Useful Links

Book and paper related links within the North East region and beyond.

Auctioneers

• Anderson and Garland
• Boldon Auction Rooms
• Louis Johnson County Auctioneers
• Miller Auction Rooms
• J.C. Featonby Auctioneers & Valuers (Tel: 0191 2522 601)

Picture framers and artists’ materials

• Blackwells Bookshop and Art Department
• Newcastle Arts Centre(including The Frameshop)
• Framing Services, Whitley Bay (Tel: 0191 252 0038)

Art galleries

• The Biscuit Factory
• Laing Art Gallery
• John Nicholson & Dunelm Fine Art

Bookbinders

• Polly Bird Bookbinding

Bookshops

• Keel Row Bookshop
• John Turton Antiquarian Books

Antique shops

• Corbitts(stamps, coins, medals, banknotes, and more)
• Curio Corner, Land of Green Ginger, Tynemouth (Tel: 0191 296 3316)
• Graham Smith Antiques
• Whitley Jewellery & Antiques

Libraries and archives

• North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers
• The Natural History Society of Northumbria

To help you look after your paper objects – and to find or learn about new ones – I’ve gathered a number of links to conservation institutions here:

National & International Book & Paper Related Bodies

• BAPH(The British Association of Paper Historians)
• Ephemera Society
• ICON (The Institute of Conservation)
• NatSCA (Natural Sciences Collections Associations)
• NEDCC (Northeast Document Conservation Centre)
• PBFA (Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association)
• Society of Bookbinders
• Wallpaper History Society