Calendar Collectors eNews November 3rd Edition

Welcome to the November 3, 2001 issue of the Calendar Collectors eNews supporting the collecting of all types of calendars and calendar art. The free electronic newsletter is produced by the Calendar Collector Society and the CCS website. We welcome your input and comments. Please keep in touch: info@calendarcollectors.org Thanks, Larry Krug & Rick Moses.

eNews offers short news briefs, each tied to a longer feature on the Calendar Collectors eNews page of the Calendar Collectors Society website at http://calendarcollectors.org

All of those who receive eNews are encouraged to contribute news relating to your collection and items of interest to other readers. Also, please react to the various collecting issues that will be presented in eNews. We welcome as eNews readers those interested in collecting advertising, books, paper and ephemera, as well. Send information via e-mail to: info@calendarcollectors.org or by FAX at 301.926.7648.

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Got News? Any News?

If you have items of interest for our Calendar Collectors eNews readers, please send them to: info@calendarcollectors.org. Let us hear from you.

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Issue: The Annual Crop of "New" Calendars

We're going to turn this issue into a reader response survey. This is the time of year when the calendar stores suddenly "appear" in the shopping malls offering hundreds and hundreds of mostly wall calendars with every conceivable subject area. (Our local mall has two large calendar stores which came in during the past month.) Most of these are 12-page/12-month photographic calendars and the going rate is around $10. (When the stores close in January or February, usually the left over calendars can be purchased for half price or less.) These are "generic" subject calendars, not advertising calendars, and are basically produced for people to buy as gifts. The Calendar Collectors Society has had several queries: Are these calendars collectible? Will they ever be highly sought after? Please read further...

We are interested, as a calendar collector or ephemera collector, what is your opinion? Many of these calendars have absolutely beautiful photography and artwork and are of quality production. Do they have any collectible potential? What would make some of them more collectible than others? Let us hear from you at: info@calendarcollectors.org We'll run the results in the next eNews newsletter.

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Issue: Placing Collecting in Proper Perspective

Since the September 11 terrorist attacks our country has changed. The shock, the anger, the unnecessary suffering and loss of human life will be in our memory for a lifetime. As a people, Americans reacted in unison...with outstretched hands of assistance...and, we changed. Everything else came to a halt. Canceling hundreds of antiques & collectibles shows and auctions was the appropriate decision to make, just like canceling baseball and football games or entertainment events. It was appropriate to do so.

Although we will continue to hurt, and to be angry, and undoubtedly may not feel as comfortable with our lives as we were before the 11th, as the President said, the best thing we can do is to go back to work and work hard...and to hug our children. We need to be more aware of the great blessings and opportunities we have living in America and learn to be more aware of these blessings each and every day.

Yes, it seems in the days after the terrorist attacks that it really didn't seem to matter about antique shows or auctions being canceled. They really weren't that important in the greater perspective of what was happening. At the time, our collections were a low priority. We are now reading letters in some collecting publications, however, that raise a concern. True, in times of great emergency, the antiques and collectibles industry takes a back seat...not unlike sporting and entertainment events and some other areas. But, it does not mean that any of these areas are any less important when it comes to our quality of life. They all hold great personal meaning.

In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks, we are a changed nation. But I believe one of those changes is a realization of what a great place America really is in which to live, to grow, to work and to play. We work hard to have a better quality of life for ourselves and our families. Now, perhaps more of us will take pause in realizing what this really means. And, quality of life means more than just financial quality. We need to take time to think about the things we really like to do...and then we need to make sure we take the time to do them. We mean family vacations, fishing trips, sports events, a walk in the woods or along the beach, picnics in the park, backyard barbecues, county fairs...and collecting.

Perhaps now, more than ever before, a collection can be appreciated for the sheer, personal enjoyment it brings the collector. A decision to start a collection, add to it, show it to friends and family is one of the truest pleasures when we talk about quality of life. In the stressful days, weeks and months ahead, a collection can be a very stabilizing factor in our daily lives.

Let's not "put down" collecting as irrelevant and not important in a stressful world and with the upcoming challenges of America...let's raise collecting up as the perfect component of our daily lives to appreciate and to enjoy. Larry Krug

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Adding People to Calendar Collectors eNews List

We have had several queries, "can anyone sign up for the Calendar Collectors eNews, or is it strictly just for calendar collectors and members of the Calendar Collectors Society? The answer is easy. Anyone who has any interest in collecting can sign up for the free newsletter, particularly if their interests involve calendars, calendar art, almanacs, schedules, paper ephemera, postcards, books or related collectibles. Go to http://americanaresources.com to sign up or use the simple guidelines at the bottom of this E-mail. At the americanaresources website you can sign up for several different free newsletters including electronic newsletters directed to the following audiences: political collectors, collecting clubs, antiques & collectibles dealers, flea market managers & vendors, show promoters, antique mall managers, theft reports, auctioneers, reproductions and collecting club convention managers, in addition to the Calendar Collecting eNews.

We appreciate your promotion of eNews through your newsletters or on your websites. Thanks

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American Illustrators Stamp Series

The U.S. stamp series which came out earlier this year depicting details of original artwork from 20 prominent American illustrators includes representation from many of our more prominent calendar art illustrators.

We were pleased to see that a brief biography of each of the 20 illustrators appears on the back of the 20-stamp sheet. Although we may have made other suggestions for representation, the 20 selected for this particular series are certainly a prominent group. They include: Coles Phillips, Robert Fawcett, Joseph Christian Leyendecker, Maxfield Parrish, James Montgomery Flagg, dean Cornwell, Rose O'Neill, Howard Pyle, Arthur Burdett Frost, Al Parker, Harvey Dunn, Jon Whitcomb, Neysa McMein, Jessie Wilcox Smith, Edwin Austin Abbey, John Held, Jr, Norman Rockwell, Newell Convers Wyeth, Rockwell Kent and Frederic Remington.

If interested at all in American illustrators, go to your local post office and ask if they still have any of these stamps left. We think you will enjoy them.

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Calendar Collectors Society Rejuvenated

The Calendar Collectors Society (CCS), which serves the entire field relating to the collection of calendars and calendar art, is announcing some new projects and services.

The organization, which began in 1995, not only serves the collectors of traditional wall calendars, but a wide range of other collectibles. Larry Krug, co-founder of CCS, explains that membership includes collectors of perpetual calendars, diaries and almanacs, calendar plates and calendar towels, postcard calendars and wallet or pocket calendars and all kinds of variations there of. Collectors of calendar art are also well represented as CCS members, as well as many advertising collectors who include advertising calendars in their collections.

CCS operates a website at: http://calendarcollectors.org and has launched a free electronic newsletter: Calendar Collectors eNews. Anyone interested in receiving this newsletter can sign up for it by going to the website: http://americanaresources.com

For paper collectors, and paper dealers, the website also offers a real bargain on their classified advertising. Ads of up to 50 words are available for $10/year! They can also include live links to your url or e-mail address. Simply send your advertising copy along with a check for $10 to the address given below.

Krug says a CCS auction is planned for upcoming months, and a membership directory will be issued in early 2002. Annual dues for CCS is $10. Anyone interested in joining should contact CCS, 18222 Flower Hill Way #299, Gaithersburg, MD 20879 or e-mail info@calendarcollectors.org The $10 membership dues also offers one free classified ad, as mentioned above, a $10 value in and of itself!

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First Sherwood Brothers Service Road Map Swap Meet Planned

The First Annual Sherwood Brothers Service Road Map Swap Meet will be held on Saturday, November 10 from 1 to 6 pm at the Women's Club Building in Catonsville, Maryland. The Women's Club is located at 10 St. Timothy's Lane, just off Frederick Road, a "stone's throw" west of the Baltimore Beltway (I-695).

The Sherwood Brothers organization distributed Richfield petroleum products and free road maps through its many service stations in the Maryland, Delaware and Washington, DC area from the 1930's through the 1950's. They had their own brand of gasoline, Betholine, and later on converted to the Sinclair brand.

Admission is $8 to browse, and $10 to set up with table space. Road map collectors and cartography aficionados from all over the East Coast are expected to attend. The last Baltimore road map swap meet, the Lord Baltimore, boasted 88 attendees last March. The early afternoon start is designated to allow map enthusiasts from nearby states and cities ample time to travel to Baltimore that morning and get set up before the 1pm start time. It is expected that several thousand maps will be available for perusal, and the general public is welcome.

The Sherwood Brothers Service Road Map Swap Meet is sponsored by the http://www.20thcenturymaps.com website. For more information contact Noel Levy at 410.363.9040

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New Season of `Antiques Roadshow UK' Premiered Oct 4

The new season of "Antiques Roadshow UK" premiered on PBS on October 4, starting its 23rd season.

The show will be packed with flea market finds, heirlooms and junkyard gems. Appraisal events held throughout the United Kingdom yield such treasures as a rare piece of 17th-century English delftware valued at $75,000 to $150,000 and a precious collection of donated pottery valued at more than $375,000.

The show is slated to air Thursdays at 8pm Eastern. Check your local listings.

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Remember, we have a Collecting Clubs eNews, Antiques & Collectibles Show Promoters eNews, Flea Market eNews, Antique & Collectible Dealers eNews, Mall Managers eNews, Auctioneers eNews, TheftReports eNews, Calendar Collectors eNews and Political Collectors eNews. Each eNews electronic newsletter is specifically focused to reach from hundreds to thousands of key players in the antiques & collectibles industry. Advertise in only one...or advertise in several at negotiated prices.

Send copy via e-mail to: info@collectors.org FAX - 301.926.7648 Mail: Collectors.Org, 18222 Flower Hill Way #299, Gaithersburg, MD 20879. Checks should be made out to: Collectors.Org. We accept credit cards: Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American Express.

With your copy and payment please include when you would like your sponsorship to appear. Some eMails go out weekly; others are less often. Thanks, and we look forward to working with you as an eNews sponsor.

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Request. Osborne Calendar Company

Peggi Calder writes, "I am searching for information on the Osborne Calendar Company of Newark, New Jersey. My great-grandfather, Paul Wickson, did a lot of the original work for them in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Any information anyone can provide would be greatly appreciated.

If anyone can help Peggi, her e-mail address is: billc@cnwl.igs.net Please copy us at: info@calendarcollectors.org We would like to know more about this company, too! Thanks.

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Request. Pirelli Calendars

The Calendar Collectors Society gets more requests for information & values on Pirelli calendars than any other single request. The website www.pirellicalendars.com was very helpful, however unfortunately seems to have dropped out of sight.

Anyone have any resources which we could refer to our site visitors regarding the popular Pirelli calendars? Please e-mail us at: info@calendarcollectors.org Thanks.

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Request. Red Thursdays Calendar

A reader writes, "I have a 1903 calendar where every Thursday on the calendar is printed in the color red as oppossed to the black & white print for the remainder of the days of the calendar. Does anyone know what significance this may have?

We couldn't come up with an answer. If anyone out there would like to venture a guess, we'll pass it along. Thanks. e-mail: info@calendarcollectors.org

We Need Your Help on Future Stories

We're not asking anyone to write articles for the CCS website or Calendar Collectors eNews, but would like any comments you may have, suggested resources, your own collection, or whatever on the following topics and then we will weave the information into a story. Here are a few for starters: 1)perpetual calendars, 2) pocket calendars (particularly you collectors in Europe and South & Central America), 3) calendar towels, 4) calendar history, and 5) calendar reform. Also, welcome reports on calendar activity at paper shows around the country. Please contact us at: info@calendarcollectors.org or call 301.926.8663 FAX 301.9267648 200110