And now for some thing completly different - An old beautiful Japanese matchbook of a Sailor in a very good condition for it's old age

Japanese Matchbook Skillets are not usually seen or sold on the net, but here some photos I found

Matchbooks and Matchbook Collecting: A Brief Look

Few words from the author of this lovely video:

"Hello, here's a video about vintage matchbooks; a kind of companion piece to the one about typewriter ribbon tins. It moves too quickly to read all of the text in a few of them, but you can go back and pause to get more detail.
My friend Adam generously loaned me his match collection, and a lot of photos didn't make the cut, so stay tuned for a slideshow of outtakes. I hope to continue making these videos and sharing them with my fellow "collectibiliacs", who share my curiosity about the many things we like to collect, and why. This one took forever, but I learned a lot in the process. Thanks for watching, and I hope you like it! "

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Some odd shape matchboxes I found on my recent visit at the Haifa's flea market and one old book shape matchbox that I got from my Facebook friend Osamu Kamigashima



Gordon's Dry Gin matchbooks - back side 



Front side



Cigar Matches box - Cylinder shape



Japanese old book shape matchbox -
thanks to Facebook friend Osamu Kamigashima

Exploring History Via The Matchbook Cover - A very interesting website about the History of the Matchbooks

http://matchcoverguy.com/

 Matchbook covers, which are commonly referred to as matchcovers, not only provide us with a vehicle to be taken back to a simpler time, but they also provide us with history lessons as well.

All right reserved to Warren Barnes the operator of Matchcoverguy.com.

An interesting story by the "Collectors Weekly" about the lovely "feature matches" of the 1930's in the USA

Playing With Matches: Sexy, Silly 1930s Ads That Went Up in Smoke

"Smoking is growing more taboo in the United States now, but back in the 1930s, cigarettes were sexy. And where there was smoke, there were matches. At one point, nearly every business in the country, whether it was a national chain or a local Mom ‘n’ Pop, produced logoed matchbooks to help their customers fuel their nicotine habit—now known to be a deadly addiction...."

All rights reserved to the "Collectors Weekly" - Copyright © 2007–2012 Market Street Media LLC

Thanks to my friend Mike De Mondo who sent me this link.

Another heartwarming story about an old man who collects Matchbooks

Bob Pitcher is a 80 years old man, and he collects Matchbooks for a half century...
A nice story from the Tampa Bay Times:  Bob Pitcher -  Matchbooks collector

Bob Pitcher keeps his collection of matchbooks from across the country in binders, tucked away on shelves in his Dunedin home. He has matchbooks from New York to Nevada. Why matchbooks? “Something to do,” he says. “What else can I do? I can’t jog. I can’t lift weights.”

His living room shelves sagged from the weight of the albums of the matchbooks — 100 albums or so, each containing about 600 matchbooks. Sixty thousand matchbooks out of the past.

I liked his words at the end of the article: "We collect for a lot of reasons. Perhaps collecting is a way to stay in touch with our youth. But maybe it's something more. A collection is proof that we were here."


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Striking Images: Matchbook Advertising - an interesting article

This week, we tell the remarkable story and journey of matchbook advertising.... (link)

 

A very interesting article about the history of  Phillumeny and Matchbook Advertising.

 

Joshua Pusey's flexible match patent.

Have you been to Disneyland yet?

Get yourself a life insuarance (haven't we talked about it yet?)

New Hotels and Restaurants' Matchbooks

Some interesting items

A matchbook or mini calculator?

Matches game

A missing man ad

A missing note inside the matchbook

A creased matchbook with many crinkles and one match

A lonely sad match

A 38.5 cm. matchbook

Two Egyptian Matchbooks - Thanks to Mr. Avraham from "Tapuz" Israeli forum of collectors, who sent me these matchbooks

Just two nice colorfull and picturesque art nouveau items

More Cigarette brands matchbooks from various countries

Thanks to Hans Everink from Holland 

who sent me these lovely matchboxes

Thanks to my friend Manoj from India, who sent me 

these lovely matchboxes

Thanks to Mr. Avraham from "Tapuz" Israeli forum of collectors,
who sent me these matchbooks

General Moshe Dayan - 1972 Man of the year. Thanks to Mr. Avraham from "Tapuz" Israeli forum of collectors, who sent me this nice matchbook

And the last things which were sent to me by Mr. Jerry Manley - Vintage Matchbooks from Mexico and USA

Front

Back

And here is the yellow matchbook with the full "feature matches" inside -

These feature matches are selling a laundry service. Photos by Frank Kelsey

Beautiful vintage "Feature Matches" Pin-up matchbooks from USA sent to me by an amazing man whose name is Mr, Jerry Manley from California who found me in the middle of no where



Tropics Feature Matches

Carnival Room - Feature Matches

Vintage Matchbooks are like ‘time capsules’ that capture the aesthetic of the 1930′s - A short time collector

A short time collector...: "The closest I’ve ever come to collecting anything was a five day encounter in 1993 with the idea that accumulating matchbooks might be my go. Unfortunately my short attention span meant my collection only ever consisted of two before I tired of the idea.

Even though I didn’t get very far with my collection, I’ve continued to carry a torch for vintage matchbooks – every cover is like a mini pop masterpiece. Take these treasures that were recently unearthed at a NYC flea market. Made by Lion Match USA, these matchbooks are like ‘time capsules’ that capture the aesthetic of the 1930′s.

Are you a collector? What have you had more success than me in amassing?"

Link: Vintage Matchbooks

Link: Gorgeous Matches from the1930s

Relax at the bitch with this lovely Amrican girl

Thanks to my friend Mike De Mondo who sent me this matchbook