Matches

Well, you know I am hurting for material for this blog when I write about my collection of matches. I have pics of only a few of the ones I own here. (What good is a collection if you can't show it off, right?) With the proliferation of disposable lighters it seems that it is harder to get a good collectable matchbook these days. In the top photo, you see a book with wooden matches, and it appears that it is from Paris. (The back is shown in the next to the bottom shot with the "Marlboro." For some reason when I upload these pics, I can't get them in the correct order that I want.) The second pic shows a red-cover book with gold matchsticks and the wish, "Merry Christmas" inside. As you can see in the next shot, we have a Hard Rock Cafe book from Paris. And in the last photo, you see Steak and Ale, Plantation Kitchen from Murrell's Inlet, Roberto's Pizza from Tabor City, NC, and last but certainly not least, Captain Bills from Morehead. Of course I have many more, too many to show in pics and bore everyone to tears. Should I show a few baseball cards next time? Maybe that's not such a good idea.