Bookmark Collector

I enjoy handcrafted bookmarks. I generally buy them at craft and art fairs directly from the artist. However, in the course of assembling my Bookmark Bookmarks posts, I see a lot of handcrafted bookmarks for sale at online sites like Etsy and Art Fire. Both are marketplaces that provide a convenient site for artists to [...]

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 [...]

Another week’s worth of bookmark related links that I’ve found, from December 13 through December 19.
Enjoy!
Bookmarks In the News
Articles:
A handmade bookmark bought on eBay inspires Lauren at BiblioBuffet to discuss the history, both public and personal, of Lake Arrowhead – Link
Contests :
The Johnson County Library (Kansas) and their Friends of the Library will start accepting [...]

Another week’s worth of bookmark related links that I’ve found, from November 29 through December 5.
Enjoy!
Bookmarks In the News
Articles:
At BiblioBuffet, Lauren writes about the recovered “Hitler” bookmark from a bookmark collector’s perspective – Link
And here’s a follow up article about the “Hitler” bookmark, with current information on the court proceedings – Link
Every year at this [...]

Hello everyone! I want to apologize for having missed last week’s post. I got busy producing a show and missed my chance to pull together all of the updates. So, to make up for that omission, this week’s post will be a bit long and includes the bookmark related links I’ve collected from August 30 [...]

Another week’s worth of bookmark related links that I’ve found, from July 12 through July 18.
Enjoy!
Bookmarks In the News
Articles:
Laine Farley at BiblioBuffet has an article discussing snippets of information and questions used on bookmarks as book promotions – Link
A post that addresses a book marking problem if you are observant of strict Jewish law (I [...]

Another week’s worth of bookmark related links that I’ve found, from July 4 through July 11.
Enjoy!
Bookmarks In the News
Articles:
Lauren, over at BiblioBuffet, has written an article on a topic near to my heart: wooden bookmarks. Being a woodworker, I found myself lingering over each image of the items in her collection – Link
The Bluffton, South [...]

Another set of bookmark related links from April 26 through May 2.
Enjoy!
Bookmarks In the News
Articles:
Yay! Another Frank X. Roberts article at BlblioBuffet, this one discussing Medieval bookmarks. Frank’s expertise on the history of bookmarks is amazing and his articles are engrossing – Link
Jen at Needle and ThREAD has a couple of announcements in her post [...]

Back again with more bookmark related links that I’ve found, from April 19 through April 25 (and maybe a few from the 26th!).
Enjoy!
Bookmarks In the News
Articles:
Deanna Dahlsad over at Collector’s Quest has an interesting interview with an economics professor on collecting and consumerism – Link
Jen, over at Needle and ThREAD, has a post where she [...]

Another week of bookmark related links. This entry covers the week from Saturday, March 22 through Sunday, March 28.
Enjoy!
Bookmarks In the News
Articles:
With one of her bookmarks as inspiration, Lauren has delivered another fascinating article. This one is on the history of playing cards – Link

NOTE: There was a change in the way the BiblioBuffet website [...]