ FOR THE NEXT DAY AT THE EPHEMERA FAIR, I see that ephemera collectors might enjoy developing a theme like dogs (Debra) or fruit … [Read more...]
Button collecting
BUTTONS - THERE ARE MANY PRACTICAL, POLITICAL, DECORATIVE, IDENTIFYING PURPOSES SERVED. Here is the story of Ruth Meier, a New Zealand collector of art deco buttons, 3,000 of them. (Look out for a … [Read more...]
Booker prize winning character was a collector of buttons
NEW YORK BASED NOVELIST PETER CAREY (born in Bacchus Marsh, Australia) WROTE ABOUT COLLECTORS in his Booker prize in 1988 for the novel, Oscar and Lucinda (UQP, 1988). The two main … [Read more...]