Matchbook covers collectors book

I will make one more video of my very best soon thanks for watching. No keen phillumenists collection is complete without novelty collectable matchboxes and matchbooks. The best deals on advertisements, hotels, motels, international locations, lounges, bars, other collectible matchbooks, restaurants, us locations, vehicles, transportation. Matchbook covers carry different values sun sentinel. Cut the matchbook covers to reveal the fronts and backs of the designs.

I got two questions recently about matchbooks from people who came across my blog post about a matchbook covers collection sold at auction. You wont get rich collecting matchbooks most covers are worth no more than a few cents each, so most folks do it because they love it. Matchbook collectors 15 matchbook convention 6 matchbook covers 20 matchbook typography 3 matchcovers 1. New listing supermarket matchbook covers 7 different iga front strike. Most collectors house their covers in 3ring binders, with the covers either on specially cut pages in which the covers can be inserted now rapidly becoming obsolete, or in the current plastic, seethrough pages especially designed for the various sizes of match covers see the supplies page for page dealers. Display your vintage matchboxes matchcovers and matchbooks collection proudly in our matchbook albums and matchcover albums. Hobbymasters matchbook album is a large 3 thick and includes 10 12pocket ez in plastic pages to hold 20strike, 30strike and 10strike matchbooks. A specialty club focusing on girlie matchcovers and boxes. Sets featuring illustrations of holiday themes, costumes and classic advertising are ideal for adding colour to your collection. For safety reasons, most collectors prefer to shuck the matches from matchbooks and save only the cover, lain flat.

Finally, a free book of matches came with every pack of cigarettes. Matches come in a wide variety of sizes and special shapes. Website dedicated to collecting matchbooks, matchcovers and matchboxes. Jan 22, 2017 after getting requests for information on what to look for when finding matchbooks, i put together a video with some basic information about matchbook sizes and strikers. Shown at top are matchbooks while most of the rest you see are matchcovers. Since 1894, when pabst beer ordered the first promotional matchbooks on record ever made, businesses and individuals have been placing their logos, slogans, and artwork on matchbook covers to promote their products and services. Ive selected the best for their graphic design, historical value, or the sad tale you can infer by holding them between thumb and finger and listening closely.

Restaurant matchbooks are memorabilia from another era and may represent dining in a fondly remembered venue. Six club bulletins per year, 32 pages per issue hard copies or fullcolor ebulletins a copy of the rms constitution. In the midst of the depression, diamonds matchbook covers featured hollywood celebrities. The diamond match company promptly purchased puseys patent he remained diamonds attorney for the rest of his life, and in 1894, a company. These matches are then discarded and the covers are stored flat. Offering deep liquidity and low commissions, matchbook returns maximum value to bettors.

These come from many sources estate sales, ebay, antique stores, my own childhood collection. The biggest hurdle to completing the sets isnt their price rather, its finding them all. Matchbook is a peertopeer betting exchange designed for smart bettors who want more value. After getting requests for information on what to look for when finding matchbooks, i put together a video with some basic information about matchbook sizes and strikers. Get the best deals on collectible us matchbooks when you shop the largest online selection at. The internets largest retailer of vintage matchbooks. Learn more about this hot collecting field in todays collectors corner column. Matchbook album matchcover collecting albums and supplies. Matchbooks have been around since 1892, when joshua pusey patented the idea of. Collecting of matchboxes, matchbooks, match labels and other matchrelated items is called. You can look on ebay all day and see people asking for huge sums for similar collections. As you build your matchbook collection and would like to expand your hobby, consider a couple of the following ideas join one of the many matchbook collectors clubs.

The only exception to this procedure is for novelty or feature matchbooks. Get the best deal for collectible matchbooks from the largest online selection at. Other collectible matchbooks, matchbooks, paper, collectibles. Matchbooks from two night clubs, a desoto car and an ad for a book. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. See more ideas about displaying collections, display and ticket display. The comprehensive reference book and price guide to matchcovers, 2nd edition bill retskin, john williams on. Called phillumenists, collectors of matchbook covers that advertise businesses or restaurants have been collecting this promotional medium since the early 20th century. If desired, leave the black strike strip on some of them to give the project added visual interest. I figure, why not ask some collectors if there are specific matchbooks that you would like to have a part of your collection that i may have. The matchbook covers an illustrated side project by. Years later, many of those nowvintage matchbooks have become collectors items. He tells me this is an excellent reference book for collectors of matchbook covers. Striking on the modern matchbook the new york times.

We are both retired so he spends hours a day with this book and his thousands of covers, cataloging and putting them in binders for safekeeping and viewing. New listing second city the old firehall dinner theatre toronto match book matches fire mb3. Aside from individual collectors and noncollectors, flea markets, yard sales, and paper shows, auctions offer the largest and biggest variety of covers being offered. Home welcome to the british matchbox label and bookmatch society here are some items that interest our members and inspire them to collect. Matchbooks have been around since 1892, when joshua pusey patented the idea of paper matches, whose tips were dipped in a solution of sulphur and phosphorus and then stapled to a piece of cardboard. Matchbooks, casino memorabilia, casino, collectibles. Put the covers in to stacks of roughly 50 covers and flatten them in a vice. The matchbook is exceptionally simple, a nice shade of pale green, with only the name on the front cov.

We dont cut the strikers off covers in any hobby, knowledge leads to both skill and enjoyment. Matchcover collecting is a truly worldwide hobby, with collectors and collecting clubs or societies in almost every country in the world. We are both retired so he spends hours a day with this book and his thousands. Matchbook collecting is easy to do and always provides a great conversation piece when entertaining.

In japan, teiichi yoshizawa was listed in the guinness book of world records as the worlds top. See more ideas about matchbox art, vintage advertisements and vintage. A listing of the red and black marlboro matchcovers that were issued in the late 1990s for various businesses. Lot of 30 matchbooks from the 40s to 90s vintage matches matchbook hotels casinos bar las vegas matchcovers match covers cover book books. Expand your collecting hobby by buying and selling collector matchbooks.

Michele alice sheds light on a popular area of collecting. By the 1940s, it was estimated that more than one million americans had become phillumenists, or matchbook collectors. Do not strike any of the matches on the striker strip on the covers, doing. Ebay on the internet has rapidly become the glitziest and most talked about auction, but my own advice is to stay within the hobby auctions. Phillumeny british matchbox label and bookmatch society. Money back guarantee ensures you receive the item you ordered or get your money back. In fact the dealer in me thinks of the limited quantities of t206 honus wagner baseball cards and figures this matchbook likely exists in smaller quantities than that holy grail of collecting. A resource site for matchcover collectors photo note.

Get the best deal for collectable matchboxes from the largest online selection at. We offer a wide collection of different sizes to suit your needs. Diamond match cover book u pick football players lions pirates u of ill 1930s. Almost all collectors flatten their books like this. As an international membership society our members are interested in matchboxes, matchbox labels, bookmatch covers and all types of match related items from around the globe.

Instead of me researching these 2 giant totes i have filled with matchbooks and matchbook covers. Vintage novelty collectable matchboxes and matchbooks are available in a wide variety of unusual and exotic designs. Phillumenists, as matchbook collectors are known, shuck matchbooks by carefully prying open the staple to remove the matches from the inside of the cover. They will repost the same listings for months or even years without any sale. Covers have been used as a form of advertising since 1894, two years after they were patented, and since then, have attracted people who enjoy the hobby of collecting. This page is dedicated to those who share the love of light, serious hard. Phillumeny is the field of collecting all things having to do with matches, including matchbook covers. A collectible matchbooks buyers guide since 1894, when pabst beer ordered the first promotional matchbooks on record ever made, businesses and individuals have been placing their logos, slogans, and artwork on matchbook covers to promote their products and services. One collector is seymour shedlow, vice president of the windy city matchcover club. The pages are archival safe with no acid, vinyl or pvc to damage your covers.

The two matchbook covers from the sixties differ in exposure and density, so the one in better condition was chosen as the one to display open in the sink mat. Normally, the only fullbooks intact matchbooks collected. A membership roster of some 600 collectors with whom you are encouraged to trade covers, and to collect ideas and other hobby information. A matchbook is a small paperboard folder matchcover enclosing a quantity of matches and. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. Local matchbook enthusiasts share their collection. I wasnt around when the matchbook collection was sold, but i suspect that it didnt go for much. Almost all collectors flatten their books like this for display, storage, and safety reasons. Besides some very old very specific covers most are worth 1075 cents. Place pieces of wood on the jaws of the vice to protect the covers on the top and bottom of the stack. A matchcover, or matchbook cover, is a thin cardboard covering that folds over match sticks in a book or pack of matches. The home for the rocky mountain matchcover collectors club. A few of the many volkswagen matchbook covers i found at the 79th rms convention in cleveland. The goals of the club are to 1 publish an updated, illustrated catalog of known girlie sets and singles, and 2 to put collectors in contact with one another.

Framed matchbook covers cute and inexpensive way to add art to the walls. Oct 24, 2004 michele alice sheds light on a popular area of collecting. This is part of my collection of matchbook covers for your enjoyment. Oct 05, 2012 i got two questions recently about matchbooks from people who came across my blog post about a matchbook covers collection sold at auction. Collectors share a common bond their love of matchcovers and matchboxes. Alternately, one could use corner or strip mounts intended for thicker artworks on board, or simply slip. Matchbooks, casino memorabilia, casino, collectibles picclick. The comprehensive reference book and price guide to matchcovers, 2nd edition.

This club not only provided entertainment, fine food and dancing but was hollywoods own casino royal, hidden smoky rooms filled with well dressed patrons, hollywood elite playing cards or roulette. Old time collectors plus an intro to the lindbergh and mendelson covers. Another reader wante dto know the value of a book about booker t. On matchbook, bettors find better odds, a clean and easytouse betting interface, and helpful customer support. Cut matches from their covers to prevent a fire hazard. Aside from individual collectors and non collectors, flea markets, yard sales, and paper shows, auctions offer the largest and biggest variety of covers being offered.