27^th ANNUAL ANTIQUARIAN BOOK AND EPHEMERA FAIR

 TO BENEFIT ALBANY INSTITUTE OF HISTORY & ART

The Albany Institute’s 27^th Annual Antiquarian Book and Ephemera Fair will be held Saturday, October 27 at the Sports Complex on the campus of Hudson Valley Community College in Troy, NY. 

The Antiquarian Book and Ephemera Fair showcases the finest in rare and out-of-print books.  Among the 50+ dealers, collectors can find rare books, prints, autographs, maps, manuscripts, first editions and fine bindings.  Booths also feature children’s books, miniature books, vintage photographs, valentines, trade cards, political material, posters, broadsides, postcards and more.

Verbal appraisals on books and papers (photographs, manuscripts, autographs, rare volumes, etc.) from John DeMarco of Lyrical Ballad Bookstore in Saratoga and Dennis Holzman of Albany will be available from 11:00 am until 2:00 pm at a cost of $2 per item.

The 27^th Antiquarian Book and Ephemera Fair is a fund-raiser for the Albany Institute, one of the area’s most outstanding resources for information regarding, history, art and culture of the Upper Hudson Valley Region.  The Albany Institute’s collection consists of more than 1,000,000 items including books, periodicals, maps, photographs, manuscripts and ephemera.

The 27^th Antiquarian Book and Ephemera Fair will begin on Saturday, October 27 with an early buying preview at 8:30am and continue through 10:00am with a cost of $10, which includes continental breakfast.  The fair will continue through 4:00pm. General admission is $5, $4.50 with advertisement.   The book fair is managed by Oliver and Gannon Associates of Altamont, NY.  For addition information, contact the Albany Institute of History & Art at 518.463.4478.

What is Ephemera?

According to E. Richard McKinstry, past president of the Ephemera Society, “Ephemera is any printed or hand-written material intended for one purpose and then to be thrown away, such as calendars, playbills or cigar box label.  It is unlike other collectibles which were intentionally made to be kept.”  Interest in the field of ephemera collecting is on the rise, considering that membership in the Ephemera Society has grown from around 100 people in 1980 to more than 900 members today