If you’ve ever considered collecting vintage postcards, there are a few things you need to know before you shop. As a deltiologist, a collector of postcards, you will be dealing with a form of ephemera or paper collectibles. As a vintage postcard deltiologist, you will be interested in the vintage postcards dating from the late ...
It happens every time the attic or cellar gets cleaned: a box of old magazines, photos, postcards, stamps, posters, sheet music, newspaper clippings, other odds and ends of paper all thrown together, some in fairly good condition, others with torn edges, wear, and maybe some musty smell makes one wonder if the paper is something ...
Have you ever studied novelty buttons and bumper stickers? I mean really studied them? They’re short. They’re pithy. And people get paid to write them. People like you and me. How much can you make selling slogans to novelty button and bumper sticker publishers? Well, I was paid $25 for “I just want revenge. Is ...
Ephemera. Most people don’t know what I am talking about when I use the word. But it’s really a much simpler word than it seems. Chances are you already own some ephemera. If you have saved tickets from rock concerts and baseball games, then you own ephemera. If you still have your grade school report ...
