History
Mark E. Sackett the founder has been collecting rare Ephemera, Books, Posters, Packaging, Toys and Games for over 50 years. He has supplied material to museum shows and exhibits and his collections have been used in many television and movies as background props! Now Mark is sharing and selling his massive archives in his new venture, while upstairs he has opened a design driven bookstore, sells antiques offers 4 creative meeting and event spaces for rent to special events, corporations and his own trainings and exhibitions! We also have a hidden Speakeasy in our basement. Instagrams: @theboxsfmercantile / @theboxsfevents and @picpocketwearables
Specialties
The Pressroom and Mercantile here on the ground floor of The Box SF is the largest antique Ephemera and Advertising archive in the United States. We design and print unique Letterpress products that we do in house and we sell over 15 million items from our historic Target Paper Archive! The entire ground floor is designed to look like an 1850's General Store and our Letterpresses date back to 1838 and are all in working order! We serve collectors all over the world and sell on Instagram, Facebook and eBay all as TheBoxSF. We offer Creative Meetings and Event Space on our Upper Floors...check our Website for Galleries and Details on our Event Spaces and Past Events! Our YELP Page for our Events Space is The Box SF - Meetings and Events!