- April 4, 2024 - New York Post
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- This is the hottest item at New York bars
and restaurants — and it’s not on the menu
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- “The hottest item at New York bars
and restaurants isn’t not on the menu, it’s on the
hostess stand. Matchbooks are all the rage. Regular diners are
collecting them, trading them with fellow enthusiasts and showing
off their finds on TikTok, where the hashtag #matches has
more than 64,000 posts….” full article at https://nypost.com/2024/04/25/lifestyle/matchbooks-are-in-hot-demand-at-nyc-bars-and-restaurants/
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January 2024 Artanddesigninspriation.com
- Exploring the Fascinating Art on Match
Books- Advertisements with Spark!
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- Art and Design Inspiration had a nice article on matchcovers, mostly pictures,
but a little historical background. [https://artanddesigninspiration.com/matchboxes-a-tiny-canvas-packed-with-power/]
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November 20, 2023
- There’s a vintage matchbook for everything
— especially at this collector’s paradise in L.A.
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- The Los Angeles Times ran a nice article
by Marah Eakin on the Angelus Matchcover Club.
- “It’s not hard to strike up an
illuminating conversation at a meeting of the Angelus Matchcover
Club. Just ask someone about their collection.
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- Since its inception in 1951, the club has
devoted itself to appreciating all things matchcovers. At one
of the club’s recent meetups in Pasadena, about 15 or so
members rustled through box after box of vintage matchbooks as
they talked about their recent finds.
One member was looking for covers from Mexico; another sought
out airline memorabilia. A gentleman proudly displayed his binder
of covers devoted to hot dogs, as well as a whole other binder
devoted to covers advertising or featuring chips, pretzels or
peanuts. A younger member dug through boxes of “freebies,”
a collection the club has purchased or that was donated, looking
for books mentioning classic L.A. eateries, while the club’s
president, Denise McKinney, explained match collecting lore and
terminology, from “features” — books where the
matches themselves have art on them — to “bobtails,”
or matchcovers that no longer feature the original striker and
thus are less collectible…”
- [Denise McKinney, President of
Angelus Matchcover Club]
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September 5, 2023
Collectors light up over vintage matchbooks
Antique Week (Antiqueweek.com) featured an article,
“Collectors light up over vintage matchbooks”, by William
Flood. I wasn’t able to reproduce it for the Bulletin, but
it covered quite a bit of territory and included some colorful
photos of various types of covers, including a Feature and Diamond’s
Golf-Tee matches. Unfortunately, the article did not include
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- Wisconsin, August 2022
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- Calling All Collectors
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- Mark Quilling, WI: Upon my retirement and relocation back
to Wisconsin, I contacted our local heritage museum to see if
they would be interested in hosting [a Collector’s Day].
The heritage museum jumped at the chance, and immediately put
it on their schedule for September 24th of this year. It’
a chance for collectors to show off their collections, and for
the public to come and ask questions. No selling or trading allowed—only
questions and answers. I’m helping organize the event, and
will assist in reviewing the applications to help select which
collections will be permitted to participate. I’m enclosing
one of the posters we have been distributing….and will also
have RMS applications and info available. Perhaps this will spur
other match collectors to contact their own museums.
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- Port Clinton News Herald, February 26, 2022
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- Local artists tackle tiny paintings on
matchbook covers
- “When a Port Clinton News Herald story about Genoa artist
Rebecca Booth popped up on Mark Quilling’s newsfeed, he
became captivated by her work.
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- Quilling, a matchbook collector from St. Paul, MN, contacted
Booth to ask if she would paint a matchbook cover for him. His
email spurred an idea in Booth, who enlisted other local artists
to paint matchbooks, too. “I had no clue what I was getting
when I got Rebecca. I hit the jackpot with her,” Quilling
said. “Within a day, the wheels were turning, and she started
listing off artists she thought would paint matchbooks, too.
I made a simple request, and it turned into this big event.”
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- On Jan. 31, members of the Plein Air group that meets
at The Arts Garage (TAG) every Monday morning gathered to paint
matchbooks for Quilling. They painted whatever came to mind —
flowers and clocks and wine bottles. For many, this was their
first attempt at painting on such a small surface. “This
is really different and will stretch us to come up with something
that will fit in that little, teeny space. It’s so small,”
said Barbara Radebaugh.
- Hope Burger said painting on such a limited backdrop was
new to her, but she was tackling it the way she always does,
by letting her paintbrush guide her work. “It’s fun
to work this small, but it’s different from what I’ve
been doing,” Burger said. “I’m an intuitive abstract
artist. I don’t plan when I start to paint. I make markings
and step back and see what I find in the project, usually a face
or animal. It’s like my subconscious coming through my painting.”
Shelby Bork, who rents space at TAG for her block printing art
projects, said she was glad to be a part of such a unique group
project.
- Quilling said he doesn’t normally collect hand-painted
matchbooks but enjoys having them when he finds an exceptional
artist like Booth willing to paint one. He owns only five handcrafted
matchbooks but thousands of machine printed matchbooks advertising
“everything from automobiles to zoos,” he said. Each,
he said, is a work of art with a message.
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- “That’s what attracted me to them. We (collectors)
think of them as pieces of art,” he said.” [https://www.portclintonnewsherald.com/story/news/2022/02/26/tag-artists-downsize-their-work-fit-matchbook-covers/6878220001/]
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