Bookmark Collector

Another week’s worth of bookmark related links that I’ve found, from January 24 through January 30.
Enjoy!
Bookmarks In the News
The Ephemera Society is having their annual conference from March 20 to 22 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Old Greenwich, Connecticut – Link
Articles:
Lauren at BiblioBuffet sweetly conveys the history of Baker’s Chocolate & Cocoa, inspired by [...]

I buy bookmarks on eBay. It’s a great source of unique, hard to find, handmade, and/or vintage bookmarks. There are other sources, but few have the number, variety, and convenience of this one resource.
However, eBay’s popularity also means that at any given time, there’s a huge selection of auctions to choose from. A simple search [...]

The number of links this week seemed to be making up for all the light weeks over the holidays. So here’s the large set of bookmark related links that I’ve found, from January 17 through January 23.
Enjoy!
Bookmarks In the News
Articles:
Laine Farley has a great article at BiblioBuffet this week about the bookmarks produced for Star [...]

Here are two more bookmarks that I picked up at the Alternative Press Expo (APE). These were free promotional bookmarks that I think are lovely in different ways. The image on the left shows the front side of each bookmark, and the picture below shows their backs.
The bookmark on the left is promoting the graphic [...]

Another week’s worth of bookmark related links that I’ve found, from January 10 through January 16.
Enjoy!
Bookmarks In the News
Articles:
Lauren at BiblioBuffet shows us two gorgeous bookmarks in her collection made using steel engraving and discusses the history and process of engraving – Link
Contest Winners:
Victoria Sherini won the Conflict Resolution Day Student Bookmark Art Contest sponsored [...]

Once again I’m off traveling this week (with new bookmarks to post, soon), but I was able to gather another week’s worth of bookmark related links, from January 3 through January 9.
Enjoy!
Bookmarks In the News
Articles:
Over at BiblioBuffet, there’s another one of Frank X. Roberts’ articles on the history of bookmarks, this time discussing the sordid [...]

Harriet and I take at least one extended trip every year, and this last November we visited Argentina and Chile. Our trip was wonderful, and of course I collected bookmarks along the way. I’m not one for carefully tracking what I’ve acquired. Instead I tend to buy what catches my eye at the moment, and [...]

A week’s worth of bookmark related links that crossed over from 2008 to 2009. It was another light week over the holiday period, from December 27 through January 2.
Enjoy!
Bookmarks In the News
Articles:
A lovely ode to the bookmark by Julia Keller at the Los Angeles Times – Link
Make Your Own Bookmark
A tutorial on making a flat [...]

The Alternative Press Expo (APE) is an annual gathering of independent comic publishers. And when they say “independent”, they mean it. You’ll often find comics that have just been xeroxed and stapled the night before – by hand. I’m a big fan of these comics and have attended this event for last couple of years. [...]

Happy New Year everyone!
Goodbye 2008
As I look back on the past year, two bookmark related items stand out as personal highlights for 2008. First, are the Bookmark Bookmarks posts that I’ve been able to publish every week. It’s been wonderful to see the prized bookmarks that other collectors have posted; the hand-crafted bookmarks made by [...]