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October 2009 Blog Posts (6)

Ephemera Wins Citizen Media Award

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… Continue

Added by martyweil on October 31, 2009 at 4:45pm — No Comments

Ephemera Carnival News

The History Is Ephemeral carnival, the only blog carnival devoted to ephemera, has been getting major props!

The carnival has been picked up at the History Carnivals Aggregator (with yours truly being asked to participate) and the History Is Ephemeral carnival has been regularly mentioned at George Mason University's Cliopatria's Blog -- including a… Continue

Added by DPopTart on October 30, 2009 at 11:36pm — No Comments

Best-ever Political and Americana Auction Open for Bidding at Heritage Auctions

There are many fabulous lots in the upcoming Heritage Auction #6032, November 17-18, including two of the rarest Currier & Ives "Grand National" banners, a hitherto-unknown 1860 Breckinridge portrait campaign flag, a very nice James Montgomery Flagg "I Want You" WWI poster, and others too numerous to mention. This is our finest and deepest Americana auction to date.

Here are links to just a few of the 1000+ lots:…

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Added by Michael Riley on October 30, 2009 at 1:12pm — No Comments

10 Scrapbook compilation collection .....

This came with the property we moved into 5 years ago. Can someone point me in the right direction on having these

potentially appraised ? 300 plus prints and other snippets from about 60 + years ago ... and most likely the same

person put them togethor. I do not want to break this collection up ... nor do I want to sell it at an auction to have

broken up by a new owner. There is a enough in this collection to fill a small gallery - and the color quality of the prints

is… Continue

Added by Chuck Huckster on October 30, 2009 at 9:28am — No Comments

African American Cabinet Card Collection for Auction

Hello Fellow Ephemera Collectors!

I wanted to give everyone the heads up that our November 14th sale features several lots of African American cabinet cards, including one group of subjects who have been identified as ministers and affiliates of the A.M.E. Zion Church.

Please follow the links below to view these items on our website www.brunkauctions.com:

Lot 487:… Continue

Added by Megan Best-Brunk Auctions on October 26, 2009 at 4:48pm — No Comments

Free Appraisal Fair This Weekend in Dallas, Texas

For those of you in the North Texas area, Heritage Auction Galleries is having a free appraisal fair October 24-25 at their Dallas Headquarters located at 3500 Maple Avenue. Experts in many fields, including Coins, Currency, Art, Militaria, Jewelry & Timepieces, Americana, Sports Collectibles, and Comic Books, will be there for verbal evaluations. Qualified consignments will be accepted and cash advances are available. Detailed information can be found here:… Continue

Added by Michael Riley on October 22, 2009 at 11:15am — No Comments