$60 · Antique Newspaper Flongs or Mats, Newspaper moulds/ prints

Offered for sale is a highly unusual and very rare item known as a "newspaper flong" or a "newspaper mat". We have three mats (flongs), each one representing a page from the Regina Daily Star in 1937. See the photos below. Flong #1 Paper: Regina Daily Star Date: Thursday April 8, 1937. Page 2 Headline: "Liberal Member Urges National System Of Financing" Flong #2 Paper: Regina Daily Star Date: Thursday April 8, 1937. Page 7 Headline: "Saskatchewan Cattle Supply Is Decreased" Flong #3 Paper: Regina Daily Star Date: Friday April 9, 1937. Page 2 Headline: "Session at Ottawa Likely To Carry Into Next Week" When framed, these antique items are truly beautiful, stand as a remarkable example of industrial art, and are testimony to the technology used in newspaper industry in the early decades of the last century. HISTORY: These "flongs" were made by the Regina Daily Star newspaper in 1937. They are made of papier-mâché and were used as moulds into which hot typesetting metal was poured. The resulting metal image was used in printing presses to print newspapers. If you examine the photos, you can clearly read each of the newspaper articles on the page. Several years ago, I sold a several of these very rare and unusual items to a collector. I found these last three in my collection and expect them to sell quickly. PRICE: $60 each CONDITION: Considering they were made 81 years ago, these flongs are in remarkably good condition. They are slightly warped, but this is not unusual since they are very hard papier-mâché and can be straightened by careful pressing.