In today's digital age, paper ephemera attracts new generation of collectors

NPR | By Buffy Gorrilla

Published May 29, 2026 at 4:47 AM EDT

We have less need for paper than past generations, but paper ephemera is still very collectible. We meet some digital natives who collect old postcards and comics at a paper show in Pennsylvania.

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