Bob Donnelson holds an El Prado Motor Inn matchbook during an Angelus Matchcover Club meeting, where folks who collect matchbooks and covers can show, trade and talk about their collection. (Dania ...

“Anyone got a match?” is a question that never arises in the Stanley Altrichter household. Altrichter is a collector of matchbook covers whom you might say literally has “met his match” countless ...

Recluttering is a celebration of your stuff — stuff that you just want to hold on to, stuff that makes you happy, stuff that makes you feel nostalgic for a moment, a memory, or a loved one. We’re ...

Not too long ago, I had the chance to look through a couple of fine old matchbook collections, and it got me to thinking about those handy little giveaway advertisements that were ubiquitous in my ...

'Yes, please come on over,'' Bob Pitcher said over the telephone. "I'd be honored to show you my collection.'' So I drove over. He and Katherine live in a modest house off Belcher. They're both about ...

Do you have a fancy for matchbook covers? If you do, you are considered a phillumenist. A what? This a collector of matchbooks and matchboxes. It wasn't until the 1890s when Joshua Pusey, who liked to ...

Mike Eidel was never a smoker, but that did not stop him from collecting matchbooks. “They were used for advertising,” said the now 70-year-old lifelong Poughkeepsie resident. “You’d go into a store ...