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About Antique Printing Equipment
If you're the type who collects antique printing equipment (pun intended), you may already be doing letterpress printing or making books by hand. Or maybe you just appreciate the character of old wood or metal type, printers cabinets and other tools, or antique presses themselves. Although not a huge antiques category, there's a lot of great history and craftsmanship here.
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Upcoming Events
2010 Dallas Pen Show
Sep 24–25. Dallas, TX.
2011 Long Island Pen Show
Mar 5–6, 2011. Hempstead, NY.
2011 Arkansas Pen and Watch Show
Mar 11–12, 2011. North Little Rock, AR.
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Interviews & Articles
Guest Column: Getting Started With an Antique Letterpress
If you are thinking of getting into letterpress printing or collecting antique printing equipment, congratulations. It is a very s… [more]
Four Hundred Years of Printing in America
Though slow in its beginning, John Gutenberg started the mighty force which rolls interminably on; the force that nations may brow… [more]
Best of the Web (“Hall of Fame”)
Briar Press Museum
Gutenberg would be jealous of this incredible collection of over 200 vintage letterpresses. Classified by type but … [read review or visit site]
Early Office Museum
This site showcases pre-1920 office antiques, including paperweights, writing ink, paper fasteners, seal pressers, … [read review or visit site]
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