Estate sales are really the very best place to find vintage papers.  I don’t mean just old books or postcards which are often at thrift stores, Goodwill and yard sales and are a wonderful find in themselves. What I am really looking for are unusual papers, forms and hand written books and ledgers.  An estate sale where they are trying to sell everything and literally anything is where I have good luck finding papers to art journal with and include in sketchbooks. Of course there is eBay and Etsy and I must admit that I found this fantastic ‘Tourist Ledger’ on Etsy and an album full of photos from the 20’s and 30’s at Goodwill online. Having said that, I don’t find a paper treasure trove at every sale I visit.  I go to about two sales a month, I use the ‘Find Estate Sales’ app on my phone and there are always photos of each sale so you can assess whether there may be a good chance that there is stuff you will want …