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Martin commented on Mike Ferguson's group 'Ephemera Society (London)'

. Mike, it's interesting that you have chosen to start this group. Perhaps this may be a vehicle for discussing ephemera availability (and rough pricing) in London and the UK in general? . .

July 2

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

Martin added a discussion to the group Talk About T.E.N.

"Infomercial" Picture Posts

. Is there a place in Picture Posts for Ephemera images posted with an informative (or personal view) narrative. I believe it makes the post more interesting and is particularly engaging where comparisons between US and European culture can be dra...

June 9

Martin joined Mike Ferguson's group

Talk About T.E.N.

A place to talk about the network and the community, review features, offer ideas, plan T.E.N. events, ask questions about functions, etc.

June 9

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

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

Chuck Whiting commented on Martin's blog post 'Are Billheads Limited Edition Antique Art?'

Billheads are at the top of my favorites list for ephemera, not only for the antiquarian print images, which make a strong first impression, but also for the content they often provide about a company--products, history, location, etc. To answer y...

April 7

Martin commented on Martin's blog post 'Are Billheads Limited Edition Antique Art?'

It's interesting that vignette (as I understood it to be a vine or ivy type detail esp towards the edge of a design) very rarely appears in English billheads I collect There is however an abundance of what I would call Filigree much of which appe...

April 2

Nancy commented on Martin's blog post 'Are Billheads Limited Edition Antique Art?'

Mike Thanks for the information on the Knickerbocker Mills Billhead, nice to learn about there history.

April 1

Mike Ferguson commented on Martin's blog post 'Are Billheads Limited Edition Antique Art?'

Billheads are my favorite type of ephemera and I had several framed for my office...all of them coffee related. Knickerbocker Mills was purchased by A.C. Fitzpatrick & Co. around the turn of the century but took the name Knickerbocker rather than ...

April 1

Nancy commented on Martin's blog post 'Are Billheads Limited Edition Antique Art?'

I also like Billheads with Vignettes

April 1

Frank DeFreitas commented on Martin's blog post 'Are Billheads Limited Edition Antique Art?'

I agree. Many of the engravings are worthy of being framed and displayed.

March 28

Bernie commented on Martin's blog post 'Are Billheads Limited Edition Antique Art?'

Enjoy looking at your bill head collection, Martin. My wife and I absolutely agree with you. But why stop at Bill Heads - this embraces all ephemera. And for the price of a nice looking cheap frame from a budget shop, charity shop or boot sale you...

March 28

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Are Billheads Limited Edition Antique Art?

March 27

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March 16

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Interest in Ephemera: Collector

About Me:: A Professional Engineer and qualified Teacher. I live about 25 miles west of London England. I have always been interested in Victorian and Edwardian history, and especially (post Industrial Revolution) Engineering. British billheads are effective in documenting Industry and it’s commercial aspects. I have have recently started seriously collecting although I bought a few examples about 10 years ago.

My main interest is in Manufacturing Industry and to some extent Wholesalers & Traders. Geographically the central ‘Midlands’ area of England especially Birmingham.
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An English Billhead from the town Oldham 19th April 1929

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Are Billheads Limited Edition Antique Art?

My interest in Billheads began about 15 years ago when I unearthed a few in a failing “Antique Shop”. As an Engineer, a student of the Industrial Revolution, someone who has very vivid memories of grandparents Victoriana and a fascination with late Victorian society, this previously unknown category of ephemera became intriguing. (In actual fact most readily obtainable English illustrated billheads date between 1900 and 1930)

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Posted on March 27, 2009 at 12:30pm — 9 Comments

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At 10:04am on March 16, 2009, Kyle Boyd-Robertson said…: Hi Martin. Welcome to the community. I am a collector of Historical Texas Documents amongst other things and love collecting old billheads. Looking forward to hearing more from you.