by PressMan_1 | Sep 28, 2017 | John G. Cooley, Letterpress Font, Wood Type
40-Line Antique Condensed (?) This recent purchase has the J. G. Cooley, New York makers mark. This places the date of manufacturing between 1859 and 1868. I told my Sister in-law that I’m now going to expect to find letterpress type every time I come to visit. Last...
by PressMan_1 | Jul 24, 2017 | Wood Type
Another Antique Store Find Whenever I walk into an antique store I always hope to find something letterpress. It doesn’t happen very often. There’s a nice store in Gardnerville, NV that we go to when visiting family. I really didn’t feel lucky at the slot machines so...
by PressMan_1 | Jul 19, 2017 | Wood Type
Wood Type Star Border A recent visit to the Hamilton Wood Type web site led to the purchase of some Star Borders. Every once in a while I see vintage pieces of borders pop up on an online action. Vintage is nice, but to pick up several freshly minted pieces at a fair...
by PressMan_1 | Sep 24, 2015 | Letterpress Font, Wood Type
Let’s just say I may have been overly excited when I found this type at an antique store. I don’t no about you, but I have a formula for how much I like to pay for wood type. Needless to say, I paid up for this lot. I tried to negotiate but there...
by PressMan_1 | May 17, 2015 | Letterpress Font, Wood Type
It wasn’t a light package the delivery man left at the front door. You would expect a big box of letterpress 5″ wood type to be on the heftier side. And it was. About a year ago I had already filled on drawer of the Hamilton Case with 18-Line All Caps...
by PressMan_1 | Apr 29, 2015 | Wood Type
Been looking at some wood type by PetrescuPress (Now Wood Type Customs) on ebay and etsy. They are out of Romania and the price seems very reasonable. So I decided to buy some simple motifs to see if it looked as good in real life. The package finally arrived, all the...
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