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On October 30, I won a Citizen Media Award at BlogAsheville annual charity event. My five-year-old ephemera blog, which has received nearly 500,000 page views, was voted The Most Under-Rated Blog based in Asheville.The votes were tabulated by the Mountain Xpress, the weekly independent news, arts, and events newspaper. The well-attended charity event was held in the Pump Gallery at t… Continue

When I used to live in Chicago, they'd say there were two seasons: Winter and July 12. Well, welcome to summer Chicagoans. And welcome all to another great month on the ephemera blog.

I have many special summer blog posts scheduled. One in particular that I'm very excited about is my upcoming interview post with the Collections Manager at the Smithsonian National Postal Museum. We're going to be talking about the new FDR exhibit. But… Continue

May is going to be a special month on ephemera.

In early May, I'm going to put the finishing touches on my recent "best of" series with my best work from the last three categories in my sidebar list. Then, I'm busting out some new great stuff.

I'll be talking to some very interesting collectors and ephemera subject experts, including a man who specializes in collecting ephemera featuring eagles (the bird, not the band. I'll also be talking with a f… Continue

The free Weil-Ptak "Standardized" Ephemera Scale is available at the ephemera blog.