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I have spent a lifetime acquiring paper collectibles: postcards, cigarette cards, old adverts and packaging, virtually anything on any theme that has taken my eye. I have tended to concentrate on art and graphic design more than photo images.

My websites: http://www.spanglefish.com/TheEphemeraAlbumPart2/
has adverts. Site 1 (below) displays early printed items (chromos, etc).

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Invitation to TEA

You are all invited over to my place for TEA (The Ephemera Album link on my page). This site concentrates on Victorian and Edwardian printing plus a couple of pages aimed at young children. There is a link to part 2 which concentrates on 20th century advertising. I have added some images as a taster.

There are also links to 2 Sooty memorabilia sites which contain some ephemera. By way of an explanation for those on the other side of the Atlantic, this has at one time been the longest running ch… Continue

Posted on May 29, 2009 at 2:30pm — 3 Comments

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Bernie commented on Ray Kirchmeyer's blog post 'The Magic Chest'

You lucky lad, Ray. It is the unexpected that we all hope for in the hunt. I do, however find it a tad sad that there was no family left, or none with interest, to take such personal items. I also find it poignant when I look at old cards in my co...

August 30

Bernie commented on DPopTart's blog post 'Looking For...'

Hi Deanna, I have recently added a good number of images to my sites (The Ephemera Album and The Ephemera Album part 2). 2 includes a new page on Fashion which has a number of ads and a mag cover. The page UK House and Home has ads from a period w...

July 29

Bernie commented on Martin's photo 'The Beano Comic'

Martin, this brought back happy memories and reminded me of so many other comics now disappeared. I heard a tale told of the late Denis Gifford, cartoonist for comics, writer and collector of the genre. His comic collection took over his house. A ...

June 27

Bernie commented on Bernie's blog post 'Invitation to TEA'

I would like to thank Tom Murphy for featuring The Ephemera Album on his blog Encore-Ephemera. Thanks also for the kind comments from Frank and Martin. Martin - the sites are running at less than half capacity at present so plenty of room for twee...

June 5

Bernie commented on Martin's photo 'The Mini'

Martin, I like these footnotes - esp if they have a personal element to them.

June 5

Martin commented on Bernie's blog post 'Invitation to TEA'

Bernie, a tidy and informative piece of work. I get the impression that your real passion is for the 20th C advertising? You will have to resist the urge to continually ‘tweek’ it to perfection. . Martin

June 4

Martin commented on Bernie's blog post 'Invitation to TEA'

Delete Comment Bernie, a tidy and informative piece of work. I get the impression that your real passion is for the 20th C advertising? You will have to resist the urge to continually ‘tweek’ it to perfection. . Martin

June 4

Martin commented on Bernie's blog post 'Invitation to TEA'

Bernie, a tidy and informative piece of work. I get the impression that your real passion is for the 20th C advertising? You will have to resist the urge to continually 'tweek' it. Martin

June 4

Bernie commented on Martin's photo 'The Mini'

Now a British icon. I've got one of these standing on my drive waiting for my daughter to pass her test. Its in pink with black racing stripes over the boot and bonnet, black & pink racing chequers on the roof ad pink interior.

June 3

Bernie commented on Ray Kirchmeyer's blog post 'Ephemera. Art, And The Stock Market'

It was the art work and the intricate design of the boarders (I think it was this that was the security element) that led me to obtain a number of examples. I have a few of these on my site - The Ephemera Album, under the heading Security Printing.

June 3

Frank DeFreitas commented on Bernie's blog post 'Invitation to TEA'

Bernie, thanks for the invite. I stopped over briefly just now, and you are truly an ephemerist. I plan on visiting again, for a longer stay, over the weekend. With tea, of course. The clock is about to chime midnight here in three minutes, so I m...

May 29

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Bernie replied to Kyle Boyd-Robertson's discussion 'What Makes A Web Site Successful'

Kyle, I share your disappointment. My wife set up a site purely for pleasure earlier this year on a UK children’s classic TV character called Sooty - a hand puppet of a bear. I followed with an ephemera site and did everything by the book like you...

May 29

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At 9:14am on May 21, 2009, Judy Zent said…: Bernie, thank you so much. I do appreciate your input. Judy

At 11:55am on May 16, 2009, Judy Zent said…: Another thought (since you are so willing to help). Ads from old magazines - do they sell, are they worth more than the magazine intact (i.e. WWII Life magazines)?

At 11:51am on May 16, 2009, Judy Zent said…: Read recently that greeting cards should be taken out of their envelopes. The envelope is the good part though. It shows the date, recipient, etc. What do you think? Thanks.

At 2:09pm on May 15, 2009, Esben Rasmussen said…: hi B
its only the Fam. journal folders witch are from mags, the other ones was sold as inspiration to interior painters and architects, some of them was also printed on stoc and cut out and sold in full size as stencils for interior painting
reg. Bjorn, sorry about my poor english

At 11:07am on May 12, 2009, Judy Zent said…: Bernie, you look like a collector who might be interested in some of the "stuff" we have. My problem is that we don't have a lot of any one thing. Moved out of the old house (100+ years) and found that David's family never threw out anything. So I have pieces of this and that. LOTS of cards, and LOTS of scraps of other types of paper. If you are not particularly interested in such an odd assortment, can you refer me to someone who might be? I just can't go through this piece by piece and try to find buyers for it all. I would like to have someone at least give me an idea of prices for cabinet cards, tintypes, cards, etc., etc. Thanks for any help. Judy

At 12:42pm on May 11, 2009, Judy Zent said…: What is a Merchant bank? I have a few preprinted checks from places like Monkey Ward and another one that I can't remember at the moment. Is this what you mean? There is one entire year of household checks. The notations make them especially interesting - at least to me. These are from either the 20s or 30s, I believe. Thanks for commenting. I need all the help I can get.

At 9:54am on March 16, 2009, Kyle Boyd-Robertson said…: Hi Bernie. I have been away for a bit, but no send you a belated Welcome to the community. Thanks for your comment on my blog I really appreciate it. Looking forward to getting to know more about you and your collecting.

At 7:49am on March 11, 2009, Susan Mac Gregor said…: Hi Bernie, I have a chromo and die cut scrap group if you would like to join my group you have some beautiful scraps! Susan

At 4:10pm on February 18, 2009, Mike Ferguson said…: Bernie,
Welcome to TEN!

At 3:02pm on February 18, 2009, Frank DeFreitas said…: Hello Bernie, and welcome to the group. Looking forward to seeing examples in your collection.