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

• zuzu // Jul 18th 2008 at 6:36 pm

  Hi.. I was looking for an email address but cant find one.. I kind of wanted to send you one of my bookmarks as a thanks for linking me on your site.. it was nice of you to show an interest and as I enjoy making them for other friends who collect bookmarks and I always make 4 at a time (as its a waste of a laminating sheet if i make less lol) then I always have a few kicking about. so if you would like one maybe you could email me and give me details to post to .
  zuzu

• Kirie // Oct 2nd 2008 at 8:33 am

  Hi Alan! I love your collection, and I appreciate your links to my site. I just started making collaged bookmarks, and it’s becoming an obsession!
  I’d love to send you one for your collection. Can you email me a mailing address?
  Thanks!
  Kirie

• Gina // Nov 4th 2008 at 8:53 pm

  I see you’ve featured the tatted bookmarks of my fellow tatters. Any time you want to do a search on my blog, you will probably find some to your liking. With nearly 6 years of blogging, there’s lots of bookmarks, like this one:
  http://tinyurl.com/6mcepk or here:
  http://tinyurl.com/6×3shd

  Gina

• organicsyes // Dec 21st 2008 at 11:08 am

  Thanks for the link…I will be back to visit…many wonderful ideas here!
  Susan

• Monica Gotz // Apr 2nd 2009 at 2:14 pm

  Hello! I recently opened my shop on etsy selling only hand-crafted bookmarks. Thought you might enjoy it.

  Thanks for all of the great links on your site!
  Monica

• alanirwin // Apr 6th 2009 at 12:26 pm

  Howdy Monica,
  Thanks for visiting and for the link to your Etsy shop. I’ll be posting a link in the next Bookmark Bookmarks.
  Alan

• Larry T. Nix // Apr 14th 2009 at 8:29 am

  You have a great website on bookmarks. I just put a page about library bookmarks on my website at http://www.libraryhistorybuff.com/bookmarks.htm.

• alanirwin // Apr 18th 2009 at 7:21 am

  That’s a fine site, Larry. Thanks for passing it on!
  Alan

• JHG Hendriks // Apr 25th 2009 at 6:00 pm

  If you contact me I can see which Munchkin bookmarks I have to give to you.
  I probably have both American and Germans ones around here somewhere..
  Also other non-Munchkin bookmarks by SJGames.

  Oops. previous one had an incorrect email address.

• Carolyn Carpenter // Jul 15th 2009 at 4:45 pm

  If you haven’t already done so, visit my blog, http://cornerofthelibrary.blogspot.com . I am publishing a series of printable bookmarks created mostly from the illustrations of 19th century publications.

• alanirwin // Jul 15th 2009 at 6:59 pm

  Thanks for stopping by, Carolyn!
  Your blog is wonderful, and I’ll start featuring links to the posts in future Bookmark Bookmarks entries.
  Alan

• Sellyana // Sep 2nd 2009 at 8:39 pm

  Hi Alan!
  I came across your blog today. WOW! I didn’t know that there are people who are just like me, passionate about reading and (of course) collecting bookmarks. I have been collecting bookmarks since my childhood time but the craze has got bigger and bigger since the time I started having my own money. Like others, I buy many bookmarks but also create my own. There aren’t many bookmarks sold in book stores here in Indonesia.

• alanirwin // Sep 4th 2009 at 4:50 pm

  Welcome Sellyana!
  It’s great to meet another collector. There’s a lot of opportunity to swap by mail all around the world, especially if you hand make bookmarks. I hope you make some good connections from the Bookmark Bookmarks posts.
  Alan

• Paul Jenkin // Oct 4th 2009 at 9:47 am

  I was browsing on the net and found your site.
  I produce a range of Cornish Historical Products Cards, Prints, and Illustrations, I make and produce Cornish Bookmarks, using my own Original Artwork as images.
  I have 6 in the bookmark range at present and am in production to produce another 6 before Xmas 2009 I will soon have my website finished. I like your site. Paul.J Cornwall. Great Britain.

• Patrick // Dec 20th 2009 at 3:34 pm

  Hello!

  Nice website. I’m a new bookmark collector. I have some from online bookstores, others from local bookstores (I live in Argentina) and I also have 1 from Russia and 1 from Belgium. I would like to have at least 1 bookmark from every country in the world. Can you give me some tips on how to start a great collection ?

  Thank you

• Patrick // Jan 10th 2010 at 11:00 am

  Hello Alan

  You have a very nice blog here.
  I’m a new bookmark collector and I just started a blog about my collection. Check it out at http://www.patrickcollects.wordpress.com. There will be more entries in the future!

• Patrick // Jan 10th 2010 at 11:01 am

  Ooops I forgot I had made a comment last month!

• Robin // Feb 19th 2010 at 8:47 am

  Looking forward to the first annual BMCVC! I posted a press release here:

  http://www.liswire.com/content/reminder-first-annual-international-bookmark-convention-weekend-february-20-21

  Would love a link on your website Alan.

• AJ Heim // Mar 1st 2010 at 12:05 am

  I have a bunch of book marks that over the years I been obtained inside a book purchased here or there. They are paper and a few date from the early 18th century. Any ideas on where to find out about them? For me they are just a curiosity nothing more and at some point I will just put them up on Ebay and see what happens but for now I would like to do some research.

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