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The Ultimate Ephemera Twitter List

Check it out at by going to Twitter and searching: @martyweil/ephemera or read my post announcing the creation of the list http://ephemera.typepad.com/ephemera/2009/11/ultimate-twitter-ephemera-list.html.html Continue

Added by martyweil on November 10, 2009 at 2:12pm — No Comments

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 t… Continue

Added by martyweil on October 31, 2009 at 1:45pm — 1 Comment

July on the Ephemera Blog

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

Added by martyweil on July 2, 2009 at 4:58am — 1 Comment

May Post Preview Extravaganza

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

Added by martyweil on May 3, 2009 at 2:45pm — No Comments

Weil-Ptak Standardized Ephemera Scale

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

Added by martyweil on February 9, 2009 at 9:00am — 4 Comments

February on the Ephemera Blog

It may be cold outside, but February is going to be a hot month on the ephemera blog. For starters, we're going to be announcing our 3rd annual "World's Coolest Ephemera Contest." (Keep an eye out for a post early on ephemera that provides the contest details.) So you don't miss a single minute of the fun, be sure to subscribe to my FREE feed There are several really interesting interviews on t… Continue

Added by martyweil on February 1, 2009 at 8:00am — No Comments

Paper Glut Leads to Eco Art Boom

The Wall Street Journal—of all places to find a story about ephemera—wrote a great story about the rise of the eco artist in the Friday, January 2 edition. The article by Joel Millman and Robert Guy Matthews, for those that missed it, went into great detail about the exploits of several eco artists, including Barbara De Pirro, who crochets handbags and baskets of out of paper ribbons cut from shopping bags. (Note: Barbara has agreed to an interview about her work in an upcoming post. Be sure to… Continue

Added by martyweil on January 16, 2009 at 11:00am — 1 Comment