Ephemera is a relatively new area of collecting, and the definition is still under some discussion. The current generally accepted definition is the collecting of any man made paper object that is created with no intention of permanence. If it is made of paper, and most people would throw it away after use, then it is ephemera. Examples include newspapers, outdated maps, and old letters. Some items in this category border on the deliberately collectible, such as postcards.
Ephemera Net
Offers a wide range of advertising paper, antiquarian and historical ephemera, and printed or handwritten manuscripts. Includes many searchable categories. |
Deco Dog's Ephemera
Offers Art Deco, dog related, Marilyn Monroe, Coca-Cola, fashion and beauty, housewares, illustrations, and antique architectural prints. |
Pat Sweeney Ephemera
Offers sheet music, cigar labels, playing cards, vintage posters, luggage labels, and entertainment items related to vaudeville and minstrels. |
The Paper Chase
Offers a wide variety of items listed in categories. |
Collectors Centre Online
Dealer in postcards, phonecards, cigarette cards, blazer badges, banknotes, and stamps. Located in the UK. |
The Catalog Kid
Specializes in past date auction catalogs about art, antiques, and collectables. Includes searchable database. |
Kipsake
Offers trade cards, signs, valentines, and rewards of merit. Restoration service and original artwork also available. |
Vintage Magazine Company
Vintage posters as well as comics, books, t-shirts and various TV and Film memorabilia. |
Fantasy Masterpieces
Specializes in the restoration of paper art of all types. |
Nineteenth Century Imprints
Offers antique prints, maps, illustrated books, vintage magazines, and ephemera. |
Home School Treasures
Offers reproduction items focusing on readers and texts. |
Prints-n-Ephemera
Features prints, photographs, magazines, catalogs, and books. |
Collectable Collectables
Offers a variety of categories including periodicals, labels, prints, photography, and documents. Also offers advertising, tins, and packaging. Located in the UK. |
Antique Paper and Ephemera Exchange
Multi-dealer site specializing in all manner of ephemera. Includes calendar of events, links, shows, and auctions. |
Griffon's Medieval Manuscripts
Specializes in illuminated pages taken from antiquarian books and sold framed or unframed. |
Rasmussen's Paper Collectibles
Dealer in postcards, comics, movie memorabilia, and autographs. |
TheTinBox
Features poster prints of classic advertising found in magazines from 1933 to 1951. |
New Steamship Consultants
Specializes in nautical ephemera including menus, passenger lists, postcards, and deck plans. |
Vintage Postcards & Ephemera
Dealer in postcards, Victorian trade cards, Valentines, and die-cut scrap. |
Goodwill Online Shop
Offers original deeds, leases, and wills dated 1580-1900 from Appold Street, London, England and farms around Preston, Lancashire. |
COHASCO, Inc.
Features documents, auctions, archival supplies, and conservation services. |
Ephemera & Paper Collectibles
Offers labels, packaging, and phone cards. |
QuiQuam.com
Featuring vintage maps, U.S. Coast survey charts, prints, historical memorabilia, paper items, old books, and original art. |
David Grimes
Offers tobacco insert cards and trade cards. |
Cabin Creek CDs
Specializes in antique photo collections, catalogs and manuals on compact disks. Stock subjects include WWII, trains, equipment manuals, and saddle and tack catalogs. Custom scanning service available. |
Sharp Objects
Features postcards, prints, advertisements, and other paper items. |
Nostalgia's Attic
Features cigarette cards, trade cards, Life magazines, and antique books. |
Lobster Lu's Atlantic Antiques
Dealer of ephemera, postcards, advertising, rare books, original art, and New York and New Jersey items. |
Nana
Stock includes prints, maps, general ephemera, and paper soldiers and toys. In Italian, English, and Portuguese. |
R.M. Smythe
Specializes in researching, auctioning, buying, and selling historic paper collections from around the world. Offers antique stocks and bonds, banknotes, coins, American historic documents, manuscripts, and autographs. |
Carto Rama
Offers playing cards and other paper items. Located in Germany. |
Curioshop
Ephemera, advertising items, militaria, photographs, and banks. |
Rudisill's Alt Print Haus
Offers American antique prints and trade cards, specializing in Currier and Ives. |
Patriot Print Shoppe
Reproductions of the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and the Bill of Rights available for purchase. |
Anthony Pettit
Specializes in antiquarian materials related to Bermuda. |
Collectible Paper Ephemera
Offers Victorian scrap, maps, paper dolls, calendars, postcards, and prints. |
Cooper Maps and Prints
Features maps, charts, botanicals, and natural history prints. |
Girasol Collectables
Specializes in pulp magazines, reprints, and art. |
Johns' Western Gallery
Featuring books, manuscripts, and ephemera of the American West. |
Metropolis - Cine
Movie Posters and memorabilia. Located in Italy; prices are in Euros. |
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