The Old Book and Paper Show
This weekend I had a glimpse into a different world: the Old Book & Paper Show. Imagine an indoor market, four long rows of tables laden with vintage paper products of all kinds. Advertisements, magazines, maps, trading cards, postcards, comic books, WWII propaganda posters, concert programs – ephemera, they’re called, the sort of thing that most people would throw away, that might gain value after years. (The nightmare of a person already prone to keeping clutter, or perhaps more accurately the nightmare of the person who shares a home with her…)