Upcoming Ephemera Train Events & More!

All Whatnot Ephemera Raid Train Events listed here are organized by the Ephemera Community for the Ephemera Community!
Current administrators are SchmidtAuctions, FerrarisFinds and rotating members of our paper community. If you are interested in contributing as a co-organizer just let us know!
Please follow us on the Whatnot app for updates and event PRESHOWS!
Do you have an idea for a fun raid train? We are open to collaborations with other event organizers!
Not on Whatnot? Use our link to join!

Check out our seller compiled list of resources at the bottom of page

Seller Interest Form

Raid Train

$3 Thursday

Every Thursday from 10-3, sellers will bring you fabulous ephemera, books, photographs, postcards and more, all for $3 starts!!

SchmidtAuctions kicks off every morning at 10am est and will build a flat rate box at 10:45am before raiding the next seller every week!!

World's of Paper Collide!
Next One is 5/16

We are collaborating with sellers from the arts & handmade category to bring you the very first Worlds of Paper Collide raid train event!

Artisans will be bringing their handmade items showcasing ephemera.

Ephemera Seller will be bringing lots that are less than perfect for collectors but are perfect for artisans!

Patriotic Paper 5/25/26 Memorial Day

Join us Memorial Day for another fun raid train! 30 Min spots, antique and vintage ephemera, postcards, swap cards, photographs, advertising, books, magazines and more!

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What The Frock?!
5/23/26

Join us for another What The Frock all fashion related ephemera, photos, books, art and more. Focusing on all eras of period clothing and costumes.

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Captured Moments - All Photos
5/30/26

Join us for another Captured Moments Raid Train. All photographs and photography related ephemera. From Daguerreotypes to Polaroids and snaps and everything in between.

Check out the sellers catalogs. Use the pre-bid system with confidence.

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Pridephemera Mon 6/1/26!

Join us for another Pridephemera Raid Train. We are celebrating the LGBTQ+ community. Ephemera, Photos, Postcards, and some Decor!

Check out the sellers catalogs. Use the pre-bid system with confidence.

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Oddphemera 7! 6/6/26

Join us on June 6th for another fun raid train!

We are selling oddphemera! Wide interpretation of all things Odd, medical quackery, macabre, weird and interesting.

New seller every 30 min with new lots.

Check out the sellers catalogs. Use the pre-bid system with confidence.

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Taberna Libraria 6/9/26

Join us on June 9th for another fun raid train!

We are selling Antique and Vintage Books from 1990s and earlier. Childrens books, Classic Novels, Shelf Books and Risers, Junk Journaling Books and More!

New seller every 45 min with new lots.

Check out the sellers catalogs. Use the pre-bid system with confidence.

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Ephemerama 34! 6/13/26

Join us Saturday June 13th for another Ephemerama! 30 Min spots with giveaways, antique and vintage ephemera, photographs, advertising, books, magazines and more!

Ephemerama runs every second Sat of the month in conjunction with Paperpalooza.

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En Fuego 6/26 - 6/27

Join us for another En Fuego, Adult and Spicy ephemera, photos and more!

New seller every 30 min with new lots.

Check out the sellers catalogs. Use the pre-bid system with confidence.

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Postcard Palooza! 6/20 & 6/21

Join us for the one and only Whatnot Postcard Show Postcard Palooza! This train runs two days with hour long slots for maximum postcard purchasing!!

We will be selling all postcards including RPPCs, postcard supplies and albums.

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The Big 2-5-0 Ephemera & Decor!

Join us in celebrating our Nations 250 Year Anniversary on the Fourth of July!

New seller every 30 min, all Patriotic, Fourth of July, Red White and Blue related Ephemera Decor and more!

Bookmark all of the sellers and use the Pre-Bid system if you will be out enjoying festivities that day!

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Cardphemera 4!
Next One is in June

Join us for another Cardphemera!

Our sellers are bringing anything that is a card, playing cards, swap cards, altered/artists trading cards, postcards, Victorian Trade cards, greeting cards etc. New seller every 30 min, this is a Tuesday train.

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Paperpalooza No. 14 Aug 8-9

Paperpalooza is our origin event, the very first ephemera only raid train train on Whatnot. It was started by PopeyesPostcards, and AtoZProvisions in August of 2022. We think it is the oldest continual running train on Whatnot!

Shortly after Paperpalooza came Ephemerama its sister event so be sure to check both out. Our sellers really bring there best items out for these trains.

Paperpalooza is 4 times a year in the months of Feb, May, Aug, and Nov.

Ephemerama is in Jan, March, April, June, July, Sept, Oct, and Dec.

Critter TBD

Join us Tuesday April 28th for another fun installment of our "Critter" train!

30 Min spots with giveaways.

All animal antique and vintage ephemera, postcards, swap cards, photographs, advertising, books, magazines and more!

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Banger Boxes! TBD

Join us Saturday April 18th for another Banger Boxes! 30 Min spots with giveaways, antique and vintage ephemera, postcards, swap cards, photographs, advertising, books, magazines and more!

All chonky box lots of all shapes and sizes. Every seller will be bringing at least 1 box at a $1 start.

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TheSuburbanBish's Notty Awards 2025! It's a Wrap!

We are honored to have won for Best Train Conductors 2024,

thank you to everyone that voted for us!

We were honored to have been nominated for Best Train conductors 2025, Best Train Event - Oddphemera, Best Ephemera Seller. Schmidt Auctions won Best Social Media 2025.

We just want to thank everyone from the bottom of our hearts for the support the community has shown us these past three years. We look forward to seeing you in 2026.

Schedule of Shows 2026

TBD - TheSuburbanbish.com

Resource Library Compiled by MillicentsMemories!

Melissa is a retired educator from Tennessee, she has been selling on Whatnot since 2022. She loves and collects all things vintage and antique. Catch her ephemera shows and estate sales shows where she shares with you her eclectic lifetime collections. She has graciously volunteered to be our official group librarian and has organized this list of references along with recommendations from the sellers of EPH talks as they relate to their subject matter.

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