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Collection Agency: A More Inconspicuous Coin Category
Major Discovery: A Cartoon Bread Clip Character!
The Enduring Appeal and Mystery of Clock Head
Mood Indigo: The Allure of Blue Amberol Records
A Little-Known Chapter in Gas Station History
For Pleat’s Sake: Another Super-Cool Factory Tour
We Have a Winner: See Our New T-Shirts!
The Scourge of Inconsistent Street Sign Lettering
The Surprisingly Deep “Sanforized” Rabbit Hole
The Colorful Little Road Markers with a Story to Tell
A Different Kind of Ticket Collection
Resurrecting the Half-Dollar, One Transaction at a Time
The Names We Give Our Grandparents
The Power of the Unlikely Time Capsule
The Pleasures of Improvised Bookmarks
A Very Special Postal Art Project
The Pleasures of Paying With Cash
Can You Design a New Inconspicuous Consumption T-Shirt?
What Did People Die of 140 Years Ago?
The Fascinating Story of Juicy Fruit Gum
Lost and Found: The Power of a Rediscovered Artifact
A Very Special, Utterly Enjoyable Piece of Mail
In Which I Attend a Matchbook Collectors’ Event
Where Should the Apostrophe Go on a Vertically Lettered Sign?
Some Thoughts About Collecting Matchbooks
A Spectacular Matchbook Catalog, in a Very Satisfying Format
One Person’s Obsessive Archive of Postal Activity
And Now Some Words About Mathematics From ... Werner Herzog?
A Return Visit to the Ephemera Fair
Collection Agency: A Lifetime of Creative Collecting
The Oddly Compelling Pleasures of Obsessive Artwork
There’s an Epidemic of Upside-Down Letters!
The Pleasures of Poor Product Design
An Epic Exhibition of Ashtrays!
A Very Dairy Mystery: The Colors of Butter
The Man Behind the Upside-Down “H”
H-Bomb: A Frank Lloyd Wright Typographic Mystery
How a Single Piece of Pepperoni Got Me Thinking Really, Really Hard
A Museum Devoted to Everyday Items
The Weirdest Thing About Seeing a Movie by Myself (transcript of audio post)
The Weirdest Thing About Seeing a Movie by Myself
Remembering to Dot Every “i” — Literally
Little Stories: The Eagles, My Mom, and Me
What the Hell Is an Addressograph?
Still More Bottom-Button Banter
What’s Wrong with This Picture?
Stick Figures in Peril — on a Hand-Embroidered Quilt!
Collection Agency: From Glassware to Hardware
The Most Puzzling Part of Your Stapler