Gelbert Swoop 2.0

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The Howie Gelbert Swoop on April 14th was well attended.

It was really nice to see so many letterpressers out and about on such a gorgeous Spring day.

The Swoop continues this Saturday, April 29th for anyone who couldn't make it earlier this month.

 

There's still a good variety of type fonts available as well as a furniture and reglet cabinet,

an Enkay Paper Trimmer, a 5 x 8 Kelsey, a half-size cabinet (12 cases), and a short open case cabinet in green.

 
 

Of course, there's lots of store inventory as well, including a rare item for us; 100 sheets of large rag paper.

See you Saturday! 

Swoop Details

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Just a day left until this Saturday's Swoop at Letterpress Things. There's a nice variety of "finds" from Howie's printshop.

Presses, such as a Vandercook 099, 5 x 8 and 3 x 5 Kelseys, as well several toy presses with rollers.

There's several books including catalogs and 40 plus ITC type specimen pamphlets.

 
 

We've got cases filled with over one hundred fonts of type including:

Caslon, Gallia, Raleigh, Shadow, Comstock and many others.

 
 
 
 

You'll also find couple of fonts of wood type alongside plates, ornaments,

- and several tables of good ole' fashioned "letterpress things."

The weather's looking good, so come out and make a spring day trip to Chicopee!

Gelbert Swoop

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Several weeks ago, a three day truck trip was made to Central Pennsylvania to retrieve an entire basement print shop. The shop belonged to Howie Gelbert, recently passed, a long-time avid letterpress printer, member of APA and the Westchester Chapel.

 
 
 
 
 

His entire shop- presses, type, tools, accessories, books - is now on the floor at the store and available to letterpress printers on Saturday, April 15th continuing on Saturday, April 29th.

 
 
 
 
 

A more detailed inventory of type and things will be posted in another blog soon. Sorry, no holds and no pre-sales. 

Flea Market Review

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Whew, the Printers' Flea Market happened!

 
 

What a great weekend at Letterpress Things.

Over 60 people journeyed to Chicopee from as far as North Carolina and Montreal!

Now that there's some room on the tables, we'll be adding more items for our next Open Date on October 1st. There's also dozens of cabinets available: type, furniture, galley, utility, etc. There's many more in stock than just the units shown on the website. Now's the time to get those loose cases and stuff organized!

Our thanks again to all who visited the Flea Market! 

Further Details Regarding the "Flea Market"

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Little more than a week from our Printers' Fair on the 17th and 18th. Here's how the tables on the floor are beginning to look. 

There's eight plus pallets of type, tools, and "things" being processed for Saturday and Sunday. Dozens of composition sticks quions, half a dozen or more furniture cabinets, a few fonts of wood type, even a couple of table-top presses...

 

...And lots more yet to unpack! By early next week, everything should all be out on the tables and pricing will begin. 

Prices will be at "Flea Market" levels. There are bargains to be found!

 

Printers' Flea Market

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It's September, and the oppressive heat here in Chicopee is finally behind us. Now that it's cooler, we're spending more time working in the store. Over the past several months, quite a bit of inventory from half a dozen shops was brought in. It's now being processed, sorted, priced, and put out on the floor for sale.

 
 
 
 
 
 

There's a lot of stuff, probably four or five full tables and more, enough to where we've decided  to have a "Printers' Flea Market." A two day event to be held on Saturday, September 17th and Sunday the 18th. This will be a fast developing project; there's much to be done, a lot of inventory, and not a lot of time. Things will be "raw," just as they came out of the basement, garage, or warehouse.

 
 
 
 
 

We'll be posting more photos and details of the inventory in the next few weeks leading up to the event.

Stay tuned for updates.