Postcards & Paper Ephemera

Tickets, Menus & Other Printed Ephemera: What to Record

Tickets, programmes, menus, invitations, letterheads, certificates and scraps (paper advertising is under Advertising & breweriana).

The Data Sheet for Tickets, Menus & Other Printed Ephemera

The 25 fields worth recording for tickets, menus & other printed ephemera, grouped as in the ordicio app. Fields marked with a broader category come from it; the others are specific to tickets, menus & other printed ephemera.

Identification

Title Text Postcards & paper ephemera: The title or name the object is known by, as given by its maker, publisher or catalogue.
Subject Text Postcards & paper ephemera: What the object depicts or is about.
Date / period Text Postcards & paper ephemera: When the object was made, as precise as known, e.g. 1876, c. 1890, 1920s, 2nd century AD.
Country Text Postcards & paper ephemera: Country of origin or issue, by its usual English name (historic states as named at the time, e.g. Kingdom of Bavaria).
Reference link Link Postcards & paper ephemera: Web page about this object or its reference entry (catalogue, database, sale).
Item type Choice, or your own: Kind of printed item.
Ticket
Programme
Menu
Invitation / greeting card
Letterhead / billhead
Certificate / diploma
Bookmark
Scrap / die-cut
Event / place Text: Event, venue, restaurant or firm the item belongs to, with place and date if known.
Printer Text: Printer and printing technique, e.g. Imprimerie Chaix, stone lithograph.

Physical

Height (cm) Number Postcards & paper ephemera: Height, measured upright as the object is meant to stand or hang.
Width (cm) Number Postcards & paper ephemera: Width, measured from the front.
Materials Text Postcards & paper ephemera: Materials the object is made of, main material first.

Condition

Condition Choice Postcards & paper ephemera: Overall condition in plain terms; domains with an established grading scale use that scale instead.
Mint / as new
Excellent
Very good
Good
Fair
Poor
Condition notes Text Postcards & paper ephemera: Faults, wear and damage in detail.
Restoration & repairs Text Postcards & paper ephemera: Restorations, repairs, replaced parts and cleaning, with who did them and when if known.

Acquisition

How and when the object came into the collection.

Acquisition date Date Postcards & paper ephemera: Date the object came into the collection.
Acquisition method Choice, or your own Postcards & paper ephemera: How the object came into the collection.
Purchase
Auction
Gift
Inheritance
Exchange / trade
Self-collected / found
Commission
Acquired from Text Postcards & paper ephemera: Seller, auction house (with sale and lot number), donor or place where it was found.
Purchase price Amount Postcards & paper ephemera: Price paid including fees and premiums.
Provenance Text Postcards & paper ephemera: Earlier owners and the object's history, oldest first, with sources (labels, invoices, sale catalogues).

Value

Estimated and insured value.

Estimated value Amount Postcards & paper ephemera: Current market value as estimated.
Valuation date Date Postcards & paper ephemera: Date of the current value estimate.
Valuation basis Choice Postcards & paper ephemera: What the estimated value is based on.
Own estimate
Recent sales / auction results
Dealer offer
Catalogue value
Professional appraisal
Insurance valuation
Insured value Amount Postcards & paper ephemera: Sum the object is insured for.

Collection record

Your own inventory data.

Inventory number Text Postcards & paper ephemera: Your own number or label for the object, e.g. C-0042, as written on its label or album page.
Storage location Text Postcards & paper ephemera: Where the object is kept, e.g. room, cabinet, drawer, album and page, box.