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BOOKS ABOUT COLLECTING

Artist's books and screen printed editions about various collections





Franticham
"Vintage Czechoslovakian Matchbox Labels"


Labels produced by the Solo Lipnik,
Solo Susice and Smrericina factories in the 50's and 60's.
- 14 x 18 cm limited edition book.
- Ring binding.
- 44 pages
- 227 matchbox labels.
- 150 numbered copies.
- March 2024
- price: 35 euro / 32 GBP / 40 $US




Crazy Collections # 2
"PHOTO WALLETS"


10 x 10 cm - 40 pages
Hardcover, thread and quarter cloth binding
Laser printing on ivory paper.
Limited 75 signed and numbered copies
January 2021
Price: 24 euro / 28 US $ / 22 UK Sterling




Crazy Collections # 1
"SLIDE VIEWERS"


10 x 10 cm - 40 pages
Hardcover, thread and quarter cloth binding
Laser printing on ivory paper.
Limited 75 signed and numbered copies
January 2021
Price: 24 euro / 28 US $ / 22 UK Sterling




FRANTICHAM
"Milk bottle caps / box"


Wooden box 18 x 15 x 5 cm made by Hatzel, Germany
Contains:
- 40 screen prints of US bottle caps fron the 40's and 50's / 10 cm diameter
- A hand made hard cover 50 pages book with milk advertisements ephemera
from around the world.
- small glass bottle
69 signed and numbered copies.
May 2020

195 euro / 180 GBP / 230 $US



FRANTICHAM
"Milk / book"


US milk bottle caps + Ads and ephemera from around the world
Laser printing on Mohawk soft white 118 gr.
Hard cover - Thread binding
11x11 cm
50 pages
May 2020
69 numbered & signed copies
28 euros - 32 US $ - 25 GBP



FRANTICHAM
"MOTEL CALIFORNIA"

A screen printed edition

Matchbook covers
from various motels in California
from the 40's and 50's

- Size 26 x 28 cm limited edition book. (10.5" x 11")
- 28 hand pulled screen prints.
- 170 gr Sirio paper from Fedrigoni.
- 69 signed and numbered copies.
- September 2019
- price: 295 euro / 270 GBP / 360 $US



FRANTICHAM
"MADE IN INDIA"

A big size screen printed edition

From ephemera, packaging, maps, stationery,
school books and leaflets collected in India
during travels in the 70's and 80's.

- Size 33 x 49 cm limited edition book. (13" x 19.3")
- 28 screen prints on Korean Hanji paper.
- The cover is made of jute from Bengal and painted wood.
- 69 signed and numbered copies.
- September 2018
- price: 350 euro / 310 GBP / 420 $US



"FRENCH BLOTTING PAPERS"
BUVARDS PUBLICITAIRES
Collected by Franticham

82 pages
16.5 x 24.5 cm, hard cover, hand bound.
Limited edition of 69 numbered copies.
Contains one original vintage blotting paper.
February 2019.
55 Euros / 65 US $ / 48 UK Pds.



"HOLIDAY SANDPAPERS"

Sandpapers collected by Uwe Petruch

44 pages
14 x 16 cm, hard cover, hand bound.
Limited numbered edition of 220 copies.
December 2017
35 Euros / 42 US $ / 30 UK Pds.





FRANCIS VAN MAELE
"Franticham's Fish Objects"

Photographs of fish objects bought on their travels or received by friends
Inkjet on recycled paper
2010, 75 signed copies - 14 x 12 cm - 80 pages - ring binding
40 euros - 50 US $ - 35 UK Pds




"POLAROIDS FROM THE 50'S"

Found Polaroids from the 50's
taken with instant rollfilm cameras.
People with their car.

44 pages, 14 x 16 cm, hard cover.
Limited signed edition of 69 copies.
May 2016
32 Euros / 36 US $ / 28 UK Pds.





JUERGEN O. OLBRICH & FRANCIS VAN MAELE
"ADdS"

Advertisement cut-outs & Rubberstamping

Laser printing - Ring bound
16 x 16 cm - 40 pages
2015, 150 numbered copies
30 euros - 35 US $ - 25 GBP






"POLAROID GIRLS"

Vintage ad's, packaging and ephemera from the 50's - 90's
from the Franticham Collection

40 pages, 15x17 cm.
Laser printing.
Hand bound limited signed edition of 150 copies.
2013
35 Euros / 45 US $ / 30 UK Pds.



"GRAND BAZAR"
A book about and around Supermarkets
and on consumerism.

- big size 30 x 42 cm limited edition book.
- 40 screen prints on various papers and materials.
- contains also original ephemera.
- 69 signed and numbered copies.
- July 2013
- price: 350 euro / 290 GBP / 445 $US



FRANTICHAM
"once upon a time in the supermarket"


old press photos, vintage ephemera, publicities and packaging designs from 50's-70's
36 pages, 21 x 18.5 cm, laser printed
Limited signed edition of 69 copies.
45 euro




FRANTICHAM
"Vintage match box labels- coffee"

vintage match box labels of publicity for coffee from 40's-60's
in Holland, Begium and Luxembroug
2016, 69 copies
15x 11cm, 42 pages
28 euro





Antic-Ham
"food ephemera"

Laser prined from the scrap book of food ephemera..
bills, labels, packages, stickers, tea bags, salt and pepper
2016, 69 copies
17x 17cm, 32 pages
22 euro





Antic-Ham
"Bon Appetit"

Collages from the old magazines' advertisement about foods
2013, inkjet printing, 69 copies
20x 20.5 cm
20 euro




Antic-Ham "Letters to Geneva"
13 Envelopes bought at the flea market 'Plaine de Plainpalais'
in Geneva, Switzerland
Letter to WHO from Ethiopia, Thailand, Mauritius, India, Hongkong, Ghana, Chile...
2010, 69 copies
20.5x 12 cm
25 euro




Antic-Ham
"BEHIND THE STORY OT THE QUEEN" (small size edition)

Book containing 43 different interiors of envelopes
2009, 45 pages, 69 copies
Inkjet, 12 x 10 cm
22 euro




"FRANTICHAM'S POLAROID CAMERA COLLECTION"

Over 100 polaroid cameras produced between 1960 and 2005,
from pack film to integral film.
Professional, macro, medical, ID cameras...

2012, 75 pages, 12 x 15 cm.
Laser printing (OKI) on recycled paper
Limited signed edition of 75 copies.
Ring binding.
35 Euros / US $45 / 30 UK Pds.





ANTIC-HAM
"Orange wrapping papers"

30 different orange warpping papers from Spain and Italy
2017, 69 copies
20x 13cm, 48 pages
30 euro





Antic-Ham
"photographer's shadow"


collection of vintage photographs with accidental shadows from photographers
19 x 14 cm, 36pages, laser printed
Limited signed edition of 69 copies.
35 euro




Antic-Ham
"BOOKSBOOK"


A collection of all different kinds of books -
accounting book, manual book, family book, cookbook...
2007, 56 pages, 69 copies, 13.5 x 16 cm
35 euro



"my beautiful cookbook"

various vintage cookbook covers and selective pages from inside of cookbooks
2017, 69 copies
18x 13cm, 42 pages
25 euro





"scrap book"

laser printing book from original scrap book of women's publicities from magazines from 40's - 60's
2016, 69 copies
12.5x 19.5cm, 40 pages
20 euro





ANTIC-HAM
"Coffee & Cigarettes"

Screen printed accordeon book.
Matchboxes from the 50's and 60's.
69 copies, 2012
Price: 85 euros / 120 $ / 75 pds st.



FRANCIS VAN MAELE
"PHOTOS DE MARIE"

Vintage film and photo paper wallets
from the thirties till the fifties
mostly from Marie D. in the north of France
Concertina book between 2 painted and printed wooden covers
size 10 x 16 cm (open 16x110 cm)
Handpulled screenprinting on Arches paper
by Francis Van Maele
2011, 75 copies, numbered and signed.
Price: 85 euros / 120 $ / 75 pds st.



JEAN DELVAUX
"Archives de l'oubli"

Pages from various old photo albums
2008, 75 copies numbered, 14 x 17 cm, 60 pages, hardcover.
Laser printing on ivory paper.
price: 40 euro / 55 US $ / 38 UK Sterling




FRANCIS VAN MAELE
"Salt & Pepper"

Photographs of Salt & Pepper on our dining tables
taken between 2007 and 2010
from Dublin to Istanbul and
from Tokyo to New York

16 x 18 cm - 48 pages
2010, laser printing, 75 numbered and signed copies
35 euros - $50 US - 30 Pds UK




FRANCIS VAN MAELE
"A Coffee Cup Diary - Seoul Summer 2005"

Photographs of paper coffee cups from vending machines in Seoul
with corresponding small stories
hardcover - 36 pages - 11x15 cm
75 numbered & signed copies
25 euro / US$ 32 / GBP 21





FRANCIS VAN MAELE
"Letter Fox"

Books made from envelopes from mail from artist friends.
70 unique books made since 2002
11x15 cm - Ring binding
45 Euros / 60 US$ / 40 UK pds


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"THE ULTIMATE STICKER DUDE SCRAPBOOK"
An unique collection of over 80 original stickers and ATC cards
from Sticker Dude, Ragged Edge Press, New York.
Presented as 2 scrapbooks.

15 x 21 cm - 45 pages - a double book
2010, 150 numbered copies
70 euros - 100 US $ - 60 UK Pds


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