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...]
C-Day – changeover day for decimal currency
50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE INTRODUCTION OF DECIMAL CURRENCY THIS WEEKEND, 14 FEBRUARY 2016. Thanks to member Andrew H for sharing a wonderful subset of his collection. The campaign On the 14th of … [Read more...]
Fighting over badges in the op shop + some dating tips
Many of us hunt in local op shops. Recently looking in Cheltenham, Vic. Met a fellow collector who was wearing a cap with some nice badges and a few that are more like brooches, for example the … [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...]
What price a la carte?
TWO MENUS HAVE FEATURED IN NEWS STORIES RECENTLY both of interest to collectors. From the ABC website: A menu for the last luncheon served to the first-class passengers aboard the ill-fated … [Read more...]
Finding the stars with 19th century charts
LOVELY STORY ABOUT CHARTS OF THE STARS, here is a 1820s celestial charts that will show you and tell you more about these celestial charts. The examples shown are from the collection of the National … [Read more...]
Calming cookery book
BRIAN WATSON & HIS COOKERY BOOKLETS HAVE BROUGHT PLENTY OF THESE ITEMS OUT OF THE CUPBOARD. This is one Brian produced when asked for some material with an art deco flavour. The cook looks … [Read more...]
An apple (or orange) a day
FRUIT ART FROM TASMANIA & QUEENSLAND, VIA ESA MEMBER NICK HENDERSON. The tiny selection we have here shows that in Tasmania, they concentrate on the fruit itself. Clements & … [Read more...]
In the post, 1930s
FROM A WONDERFUL MEMBER COLLECTION, WE LOOK AT SOME 1930s LETTERHEAD. A little bit about letterhead According to Maurice Rickards' Encyclopedia of Ephemera, letterhead evolved from the trade … [Read more...]