Rare Book Monthly

Articles - October - 2011 Issue

Ephemera: Values and Interest on the Rise

Ephemera Society of America.

Ephemera Society of America.

Links and sites of possible interest:

THE EPHEMERA SOCIETY OF AMERICA

Ephemera Society of America

www.ephemerasociety.org



View list of dealers/collectors/others with related ephemera interests listed alphabetically


http://www.ephemerasociety.org/links/members.html

Joining the society:

The Ephemera Society of America, Inc.

Membership Secretary
P.O. Box 95
Cazenovia, NY 13035-0095

Join on line at http://www.ephemerasociety.org/membership/join.html

More information info@ephemerasociety.org (315) 655-9139 

Info on the Philip Jones fellowship for Study of Ephemera

$1,000 travel and study grant. Applications due no later than Jan 15, 2012

http://www.ephemerasociety.org/fellowship.html

Info on the ESA mentoring program:

http://www.ephemerasociety.org/resources/Mentoring.html

ESA Video on ephemera values

You tube video on ephemera values

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBMz2Wzrm6k&feature=youtu.be

Short video from recent ESA show

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbcNTb4LKVU&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

Contact information for dealers mentioned in this story

Diane De Blois

(also edits eNews and Journal for Ephemera Society of America)

aGatherin’ (ABAA)

P.O. Box 477

West Sand Lake, NY 12196

agatherin@yahoo.com

(518)-674-2979

Don Conner Fine Books (ABAA)

Sacramento, CA

By appointment

donconner@aol.com

(916) 456-1351  

Lee Kirk- The Prints and the Paper

http://www.kirksbooks.com/

The Prints & The Paper

PO Box 5432

Eugene OR 97405

(541)683-7033

theprintsandthepaper@comcast.net

WEBSITE: http://www.printsandthepaper.com

Etsy Site: http://www.etsy.com/shop/theprintsandthepaper

A blog on books, ephemera, and whatnot: http://windyword.blogspot.com/

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ABAA dealers with a specialty in ephemera

http://hq.abaa.org/books/antiquarian/process

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Other sites those interested in ephemera may find of interest

Patterson Smith – True Crime specialist, especially the section on WANTED posters

http://www.patterson-smith.com/wanted.htm

Lux Mentis visits Paris-blog

http://luxmentis.com/blog/

Bookseller’s labels

http://www.booksellerlabels.com/

Bookbinders museum

http://www.bookbindersmuseum.com/

Visual communication, display, exhibit – collector, professor

http://www.dolphgotelli.com/collect.htm

Pictorial maps

http://www.oldimprints.com/OldImprints/

Magic lanterns and optical toys

http://www.dickbalzer.com/

Richard Sheaff

Splendid collection of antique typography in many incarnations

www.sheaff-ephemera.com

600 black spots video you tube – cool pop up book

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYLVih7T3lo

Robert Sabuda pop up artist web site

http://robertsabuda.com/intgallery/index.asp

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Susan Halas based in Maui, Hawaii writes for AE Monthly: reach her at wailukusue@gmail.com

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