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There aren't too many postcards available in the world today that contain a real 3D laser hologram. There are other types of 3D postcards, such as lenticulars that have been around for decades. But postcards with holograms are a true rarity. Believe me, I look for them all the time (including postcard shows!). So,… Continue

Last weekend I attended POCAX 2009, a postcard event put on b… Continue

Hello everyone. Art Groten is my latest guest on The Ephemera Show. Although Art is the incoming 2010 President of The Ephemera Society, we focused on "Art the Collector" for this installment. Just stop by the web site to listen to this latest show. Tell your friends!

Looking out from the stage area to the rolling hills that held a "sea of people".

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This week marks the 40th anniversary (1969-2009) of the Woodstock music and arts festival, held in Bethel, New York. I thought it was time to visit the site, which now houses a 30-million dollar museum and cent

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I couldn't help thinking of our modern-day computer graphics this morning while reading this short article on the last wood engraver in Germany. This could be something similar for us in the year 2109 . . . as the last computer artist sells their studio equipment to a museum (if it takes that long this time around).

Coming from the printing trades myself, and at age 53, I was born into the new era of automation and computerization that swept the industry. I started off with paper tape machines… Continue