Vintage perforated cards perfect for the paper lover (♥♥♥♥♥).

Any holiday is the perfect excuse for us to create new designs and Valentine’s day is alway a special one to us. We decided to do something different this year, we designed and printed a sheet of cards with 6 different designs. The project was inspired by those vintage perforated cards we all used as kids. We brainstormed some corny sayings and the illustrations drew themselves! They’re available for purchase right now in our shop.

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Our Good Morning/Good Night posters are now available for purchase in the shop. Individual posters are $48 plus $12 flat rate shipping via FedEx Ground anywhere in the continental US. Additional shipping will be charged for orders outside the continental US if necessary.

If you have any questions about the posters, leave a comment below and we’ll be happy to answer them. We hope everyone loves them as much as we do!
*Frame not included.

****UPDATE: The C&P Pilot and Sigwalt have been SOLD****

We’re doing a very early spring cleaning at Dolce Press.  We have decided to sell 3 tabletop presses to make some room.  We love our presses but since they are not being used here at Dolce, we figured we would sell them to someone who wants to put them to use to create beautiful prints.
The 3 presses we have are:

1. Chandler and Price Pilot (6.5 x 10) – includes chase, 2 brand new rubber rollers, 4 delrin trucks, some furniture ($1800 obo)

2. Sigwalt #5 (6 x 9) – includes chase, some furniture ($1200 obo)

3. Master (6 x 9) – no chase, some furniture ($600 obo)…Book Press in picture is NOT for sale.

Inquiries and offers can be emailed to press4sale{at}dolcepress{dot}com.
All of our presses will be for PICK UP only.  You can pick them up in either Ithaca, NY or Bohemia, NY.

Update: Sorry I wasn’t able to email everyone directly but the press is no longer available. Thanks to everyone who inquired about the press and good luck on your search! If we have any more equipment for sale, we will post it to the for-sale category of the blog. Have a great weekend!

First, we have to apologize for the lack of posts but we have been swamped with print jobs these past few weeks. We have a few exciting posts planned for the next week so stay tuned for more information on that. Getting down to business, we posted last week about two small presses that we have for sale and finally got everything together today to photograph the larger press. This press is a Kelsey Excelsior 5×8 letterpress in great condition. Above is a photo of the press and accessories which include a wide variety of wooden furniture (a lot more furniture not shown), many quoins and a key, one chase, a variety of type (not shown), two rollers (need to be recovered) and metal trucks in a wooden box (not shown), and 3 galley trays.

Here are some more photos of the accessories and close-up shots of the press:

As you can see from the photos, the press is in great condition and is ready to be used. The platen, chase, ink disk, and press bed are all smooth and free from defects and rust. The press comes with one fully functioning gripper arm, unfortunately one of the arms must have been lost by the original owner. While this press can be shipped we will give preference to those who can pick it up in Ithaca, NY or Long Island. Please contact us with an offer for the press and accessories as a set. 

Just wanted to let everyone know that all the lead type and wood type has been sold. Thanks to everyone who inquired.Currently at Dolce Press, we are in the process of restoring 2 presses; a 5 x 8 Kelsey and 3 x 5 CMC Master. There is some work that needs to be done to them before they will be ready to be sold so please check back periodically to the blog if you are interested in purchasing 1 or both.Please no emails about pricing since a price has not yet been set.

This is a set of 36pt and 54pt sans serif lead type (caps only) that we are selling. We are quickly running out of space in the studio and would be happy to see this type go to a good home.

In the upcomming weeks we will be posting more type and letterpress accessories for sale which includes individual cases, type ranging in size from 8pt to 72pt+, and several type cabinets. In addition to the lead type, we have a full cabinet of wood type ranging from 2″ to 10″+ in size. If you are interested in purchasing any of this, contact us directly via phone or email. We will be posting the items bit by bit to a special section of the blog, which you can access here: Letterpress Stuff For Sale.