Bookmark Collector

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• Asim Maner // Oct 10th 2006 at 11:21 pm

  Hello,
  Congratulations for this refreshing blog. Lauren from BiblioBuffet gave me a hint to your page. I placed a link to your site here:
  http://www.miragebookmark.ch/wb_web_pages.htm
  I may come up soon with a plea to publish some of your essays as well: would that be OK for you?
  Thank you and best regards,
  Asim

• Alan // Oct 11th 2006 at 8:20 am

  Thanks for visiting, Asim. Your site is one of the most extensive ones focusing on bookmarks, and I plan on discussing it an upcoming post. Feel free to republish any post or article that seems appropriate.
  Thanks again,
  Alan

• Olga Sotomayor S. // Nov 17th 2006 at 8:50 am

  hello
  I am chilean bookmark collector
  My blog is in spanish
  I dont write good english
  congratulations for you web site
  do you like interchange bookmark whit me?

• alanirwin // Dec 7th 2006 at 6:10 pm

  Gracias Olga,

  No escribo español muy bien, tambien.

  However, I just visited your blog, and the bookmarks on display are beautiful!

• Asim Maner // Dec 15th 2006 at 3:48 am

  Dear Alan, thank you for the interesting information about the ivory bookmark from India of 16th century which had been used in illuminated Korans. I think this worth to be mentioned in the history of bookmarks, so I made an entry on the respective page, of course, with a credit to your blog:
  http://www.miragebookmark.ch/wb_history.htm
  I hope you agree with the quotation and thank
  you again.
  Best regards, Asim

• Rowan Barnes // Jan 11th 2007 at 4:31 pm

  We’re always on the look out for bookmark orientated websites. There are remarkably few considering the fact that there are (apparently) more bookmarks in existence then people on this Earth. This, in my opinion, is an interesting fact, however getting a more precise figure is incredibly difficult. Any tips?
  We at The Bookmark Shop are attempting to build a useful resource for bookmark collectors and are interested in any information you might be able to supply us, including personal opinions and facts. Would you be able to help or put us in the right direction?
  Thanks for any help you can give.
  Rowan

• alanirwin // Jan 27th 2007 at 5:36 pm

  Howdy Rowan!
  Thanks for the comment and you raise an interesting question…how to estimate the number of bookmarks in existence? Hmm, that’s the kind of question that gets my engineering mind engaged. I’ll be thinking about that for awhile.
  I’ve visited your website and admired (okay, coveted may be a better description) your products. I’m glad there are such great bookmark oriented sites and am happy to contribute any way I can.

• núria // Feb 27th 2007 at 7:33 am

  “I’ve been accumulating bookmarks for many years. Now it’s time to make them into a real collection. I’ll be showing my progress, accumulating ideas, and pointing out things of interest to any bookmark collector. ”

  My comprehension of English is good, my written Engish is poor, I agree with your words, so I’ve copied them, so sorry!
  I send to you a link related to bookmarks, it is French and so beautiful!

  http://perso.orange.fr/marque-pages/

  I’ve started some days ago a blog with some pictures of my bookmarks, it is in Catalan , if you visit it I would be very pleased if you leave a message, I will visit yours again.
  I’ve put a link to your page in it.
  Thank you, have a nice day!

• alanirwin // Feb 27th 2007 at 7:21 pm

  Welcome Núria!
  Thanks for visiting and leaving a link to your website. Your collection is amazing, both beautiful and very large! However, the link to your blog was not working. If you can leave the link again, I would like to visit.

• Núria // Feb 28th 2007 at 1:11 am

  Thanks Alan for your warming welcome.
  Due to my bad English you have misunderstanded me, the French website is not my collection, I wish it had!
  Mi blogspot is: http://www.puntperpunt.blogspot.com.
  I’m just starting, only few entries.
  I’m interested in exchanging bookmarks, if you are let me know!
  Thanks again.
  núria

• Michael // Mar 8th 2007 at 3:38 pm

  Hi Alan

  I recently started a bookmark shop (although in German only, sorry) and I offer a few bookmarks I created myself. You can download and print them yourself. Perhaps you could drop me a line what you thing about my bookmarks. If you are interested I can offer a translation of the text.

  kind Regards

  Michael

  P.S.: found your site on miragebookmark.com…

• alanirwin // Mar 8th 2007 at 5:11 pm

  Hello and welcome Michael,
  I just checked out your website and store, and the bookmarks look great. I’ll visit it again and see if I can get the Alta-Vista translator (babelfish) to help with my understanding the text.
  Thanks again for stopping by!
  Alan

• Maurice // Jul 3rd 2007 at 4:05 am

  Making the world of bookmarks even bigger, last year we found some very nice magnetic bookmarks in Italy, made by a little company in Tuscany. We liked them right away and started to import and sell them in our bookshop. Our clients appreciate it very much and so we decided to share the discovery with everyone on http://www.alsegna.com

• Howie // Sep 9th 2007 at 1:18 pm

  Hi Alan,

  I have a large collection of non-paper bookmarks, mainly silver on my site. I just discovered your site and have added it to my links page. Take a look and let me know what you think. http://www.silverbookmarks.com

  Thanks,

  Howie

• alanirwin // Sep 9th 2007 at 7:04 pm

  Welcome Howie,
  I just took a look at your website and it’s amazing. A fabulous collection and it’s organized as a database that looks like a useful research tool. I’ll be posting links to your beautiful site. Thanks for stopping by!
  Alan

• Robert Ely // Oct 2nd 2007 at 5:18 am

  Good Afternoon Alan,
  We have been weaving silk bookmarks in the UK since 1998, but have only recently started to become aware of the wide world of collectors. As a result of this I have started to put together an archive of our work at papilionaceous.com and have a wander around the web to see who else is out here.
  Introductions done, if you or anyone else has comments or suggestions I would be glad to hear them and incorporate them where possible.
  Thanks, Robert

• alanirwin // Oct 2nd 2007 at 7:31 am

  Welcome Robert,
  I had a chance for a quick visit at your site, and it’s amazing! I’ll be back for a more detailed viewing.
  Thanks for stopping by and introducing yourself,
  Alan

• Aaron Dukes // Nov 25th 2007 at 1:50 pm

  Hi Alan.

  Enjoyed seeing your collection! We make and market bronze, brass and steel markers that function as both bookmarks and line-markers. These small clips allow readers to highlight and recall specific lines of text and favorite passages quickly and without harming the page.

  I think you’d enjoy them… Is there an address to which we could send some samples? We’d love to donate a few to your collection…

  Thanks!
  Aaron - http://www.bookdarts.com

• kate // Jan 25th 2008 at 6:22 pm

  My mom, a librarian, also collects bookmarks. Since they are mostly paper bookmarks, she wants some kind of album to keep them in. Do you have any good suggestions for storing bookmarks?
  Thank you!

• Melody Lea Lamb // Apr 21st 2008 at 5:48 am

  Thanks so much for the link and reference!! Really appreciate it. I love making these little bookmarks and they are getting great reviews from my customers! You can find most of them on sale through my eBay shop: http://stores.ebay.com/Melody-Lea-Lambs-Original-Art_
  or my Etsy shop.
  http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5104383
  Have a great day,
  ~Melody

• Mel M. M. M. // Jun 8th 2008 at 11:20 am

  Hi Alan,

  Your site is fabulous. I hope it’s alright that I linked to you in a bookmark link list on my stamping blog. I have a bookmark project tutorial that you might be interested in:

  http://melstampz.blogspot.com/2007/12/book-spine-bookmarks-how-to.html

  Thanks for the fabulous inspiration!
  :0)
  mel

• Susan Perry // Jun 12th 2008 at 12:32 pm

  Any chance you or one of your readers (preferably in the U.S.) would be interested in buying a box of clear vinyl bookmark bags from me? I’m decluttering my house and found these that I’d bought back in 1990 and never bothered to put my collection into. There are at least 600 of them. (They’re from Larry E. Krein Co.) Contact Susan@BunnyApe.com

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