NEW YEAR MEANS SNOW FOR THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE AND CREATED SOME BEAUTIFUL SCENES. WE LOOK BACK HERE, AND FINALLY FORWARD TO THE 2010S WITH SOME AUSTRALIAN NEW YEAR EFFORTS. Alcohol and new year … [Read more...]
1980s Australian greeting cards
THESE GREETING CARDS WERE PUBLISHED AND DISTRIBUTED BY WILLIAM MOORE AUSTRALIA OF COPPIN STREET RICHMOND VICTORIA. The collection that has come to hand is just a selection of those published judging … [Read more...]
On the cards – for father’s day
LOOKING AT MEN ON EPHEMERA - some specifically for father's day - this Sunday. Drawn from our website archive. … [Read more...]
Greetings from the Collectables & Ephemera Fair
SUNDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 2019, 9.15 AM-2PM, PARKVIEW ROOM, 340 CAMBERWELL RD, CAMBERWELL. What do you collect? Card carrying collector - these are some greeting cards bought at the last fair. Little … [Read more...]
Find programs, cards, coins, medals at the fair 22 Sept 2019
ON 22 SEPTEMBER 2019, THE NEXT COLLECTABLES & EPHEMERA FAIR BE HELD AT THE PARKVIEW ROOM, 340 CAMBERWELL RD, CAMBERWELL VIC. Simon Clegg is one of our newer stall holders and brings an … [Read more...]
More info from the outside world about north eastern Victoria artist
We ran a story about Marcus O'Donnell's paintings reproduced on greeting cards in the 1960s. From Anna: I vaguely remember visiting Marcus in his ‘humpy’ in the mountains with my father who either … [Read more...]
Snapshot from the exhibition – Christmas in July
UNTIL 22 AUGUST YOU CAN SEE SOME CHRISTMAS IN JULY/AUGUST from the collection of GJ. Cabinets of Wonder exhibition, 12 July–22 Aug 2016 at RHSV, 239 A’Beckett St Melbourne. All welcome. Bring your … [Read more...]
1970s greetings from North Eastern Victoria
FEWER CHANCES TO FIND INTERESTING GREETING CARDS IN OP SHOPS, but here is a lovely set with a number of interesting features. This lovely series of cards called The Bush Track Australia Series, … [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...]