HELP WANTED I'm working on an interpretive centre project here in Melbourne which tells the story of the origins of the Kelpie dog breed. One of the objects that is being loaned for display is a small … [Read more...]
Living in the 70s
Protest marches? Women’s Liberation? Migrants? Music? Theatre? The Royal Historical Society of Victoria is preparing an exhibition exploring 1970s Melbourne. The exhibition aims to cover … [Read more...]
Read all about reading ephemera
The Ephemera Society may be holding an exhibition during Rare Book Week about the ephemera of reading. What might that be in the exhibition? We like ‘envelope pushing’ definitions. So the ephemera … [Read more...]
Pricing advice
HELP WANTED TO VALUE CARDS, part of a sequence from 1928. The inquiry is: I have a set of John Player Cigarette Cards 1928-29 Footballers. They are numbered 51 to 75. I am inquiring as to … [Read more...]
Butterflies/Nabisco
HELP WANTED FOR BUTTERFLY CARDS The inquiry: I have recently started Australian Butterfly Conservation and am wanting to get hold of a (good condition) book and complete set of Nabisco 1960/5 … [Read more...]
Fowler’s some answers! Thanks
INFORMATION HAS COME TO HAND FROM A FRIENDLY COLLECTOR REGARDING SOME OF OUR QUERIES. Here goes: Karen's query - I have a Vacola jam jar sealing machine and some bottles labelled Fowler's … [Read more...]
Fowler’s questions – they never stop – can you help?
FOWLER'S FANS CAN YOU HELP WITH ANSWERS/INFORMATION? Is Fowler's enthusiasm an addiction one cannot quench? We get more and more questions for Mark Benbow about Fowler's can anyone else … [Read more...]
Looking for directions
HELP WANTED #1 TRAVEL Our inquirer writes: I am looking for some direction to where I may locate an old travel brochure from around 1979. It was promoting a tour to Singapore and Hong Kong … [Read more...]
Help wanted
QUERY VIA THIS WEBSITE Anyone know what these initials stand for: M.B.E.H.C.U. We have a 1917 tin button an example of it is here … [Read more...]