The Antioch Bookplate Company was founded in 1926 by two Antioch College students. They started the business as a class project and when they graduated continued it. Over the years the company grew, and changed, and ultimately the division that made bookplates was sold (in 2008). A short history of the company can be found by clicking here.
The company published bookplates that could be customized for the buyer, and also sold "blank" bookplates which were available in retail shops (typically bookstores). Notably, the company engaged well known artists to design some of the plates such as Lynd Ward and Rockwell Kent. These specific plates are highly sought after by collectors. Boxed Cards
Boxed Set of Mushroom Cards - contains 50 unused gum backed cards.
Golden Wings by Boris Vallejo - contains 47 unused gum backed cards.
Boxed Set with labeled cover: A Book is a New Adventure - Contains 47 unused gum backed cards.
Boxed Set: "From the Library of" Cat motif. Contains 16 peel back labels.
Boxed Set, never opened. Ex Libris with medical symbol. Contains 50 bookplates.
Boxed Set, never opened. Ornate medical symbol, Ex Libris. Contains 50 bookplates
Boxed Set, never opened. Hippocratic oath. Contains 50 bookplates.
Boxed Set, never opened. Hippocrates with symbol over Greek building. Contains 50 bookplates. Carded/Enveloped Sets of Bookplates
Boy in a Tree - 2 plastic packs of 11 cards each (22 total). Peel off backs.
Ex-Libris Cat on Books. Paper pack of 12 cards. Never opened
Girl Reading. Plastic pack of 15 self stick, peel off back bookplates.
Jungle image. Plastic pack of 13 self stick, peel off back bookplates.
Fantasy dragon. Paper pack of 12 self stick, peel off back bookplates.
