- American Spoon Collectors
- Collectible Souvenir Spoons
- Resources and History
- Collectible Souvenir Spoons
American Spoon Collectors (ASC) is an organization which is devoted to the promotion and support of the collecting of Souvenir Spoons. Founded in 1974 by Bill Boyd (Editor Emeritus of Spooners Forum), American Spoon Collectors is a national and international organization through which Spoon Collectors are able to communicate with one another and share stories about mutual collecting passions.
American Spoon Collectors publishes a monthly newsletter called SPOONERS FORUM which includes feature articles and information about souvenir spoons and spoon collecting as well as timely editorials on spoon related subjects. Included also are letters from members, an advertising section and frequently a Spoon Auction Section in which members have consigned spoons for sale.
For information about Annual Subscription Membership in American Spoon Collectors see below (American Spoon Collectors Membership Information and Membership Form).
- American Spoon Collectors is an organization of individuals (and friends) who:
- love to swap spoon stories about mutual collecting passions
- who never question why you spent a fortune on that once-in-a-lifetime spoon
- who form a network to help each other to find a special spoon
Robert M. Wilhelm, Editor, Spooners Forum
American Spoon Collectors
P.O. Box 243
Rhinecliff, NY 12574
Telephone: 845-876-0303
Fax: 845-876-2037
E-mail: campania@hvc.rr.com
- American Spoon Collectors Membership Information and Membership Form
- Spooners Forum
- American Spoon Collectors Resources. Books and Internet Resources
- Souvenir Spoon Clubs and Collectors
- Souvenir Spoon Newsletters and Publications.
- Souvenir Spoon Resource and Educational Materials For Purchase
- Souvenir Spoon Auctions and Souvenir Spoon Sellers
- Souvenir Spoon History: The Art of Collecting
- American Spoon Collectors Library
- Souvenir Spoon Patents
- Spoon Collectors' Conventions and Meetings
- Souvenir Spoons For Sale
- Souvenir Spoon Books For Sale
- Souvenir Spoon Quotations
- Every . . . souvenir spoon is a "talking spoon" and has a story behind it,
- one worth telling and one worth knowing.
- Albert Stutzenberger, American Historical Spoons (1971)
- The only witchcraft exercised by Salem now is upon the pocketbook
- of the summer person who had a fad for souvenir spoons.
- Helen A. Clarke, Longfellow's Country (1909)
- The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Worship," The Conduct of Life (1860)
- I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.
- T.S. Eliot, "The Long Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" (1917)
- The breadth of another fad pervades the atmosphere. The active and
- unsatiated American public, ever seeking for variety, have
- something new to chatter about and interest of bore their
- intimates. The panorama of novelty has been turned,
- and the fad of souvenir spoons is now reigning.
- From Maine to California, from Minnesota to Florida,
- the cry is for
- Souvenir Spoons.
- Souvenir Spoons of the 90's