Monthly Archives: March 2011

On the buses (and bus stops too)

By crownfolio | Published: March 17, 2011

One of the real joys of writing this blog is getting a response on a subject from People Who Really Know.  So after my post about long thin posters, it was very good to hear from Michael Wickham who gave me a lot more information about where these kind of posters were displayed.  Along with [...]

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March Mad Hatters

By crownfolio | Published: March 16, 2011

Real life has rather got in the way of blogging for the last week, so apologies for that.  It’s also meant disorder here at Crownfolio Towers.  Yesterday, an unopened envelope turned up underneath a pile of newspapers.  It turned out to contain this. We bought it on eBay for no better reason than it looked [...]

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Spring Madness

By crownfolio | Published: March 11, 2011

We’re all broke and there’s a massive recession, it should all be doom and gloom.  Except in eBay, it seems, where hope springs eternal in springtime and posters are going for silly prices.  Even ours. I wasn’t planning on revisiting our own selling fiesta again, but the results have been startling enough to deserve comment. [...]

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Thick and Thin

By crownfolio | Published: March 9, 2011

This has been hanging around on the bookshelves for a bit, waiting to find a home. Which is quite a tricky problem as I can’t exactly roll it up as it’s on card.  Fortunately I’m starting to quite like it where it is; it may be there for a while. The design is by Royston [...]

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Query

By crownfolio | Published: March 4, 2011

Today on Quad Royal, a reader’s question.  And it’s not one I can answer, so I thought I’d throw it open to you lot. Take a look at this. A classic.  A Norman Wilkinson classic from 1930 to be precise. But now take a look at the small print. Travel information from the Associated British [...]

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Poster, poster, poster, table.

By crownfolio | Published: March 2, 2011

There are a ridiculous number of posters on eBay right now, and I’m not just talking about the Crownfolio clearance sale.  The poster collectors of the world seem to be spring cleaning with a vengance.  Or something. Whatever the cause may be though, there are posters out there and you can buy each and every [...]

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