11/15/2025
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"Collectible Plastics" Vol. 1, No. 3, February 1985-March 1985 is digitized and now online! After FORTY YEARS in hibernation, The Society for Decorative Plastics and its bi-monthly newsletter, "Collectible Plastics," have awakened to the World Wide Web!
Originally published from December 1984 through May 1986, this esoteric hobby-zine was one of my many labours of love, a 4-page typeset and illustrated newsletter about the then-obscure and almost-antique plastic jewelry and novelty items of the pre World War Two era that were made of Bakelite, Catalin, Marblette, and Celluloid. Back then we sent our little zine to collectors and antique shops for a mere $4.00 per year and to our surprise, we ended up with hundreds of subscribers. Strangely, even though four decades have passed since the last issue was released, the research, information, enthusiasm, and community outreach of the mid-1980s is still of aid to collectors, and so i have called upon my wonderful Patreon supporters to buy us the time for scanning, transcribing, and reprinting all 10 issues. This 8-week project does interrupt our usual focus on folk magic and fortune telling, but i think it is worth the effort because it brings to light an aspect of popular culture that would otherwise never have made it into the digital age.
This project is underwritten by my Patrons. They get a preview, and the public will see the results of their charitable generosity on November 14th, 2026.
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