Where can I buy good quality bookmarks?

[sammyvine]

Hi all,

Where is the best place to buy quality, long-lasting bookmarks? I know many people will probably say Amazon or Waterstones, but I have bought bookmarks from both in the past and found that the fell apart within a couple of months.

I don't mind spending extra money, as long as it's worth it.

Any artisan gift shops nearby? Handmade ones tend to be pretty sturdy.

Hi,

I am in North London and I am sure there are shops, but not really had the time to look. I would prefer to buy online if possible tbh.

I recently bought some from https://www.annahamiltonart.com/

they seem sturdy and I like the idea of supporting a wildlife artist. I also bought quite a few cards to make it cost-effective with the postage. They’re lovely too

I've had some from https://www.rathergoodart.co.uk/?srsltid=AfmBOopIHhdoeJ5AEB-yunUMttpPsK9_08ti1Wbxl96Kk1sGc6JlJTiG and they're on nice thick stuff as well as being lovely images.

I am in North London

British Library?
British Museum?
They're online too.

Or any museum shop.

Gift shops at tourist attractions often have them. Cathedrals, National Trust, Museums etc.

My daughter has a metal one from Amazon.

You could literally print anything you like off the internet, cut it to size and laminate it!!

You can get some lovely bookmarks made out of more sturdy things - I bought one made out of a spoon recently!

I've also got a very very thin metal bookmark in the shape of a flower that came with a diary, similar to this pic

I love this.
https://holly.co/shop/product/personalised-rare-silk-war-escape-map-leather-bookmark/b4b2b527-f282-49a6-953a-58910aa4ca54?srsltid=AfmBOoqzLWO0x-IKsv2fHci5t2pWd3Uof16QKESKD_DEJWIS9hgcWhvW

We have a load of different bookmarks from Waterstones.

This is my moomins bookmark and the one i sewed for my Mum's birthday

Making Meadows on Etsy have some nice ones.

Thank you. I was looking for a leather bookmark for an anniversary present.

Tourist attractions and museum shops often have leather bookmarks.

Dc bought me a personalised leather bookmark - probably through etsy.

Imagine my surprise. It never occurred to me that people might regularly actually pay for bookmarks, and want "quality" ones that don't fall apart. I mostly just grab whatever is at hand. Including money. Long ago, when I was in Florence, where there were all kinds of inexpensive leather goods, I bought a bunch of lovely bookmarks - and much later found that the discolored the page if you left them in too long.

These days, I find freebies at libraries or bookstores. They're just lightweight cardboards, but I don't need them to last, although they often do. I've also seen nice ones in museums.

I remember reading once about some minger who used a rasher of bacon for a bookmark - in a library book!

I agree with you, though: whilst a 'special bookmark might be a nice thing to have, any old bit of paper, card or similar will do.

I'm now vaguely remembering a thread from some time ago about somebody who bought a book from a National Trust second hand book room, and it contained quite a number of banknotes within the pages. If I recall correctly, it was OP's friend who bought the book and saw the money as a serendipitous bonus, whilst OP was horrified that she just kept it.

I use nice birthday cards, it's a pleasure to find old ones in half-read books. Especially ones from my sister who always puts the date. Is it really ten years since I abandoned Martin Chuzzlewit?

I like the magnetic ones because I’m clumsy and always drop my books and normal ones fall out and I lose my page

Same here. I just use cardboard freebies, promotional postcards etc and some of these are years old.

As it happens I picked up a couple of nice ones from the tourist information centre, about an event that was on, during a city break I went on a couple of weeks ago.

I see a lot of people talking about things being 'rubbish that falls apart in no time' on here when I find that the things last for ever in my experience and I wonder 'what on earth are they doing with them'.

I just read a few days ago about the critic Cyril Connolly doing just that - the screenshot is from Cultural Amnesia by Clive James. But a quick google suggests there may in fact be a bit of a "bacon as bookmark" subculture...

https://bibliobuffet.com/on-marking-books-columns-195/archive-index-on-marking-books/1025-the-legend-of-the-bacon-bookmark-redux-050309

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/754268711/felted-sheep-bookmark-keepsake-wool-book?ref=share_ios_native_control

these are great.

www.barrymays.co.uk He's based at Cotehele in Cornwall, and makes thin oak bookmarks (and other stuff too). Indestructible too unless you're prone to burning books!

The rasher of bacon thing is an urban myth.