By Robert Reed  New Year’s Day has a distinguished past which has left behind a treasure trove of paper collectibles. They range from trade cards and early postcards to magazine covers and party programs.  Granted there was precious little paper in 46 BC when Julius Caesar finalized the Roman calendar. The ‘New Year’ has begun on the first day of […]

By Roy Nuhn  This month America once again celebrates the inaugural of an elected chief executive.  Such ceremonies hark back more than two hundred years to April 30, 1789.  On that long-ago Thursday, George Washington stood in New York City’s  Federal Hall and was sworn in as our first president.  More than 50 presidential swearing-ins have taken place during the […]

By Robert Reed  While the celebration of the first day of the calendar year is one of the world’s oldest events. The collecting of related memorabilia is still relatively new.  Yet the interest is clearly rising in the United States and other countries.  Party hats, postcards, holiday menus, lithographed noise makers, magazine covers, even specially illustrated transit tickets are being […]