Kent Commons to host vintage postcard and paper collectibles show


January 11, 2013 · 12:11 PM

Dealers from throughout the Pacific Northwest, California and Utah will display close to one million old postcards, paper collectibles and ephemera at the Greater Seattle Area Vintage Postcard and Paper Collectibles show Feb. 9-10 at the Kent Commons, 525 Fourth Ave. N.

Show hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.

Included will be postcards, stamps, vintage Alaska and Yukon paper and artifacts, advertising trade cards, cigar labels, valentines, scrap, travel brochures, photographs, stereographs, aviation, auto, railroad, ship, movie memorabilia, Western Americana and other items.

Free appraisals of all old paper collectibles will be given with the price of admission.

Admission is $5, good for both days.

For more information, visit www.postcardshows.com.

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