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PAPERMANIA PLUS SHOW RETURNS AUG 23-24 TO HARTFORD w/ 2 cuts

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HARTFORD, CONN. — The 54th antique paper show, Papermania Plus, is all about memorable items and documents, nostalgia, postcards, rare books, photography, movie star posters and old collectibles.

Considered the largest show of its kind in the Northeast, Papermania Plus boasts the finest grouping of more than 150 dealers from throughout the East Coast states, as well as Michigan, Ohio and Canada with the “hottest” collectibles around from A to Z: advertising, The Beatles, comics, Disney, Elvis, framed prints, maps, magazines, rare books, stamps, sheet music, tins, vintage valentines, World War ephemera and zodiac signs. It is the largest show of its kind running continuously since 1976 at the same location, now called the XL Center.

Show producer and avid collector Gary Gipstein said, “Papermania is a fun show for the serious collector and for young people at heart.” “Buy Back A Memory” continues to be the show theme. 

The show offers the chance to pick up a Topps baseball card of Ted Williams or a movie star Dixie Cup premium of Katharine Hepburn, as well as a mint copy of the first Batman comic, an 8-by-10-inch glossy of Marilyn Monroe, Civil War pictures, World War II insignias and combat ribbons, stereoview cards and stock certificates.

On Sunday only, there will be free appraisals, up to five items in all categories, from 11 am to 2 pm.  

Paper collectibles, such as games, postcards, prints or rare books. are available at the show and prices can range from 50 cents to $5,000. Popular also are any items bearing the likeness of Mickey Mouse and other Disney characters. During a campaign year there is the ever-growing interest in political campaign buttons from George Washington to John F. Kennedy and George W. Bush, movie star and comic premiums, buttons and posters, Eighteenth Century documents, Nineteenth Century broadsides, advertising trade cards and celebrity autographs.

Show hours are Saturday from 10 pm to 5 pm and Sunday, 10 am to 4 pm. Admission is $7 per day. For information, contact show manager Arlene Shea at 860-563-9975 or www.papermaniaplus.com.