James Bielo @secondhandsacred

Old Forgotten Children’s Books? by Christina Pasqua Archival Collections When visiting the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum at the Ohio State University in spring 2025, I pulled an item from the collection called “The S…

What happens when you follow the traces and trails of a bible comic? Read the latest 'Collecting Religion' essay by Christina Pasqua and find out. It's a *really* good one!! collectingreligion.wordpress.com/2025/10/06/o...

06.10.2025 21:01 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Thrifted this scarf on Friday for the Wearing & Carrying exhibit #secondhandsacred

06.10.2025 10:15 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Three tracts found this week: two from little free libraries, one on a campus sidewalk (complete with/ shoeprint) #secondhandsacred

02.10.2025 11:59 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thrifted. #secondhandsacred

29.09.2025 12:04 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Goodwill find yesterday. #secondhandsacred

26.09.2025 12:18 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thanks to Kristin Balzer for contributing this tract to the collection. Found on the ground in Evanston, IL #secondhandsacred

24.09.2025 14:48 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Last rites kits are a relatively common secondhand find. More often than not, they are incomplete. Here, ephemera remained #secondhandsacred

19.09.2025 12:16 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Two Jesus-themed dexterity palm puzzles. New #ebaymethod addition to the Playful Devotion exhibit. What’s that? Curious about the history of these patience games? No problem, Barbara Levine & Jessica Helfand have got you: www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/45/le... #secondhandsacred

15.09.2025 11:51 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

What links this cassette to these two books? I follow the trail in a new essay, written for an exciting project hosted by Valentina Gamberi - valentinagamberi.eu/the-ringmast... #secondhandsacred

12.09.2025 11:36 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

An #ebaymethod find: Christian Science card set from 1964-65 NY World’s Fair. Front sticker is from a previous sale. Was happy seller accepted my $6 offer. This Fair had multiple religious exhibitions: www.jstor.org/stable/10.57... #secondhandsacred

09.09.2025 14:54 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Went to my first estate sale in ~3 months on Sat. Home of a 92-year old man, 9 years a widower, who relocated to VA to live w/ his son. He was a longtime member of a local Assemblies of God church, & had amassed a large collection. Here’s a small sample from my $30 haul. #secondhandsacred

01.09.2025 13:05 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Found this 1950 Book of Mormon last week at an antiques store in Hartford. The fourth edition now in the collection. I often daydream about a Mountain West research trip where I hit secondhand stores from Boise to Provo. One day! #secondhandsacred

29.08.2025 12:03 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Just reviewed chapter proofs and looking forward to seeing this out in the world. It’s part of a really great volume edited by Petra Kuppinger: books.google.com/books/about/... #secondhandsacred

28.08.2025 14:22 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

1976, gospel LP #secondhandsacred

28.08.2025 12:46 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thrifted this 1970 paperback. First I’ve learned about this cycling ministry/performance of evangelical masculinity. Hear a short interview with the founder here: indianapublicradio.org/indianaweeke... #secondhandsacred

27.08.2025 13:11 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

A Hartford antiques store find. Hand painted Polish icon, c.1989 #secondhandsacred

26.08.2025 11:53 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Belt buckle. First one thrifted: two others in the collection are eBay and estate sale finds. #secondhandsacred

25.08.2025 13:45 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Just thrifted these three chalk ware statues. St Martha stands 26 inches tall. #secondhandsacred

21.08.2025 19:59 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

A few recent additions to the in-progress End Times exhibit. Some collectors want materials in pristine condition. Not me. This bent, torn, creased, taped cover is value-added, for the trace it offers of a life in circulation #secondhandsacred

19.08.2025 12:14 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0