Comments on: Clive Murphy, Phillumenist

By: Tandberg

Tandberg — Wed, 28 Jun 2017 14:34:05 +0000

I HAVE A NEW WEBSITE NOW!
Hi, I´m from Denmark and I am a phillumenist myself. I have been collecting since my youth in the 1960s, and my collection is now more than 138,000 different from 171 different countries.
Please feel free at take a look at a part of my collection on my website.

By: Shawdiane

Shawdiane — Mon, 09 Feb 2015 19:59:02 +0000

What a fantastic story & collection. The things people collect is a wonderful way to keep a part of our history & why not in matchbox covers. I only recall the Punch & Pilot (has a nice ring to
it) Would adore to see the rest of your collection. Thank you.

By: Ian

Ian — Mon, 09 Feb 2015 11:27:10 +0000

A most interesting looking collection. Remember me? I live in the flat above Jilly.

By: Gary Kennon

Gary Kennon — Sat, 05 Oct 2013 08:55:00 +0000

I am with the person above who says it’s about time we had an Autobiography from Clive Murphy! His personal social history record books are amazing and we know so much about some amazing people thanks to him. I just have a feeling it could not be in the “ORDINARY lives” series 🙂

By: Tandberg

Tandberg — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 13:42:48 +0000

Hi, I´m from Denmark and I am a phillumenist myself. I have been collecting since my youth in the 1960s, and my collection is now about 100,000 different from 128 different countries.
Please feel free at take a look at a part of my collection on my website.

By: Ana

Ana — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 17:10:29 +0000

I remember being obsessed by a non-standard sized matchbook at my gran’s when I was a kid.
Since then, I feel a twinge of nostalgia, in a good way, whenever I see collections such as this one 🙂 .

By: Tom Shevada

Tom Shevada — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 20:50:12 +0000

This is what makes your efforts so worthwhile. Excellent subject and execution.
Thanks for all you do.

By: Chris F

Chris F — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 22:59:20 +0000

Great to see these little artworks magnified. I can however, give Clive a run for his money… I have a collection of over 100,000 matchbox labels. I inherited most of them from an elderly uncle who traveled the world, smoked a pipe and had a friend in Poland who worked in a match factory. The best ones are from India (Pre Second World War) and from the USSR (Circa 1960’s). There are some great examples on ‘Flickr’. Amazing that so many hundreds of thousands of images were produced worldwide but little is known about the artists who created them.

By: andrea

andrea — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 19:09:32 +0000

Lovely. (Except that I am a little embarrassed that the Canadian example should be for a company called Asbestonos.)

By: Angella-Dee

Angella-Dee — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:53:40 +0000

Good to see Clive out and about. You know Clive writes autobiographies, well its time Clive was the subject rather than the editor!! MMMmmmm now there’s a great idea!!! x x