Old Catalogs

For complete DOWNLOADS of these Gambling Catalogs...Go to: http://www.acnovelty.info Hello!... As I have always contended, collecting old catalogs is a hobby for anyone and everyone! …You're bound to find a category that you can collect whatever your interests may be...from fishing to gambling! Gambling???......That opens up a very interesting little niche that I want to talk about today...Not just gambling , but crooked gambling! More specifically, what I am talking about here are catalogs, often called "Blue Books" that were issued by crooked gambling supply houses. They actually advertised all sorts of crooked and gaffed items from loaded dice to marked cards in ... Read Full Story

OLD Catalog Scans!...1921 Wards MidWinterSale Catalog & a 1960 Crooked Gambling Supplies Catalog!...

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From the 1921 Montgomery Ward MidWinter Sale Catalog Hello!... Forrest Flanders here again for OLD CATALOGS. I’ve been busy for the past week with catalog scans. I I’ve just uploaded a scan of a 1960 Crooked Gambling Supply House catalog (the K.C. Card Co. of Chicago) to Flickr…It’s a scan of the entire 77 page catalog…I think you’ll find it fascinating!...You can access it at this URL: http://flickr.com/photos/oldcatalogs/sets/ The 2 nd item is a “camera scan” of the 1921 Wards MidWinter Sale Book… http://flickr.com/photos/oldcatalogs/sets/ But, first, ... Read Full Story

Scan of 1918 EATON'S FALL/WINTER Catalog...529 Pages!

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Hello Everybody!... This is Forrest Flanders for OLD CATALOGS... This has been a long and tedious project, but now it's completed. For the past week, I've been working on a complete scan of the Eaton's 1917-1918 Fall/Winter catalog. It's a biggie and runs 529 pages! I think it's one of their best old catalogs and it beats the previous Eaton's catalog (1917 Eatons Spring/Summer) that I scanned for you last week... Just go to this URL to view the entire catalog: http://flickr.com/photos/oldcatalogs/sets/72157605508283035/ A little later in the week I'll give you a short scan of the 1948 Eaton's Spring/Summer Sale catalog! Thanks for stopping ... Read Full Story

Old CatalogScan!...Scarce 1935 Johnson Smith Co. Supplemental Catalog Issue!

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Hello everybody!... This week I “camera scanned“ a 1935 Johnson Smith & Co. Supplemental Catalog …This was their last year in the Racine, Wisconsin location…It’s written like a newsletter with “Vol.1 No.9” appearing on the front cover together with the date “Feb., 1935”… .,..The catalog runs 48 full-sized pages measuring 7 ½” X 10” !...That’s about double the size of their regular catalog issues (which normally measure approx. 5” X 8”). I originally wrote this catalog up in a detailed post on February 8, 2008 (you can access this post through the URL listed below)… it’s one ... Read Full Story

Old Catalog Photo Scan!...1922 Royal Novelty Co. Catalog...

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Hello Everybody!... I have just uploaded a complete "camera" scan of a rare Royal Novelty Co. catalog that was issued circa 1922...We have seen this catalog offered for between $20.00 to $125. on the collector market. Royal was based in Norwalk, Connecticut and were a mild "competitor" to the Johnson Smith & Co. novelty company, although their catalog and inventory could in no way compare... The catalog, though, is interesting because it's a ... Read Full Story

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From the Garden - Wilmington gardener saves by collecting ...

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