Monthly Archives: May 2010

Horses, sorry, modernism for all

By crownfolio | Published: May 19, 2010

Crownfolio is thinking of going to France.  Actually, I’ve been thinking about my holidays for some time, but now it looks as though I’m going to have to plan another trip as well, and all because of this exhibition. It’s called Art for All, and it’s an exhibition of British transport posters at the Yale [...]

Posted in exhibitions | Tagged , , , , , | 2 Comments

Up, up and away

By crownfolio | Published: May 17, 2010

Time, for a quick saunter round the Christies results.  Which were a mixed bag; some things sold, some things didn’t.  Some things sold for way over their estimate (we’ll come to those in a minute), some things for well under.    This Fred Taylor, for example, went for £250, despite an estimate of £600-800.  So [...]

Posted in auctions | Tagged , , , , | 3 Comments

Properly Designed Posters Please

By crownfolio | Published: May 14, 2010

Today, a wallow in some lovely designs for no good reason at all I’ve been meaning to write about the Post Office’s ‘Properly Packed Parcels Please’ series for ages, ever since finding them praised in Design Magazine. There’s a whole series of these posters (they seem to stretch from 1962 until the early 70s), and [...]

Posted in posters | Tagged , , , , | 6 Comments

Mr Benjamin, is this poster a copy?

By crownfolio | Published: May 13, 2010

Exhibits A and B for today’s argument come from eBay. This is a London Transport poster by Abram Games from 1968. Except it also isn’t.  Here’s the description from the listing itself. “Sightsee London” by Abram Games 1968. This is an authentic LT poster printed by Sir Joseph Causton & Sons in 1971 for sale in the LT shop and [...]

Posted in eBay, posters | Tagged , , , , , , , | 8 Comments

Murphy news

By crownfolio | Published: May 12, 2010

After I wrote the post about James Reeve and his brilliant brochures for Murphy televisioon, Dave Grant who runs the Murphy Radio site emailed with a bit more information. Sadly, he tells me that James Reeve died just a few months ago, so I’m not going to get the chance to quiz him about his [...]

Posted in designers | Tagged | 1 Comment

I’m eBay, fly me

By crownfolio | Published: May 11, 2010

Once upon a time on eBay, it was possible to snag a bargain.  Now, everyone knows the value of everything, nothing’s sold at auction and what little you can get is a very expensive Buy It Now.  But I thought I would point you at this Lewitt-Him poster for the simple reason that I haven’t [...]

Posted in eBay | Tagged , | 2 Comments