20+ Library Card Catalogs for Sale

Looking to buy a vintage library card catalog? Craigslist, Etsy, eBay and flea markets are all great places to look. For those searching right now, here are over 20 library catalogs currently for sale on Craigslist and Etsy. Happy hunting!
Library card catalogs on Craigslist
72-drawer card catalog in Monkton, Vermont, $100
Several 2 to 6-drawer catalogs in Oak Lawn, Illinois, $110-$225
15-drawer catalog in Livingston, Louisiana, $199
72-drawer in Danville, Indiana: $400
18-drawer catalog in Edwardsburg, Michigan, $425
60-drawer card catalog in West Memphis, Arkansas, $500
30-drawer card catalog in Norwalk, California, $575
Four 15-drawer units in New Mexico – Willing to ship if you pay freight, $580 or best offer.
30-drawer in Terre Haute, Indiana, $750
30-drawer card catalog in Roswell, Georgia, $800
72-drawer card catalog from Yale University in Hamden, New York, $900
Four 15-drawer card catalogs in Tempe, for $2,999
Three 30-drawer catalogs in Eugene, Oregon, $4,500
Library card catalogs on Etsy
Brooksvale Artisans is selling several larger catalogs as well if your budget is higher.
Looking to buy library card catalogs? There’s a 30-drawer card catalog for sale in Florida for only $325.
http://spacecoast.craigslist.org/for/2978915305.html

*UPDATE 1/6/2012: If you have a library card catalog for sale, you can email curledupwithabook@gmail.com and I’ll try to post about your items.*
**UPDATE 5/26/2012: I will post updates to my Facebook page when I hear of new card catalogs for sale. Here’s the page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Curled-Up-With-a-Book/289758557081
I love this nifty card catalog generator on Blyberg.net, which lets you make your own library catalog cards. Just fill in the Call Number, Title, Card Text, and other “scribbles,” then click “Make It!” and presto, you’ve got your own cards.
For a little while now I’ve been looking for an old library card catalog. My quest has largely been disappointing in its results (probably because I don’t want to spend too much on it), but the other day I got a bit of inspiration to keep looking, via this design*sponge spotlight on Matthew Fairbanks. Fairbanks is a Brooklyn-based furniture artist who created this lovely card catalog writing desk.
I went hunting for some other nice card catalog shots and found lots of good ones, rekindling my hope that there’s a card catolog out there for me somewhere…
Good ol’ closeup in this ‘good ol days‘ shot from emdot on flickr:
Very pretty set up on Poetic Home‘s “My Favorite Vintage Things”:
Tasteful (ha ha) use of card catolags on Apartment Therapy:
I love the rich, warm wood of this catalogue from Underpuppy on flickr:
Interesting drawer…“Cataloging the Ladies, Barr Smith Libary, Adelaide” from ms sdb on flickr:
And lastly, a blast from the past — New York Public Library, circa 1923: