Tag Archives: Blotter

Talk About Inflation!

The average price of a vintage pin-up advertising blotter tracked by Blotto! has surged 54% from the first half of 2021 to the first half of 2022 from $6.95 to $10.75. This was highlighted by the sale on eBay of three Earl Moran pin-up blotters featuring Marilyn Monroe for between $31.99 and $86.00 in AprilContinue reading “Talk About Inflation!”

Understanding Print Codes

Print codes can often help identify the age of a vintage ink blotter. Most publishers of blotters had print codes with the exception of Shaw-Barton. The code can be found at the base of the ink blotter. In the case of Brown & Bigelow blotters (the most prolific publisher) the codes indicate the year andContinue reading “Understanding Print Codes”

Misguided Collectors’ Guide!

We have published an 80-page pin-up advertising ink blotter collectors guide, albeit an incomplete one, with more than 1,500 pin-up advertising blotters catalogued. The guide features 100 full-color pictures of pin-up advertising blotters from our personal collections as well as a checklist and useful tips on grading, collecting and determining the age of a blotter.Continue reading “Misguided Collectors’ Guide!”

Collecting Pin-up Advertising Ink Blotters

Pin-up advertising ink blotters are an affordable and interesting way to collect so called “good girl art” from the 1930s through 1970s. Advertising ink blotters were 9″x4″ or 6″x3″ cards mailed to customers who were supposed to place them on their office desks and blot ink from their fountain pens after use. Fountain pens wentContinue reading “Collecting Pin-up Advertising Ink Blotters”