All clubs welcome members both in and out of their localĪreas : In Northern California] are those which are based in a specificĪrea and have elected officers who serve for specific terms Īnd specialty clubs focus on a specific category Organization, there are three types of matchcover clubs: regional, We make great money between the three of us.Aside from RMS, which is the national hobby “Matchbooks allow me to do nice things for my family. Klein used to work there, measuring out candy at the Woolworth’s-like counter and ditching work with his grandpa to go fishing in the afternoon.Īs a birthday present, Klein took his mother to a Kentucky NASCAR event where she raced 150 mile an hour hot laps around the track. If I ever came across a matchbook from their store, I’d pay any amount of money for it.” It’s an old brick building with a couple of floors and a basement. “My grandfather and grandmother had a five and dime store in Torrington, Connecticut called Chidesters. There is one matchbook, however, that Klein would pay for. It pays my rent, covers my groceries and gets me to NASCAR.” “I don’t have that gene in me that says hang on to this. While Klein runs through hundreds of thousands of matchbooks every year, he’s personally not a collector. “I can list about 80 a day on my own and more with help,” he said. Personally, Klein typically sells 500 to 1000 matchbooks every day. It’s an old guy market, or you can sell to historical societies and museums.” “Matchbooks are a hit and miss proposition because the collectors pool is small.
“You get better at it as you go along,” said Klein. His mom has been collecting and selling for 20 years, and his girlfriend has been selling on eBay for that past two years. Klein has been selling on eBay for the past 10 years. The last couple of collections the trio purchased at estate auction went for $10,000 and $12,000. Klein, his mother and his girlfriend all have eBay stores that sell matchbooks and other rare paper collectibles.
During World War II there were hundreds and hundreds of military bases in the U.S. “I have huge amounts of World War II inventory from U.S. “It was a plain looking matchbook, but there were so few that survived.”Īccording to Klein, World War II matchbooks are a good niche. Only 200 of these books were printed for a private party honoring Charles Lindbergh for his 1927 flight across the Atlantic. “The highest one I know of sold for $4,000,” continued Klein. “It was the type of place you’d take your sweetheart out for dancing, drinking and dining.” “It had some Spanish senorita artwork on the cover,” said Klein, an eBay seller since 2005 located near Cleveland, Ohio. Not long ago, Klein sold an obscure 1930s Las Vegas nightclub matchbook for $250. Most of his purchases are of matches from 1960 or earlier, and he focuses on North American matchbooks (predominantly from the U.S.A, and occasionally from Mexico and Canada). Matt Klein loves the fiery passions of matchbook collectors. He’s made a career out of buying and selling matchbooks on eBay.
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