A Collectable about Collecting The ESA has always produced its own well designed ephemera. And in this regard has benefited from the efforts of eminent Melbourne designers (including Mimmo … [Read more...]
ESA Show & Tell Meeting and Swap Meet 16 August 2019
Enjoy a relaxed and friendly get together with like minded collectors Informal gathering to show new items, share information, source answers and chat with fellow collectors. We go around the … [Read more...]
Show & tell – past & future
Join us on FRIDAY 3 NOVEMBER, 6PM-9PM, join fellow collectors at the Camberwell Library meeting rooms for a "Show & Tell" meeting. We will kick off with a round the table 5 minutes per … [Read more...]
Collecting bug brings order to the fair
OPPORTUNITY AT THE FAIR TO SEE A MEANS OF SHOWCASING YOUR COLLECTION ON LINE - DEMONSTRATIONS About Philip Moorhouse Philip has been collecting most of his life, and a passionate collector … [Read more...]
1964 – we were collecting fruit tissue wrappers
LIKE EVERY ORGANISATION WE ARE INTERESTED IN THE YOUNG, THE NEW AUDIENCE. Not only does ESA collect ephemera, it also tries to collect young members. Are there young collectors out there? There used … [Read more...]
Gleaners? relatives, ancestors of collectors?
AGNES VARDA'S TWO FILMS ABOUT GLEANING - originally gathering the useful remnants of the crop after harvesting) are being screened in Melbourne on Sunday 13 July at 2.30 pm and 4.15 pm at the … [Read more...]
Booker prize winning character was a collector of buttons
NEW YORK BASED NOVELIST PETER CAREY (born in Bacchus Marsh, Australia) WROTE ABOUT COLLECTORS in his Booker prize in 1988 for the novel, Oscar and Lucinda (UQP, 1988). The two main … [Read more...]