Monthly Archives: May 2012

People do love huge pieces of paper

By crownfolio | Published: May 30, 2012

So, finally, after several advance mentions it’s time to have a look at the new V&A book about posters, British Posters: Advertising, Art and Activism. I don’t think that the fact that this has been sitting around on my desk for a week or two is just an accident of circumstances.  It took me a [...]

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Odd and odder

By crownfolio | Published: May 28, 2012

This week, Ebay seems mostly to be selling oddities.  And the oddest of the odd has to be this, a redacted Daphne Padden poster for £9.99. It would be rather nice if they hadn’t done that, wouldn’t it? The listing does at least give a bit of provenance: we understand that this advertisement was displayed [...]

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Harrogate Return

By crownfolio | Published: May 26, 2012

It’s taken two years, but finally I can report on another Morphet’s sale.  Sadly this is not another great poster extravaganza, but still worth your time and attention.  Shall we take this for starters? Abram Games, 1951, est. £200-300 The poster – which by rights should go for quite a bit more than that estimate [...]

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Celebrations, assorted

By crownfolio | Published: May 23, 2012

Despite my promises, a normal service will not be operating today either, because it’s all be a bit exciting down here in the sticks.  Yesterday we had both the Olympic torch and Jubilee picnic, which is all a bit much for one day.  By way of commemoration, have a an appropriately festive poster. It is [...]

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Not here

By crownfolio | Published: May 21, 2012

I’ve tried to write a sensible blog post today, I really have, but my brain just isn’t co-operating.  So my thoughts on Catherine Flood’s British Posters: Advertising, Art and Activism will have to wait for another day. When I might actually have some thoughts to relate. So I was just going to give you a [...]

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Lofty finds

By crownfolio | Published: May 18, 2012

Mr Crownfolio and I are about to put an offer in on a house without an attic.  This is quite annoying, because it rather ruins our chances of finding a fantastic cache of posters in there.  After the recent set of coach posters, another seller on eBay is profiting from their attic.  Only this time [...]

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