As a major world figure in the early 20th Century Kipling also found himself the subject of many magazine articles, all of which are collectible to someone with an interest in Kipling, but obviously few of which approach the value of issues containing his original writing. An exception to this would be the September 27, 1926 issue of Time Magazine shown at the top of this piece, which featured him on the front cover.
Lew Ayres – A Brief Biography of the Dr. Kildare Star
A brief look at the life and career of Lew Ayres, best remembered as the youthful star of All Quiet on the Western Front and several Dr. Kildare features.
How to Get Decent Photos of Negatives Quick and Easy Without Spending Any Money
I am not a camera guy. In fact, I bought my first digital camera maybe six months ago after only using a camera for my eBay photos since 2000. So when I got a really good deal on a large batch of old movie copy negatives I was thrilled, but after holding them for awhile […]
Putting the Weil-Ptak “Standardized” Ephemera Scale to Work
Great, potentially important, post by Marty Weil today over at the ephemera blog: The Weil-Ptak “Standardized” Ephemera Scale In short, the scale, brainchild of Marty Weil and John F. Ptak, who operates an online bookstore, delves into the details of 6 factors to categorize ephemera items from “least ephemeral to most.” I don’t want to […]
Online interviews about Magazine Collecting
I’m going to get these couple of links over to the Collecting Old Magazines home page when I get to its redesign, but as for now figure I’d post them here. Here are a couple of recent chats I had centered on magazine collecting: Is It Worth Keeping Old Magazines at LoveToKnow.com And more recently: […]
Nabokov’s Dark Cinema by Alfred Appel (1974)
I was stumbling around the book store a month or so ago looking to burn a gift certificate and I did pretty well. First I grabbed a Don Marquis biography (O Rare Don Marquis by Edward Anthony) which surprised me merely by existing–Marquis is one of those early 20th Century authors who seems to have […]
Interview with Cliff Aliperti about magazine collecting at LoveToKnow.com
Hey, wait, that’s me. Crystal Schwanke contacted me through eBay a couple of weeks ago about doing this. She sent me some questions and I did my best to answer them. I really wasn’t familiar with the site, but clicked around it a little after Crystal first contacted me and it looked pretty comprehensive. The […]
Louise Brooks Auction Ends – Card sells for just over $250
This was a pretty strange auction I thought (the one for this card). I listed the card last week with a reserve price of $89.98. That was met almost immediately, and then two bidders squared off and bumped the card up to just over $220 within the first 24 hours of the auction. That’s when […]
George White’s Scandals of 1924 Permit Cards – Louise Brooks
A look at a very rare Permit Card for George White’s Scandals of 1924. While there were a few different issued this one pictures Louise Brooks.
Edward Arnold in Diamond Jim (1935)
Just watched Diamond Jim (1935) and figured I’d post a quick comment since it only has a total of 44 votes on the IMDb. Frankly, I’m surprised it has that many, because I’ve been looking for a copy for the past 5 or 6 years, ever since I realized that Edward Arnold’s boisterous laugh manages […]