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What is ephemera..and is it curable?

5/6/2015

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Simply put, ephemera is paper and no it is not curable. Ephemera is a catch-all that quite simply is one of the easiest, most inexpensive ways to enter the collecting hobby. You probably have an ephemera collection and you didn't even know it. Do you have postcards, matchbooks, song sheets, old cheques, letters, bills of sale, pictures, contracts, stocks and bonds or cards, menus, or anything else made of paper hanging around? Congratulations, you are a collector of ephemera. 
The most difficult thing about collecting ephemera is narrowing your focus. The above photo is from a collection of vintage song sheets. I have hundreds of them. You may collect matches (not as easy as it once was) from every city or hotel or restaurant you ever went to; or postcards from the same. Limitless possibilities. If you decide to sell your ephemera, there are hundreds of thousands of buyers just waiting. You probably won't get rich, but you will certainly have fun. 

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