New service added. . .

The reorganization after the Letterpress Services closure is complete. Our new workshop is now functional, providing the ability to clean, service and process new inventory. Presently, two real factors are in play: first, the opportunity to acquire letterpress inventory has increased significantly since last Fall. Some owners, for whatever need or reason, are looking to sell some or all their letterpress stuff. Second, we need new inventory! With a year off for a variety of medical issues, then followed by a year of Covid quarantine, the opportunity to acquire “new” inventory was greatly curtailed.

Moreover, and simply stated, with a year off of me not being able to sell and buy stuff followed by a year of all of us not being able to buy or sell stuff, we just don’t have the cash to be making larger purchases like we use to.

A proposed solution - CONSIGNMENTS! Starting after the first of the year on a trial basis, several small collections were brought in on consignment and processed out on the floor for sale. This new plan and the inventory has been met with much enthusiasm both by myself and letterpressers. Presently, there is inventory from four Consignment lots on the floor. Work continues on bringing in more type, tools and fixtures from two of those locations. And soon a press, cabinet and type from another letterpress shop will be on the floor.

To support this new marketing service, a new page - Consignments - will soon be added in “SUPPLIES” on the Navigational Bar. If you have letterpress items - whether a few things or an entire set up - you’d like to relinquish, drop us an email with your contact information. There are a few caveats: they need to be within a reasonable distance of the Store to retrieve. Also, we are not equipped to rig, move or store major machines.

Visiting the Store.

: Massachusetts regulations allow businesses to resume “normal” activities with social distancing and masks required. We ask that masks be properly worn in the Store; with 6500 square feet staying socially distanced is easy; and we sanitize from the front door to our check-out on the 4th floor. And, by March 20th, our next Open Date, JoAnn and I will have had our 2nd shot of the Covid vaccine. Hoorah! Come on by, there’s more and more becoming available every Open Date.