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 Examples include newspapers, outdated maps, and old letters.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.
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  • Maps
  • Periodicals
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  • Prints and Posters

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  • 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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  • Jardins Antiques Traditional Collectibles,Ephemera Directory
    URL : www.jardinsantiques.com/catalog/Traditional_Collectibles:Ephemera.html
    ... Collectibles,Ephemera, ,Paper,Print,Photographs,Postcards for sale by Jardins Antiques. ... Antique Clark's Thread Child's Doll Postcard. Vintage 1940's ...[2008/11/26]
  • Antiques Art Collectibles Ephemera Antiques
    URL : www.antiques.ohyesvintagejewelry.com
    Your online store for antiques, art, collectibles, stamps and more. ... Advertising Collectibles. Antique Paper Ephemera. Arrowheads. Art Work. Book Store ...[2008/11/19]
  • Vintage Ephemera
    URL : www.mygrannysatticantiques.com/html/vintage_ephemera.html
    ... a large inventory of vintage ephemera and collectible advertising collectibles including vintage greeting cards and ... Attic Antiques and Collectibles ...[2007/01/22]
  • Antique Hangups & CyberMall
    URL : www.antique-hangups.com
    Offering Antiques, Ephemera, Books, Magazines, Collectibles, Advertisements, Historical Trivia, Genealogy ... Current Books and Tapes On Antiques and Collectibles ...[2008/12/01]
  • Jardins Antiques Traditional Collectibles,Ephemera,Photographs Directory
    URL : jardinsantiques.com/catalog/Traditional_Collectibles:Ephemera:Photo...
    Selection of Traditional Collectibles,Ephemera,Photographs, for sale by Jardins Antiques. ... Traditional Collectibles: Ephemera: Photographs (7) Antique Girl ...[2008/11/26]
  • Black, Political, Historical, & Travel Memorabilia, Souvenirs, Ephemera ...
    URL : www.collectics.com/memorabilia.html
    Buy and collect vintage and antique memorabilia, americana, and historical commemorative ephemera at Collectics Antiques & Collectibles, the top collecting resource ...[2008/11/08]
  • Paper-Ephemera | Antiques, Collectibles and Auction News
    URL : antiques-collectibles-auction-news.com/category/.../paper-ephemera
    Antiques and ... Ephemera. Antiques and collectibles paper ephemera. ( Wikipedia ... Website in Antiques-Collectibles, Auctions, New-York ...[2008/11/29]
  • Antique Paper Ephemera - Antiques Art Collectibles Ephemera Antiques
    URL : antiques.ohyesvintagejewelry.com/?p=productsList&iCategory=6
    Your online store for antiques, art, collectibles, stamps and more. ... Advertising Collectibles. Antique Paper Ephemera. Valentines. Victorian Post Cards ...[2008/11/28]
  • Postcards, Antiques & Ephemera Ring
    URL : t.webring.com/hub?ring=postcards
    World wide vintage postcards, photographs, antiques, collectibles and ephemera ring. Online Shops, personal web pages, historical web pages & collectible clubs are ...[2008/11/27]
  • Paper Ephemera - Books | Target.com
    URL : target.com/Paper-Ephemera-Antiques-Collectibles-Books/b?...&node=5097
    Buy Paper Ephemera Books and other related products at Target.com[2008/11/16]
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