British post war posters and graphics.
I’ve been meaning for a while now to dig out some old blog posts from the archives. This isn’t just to do with the current constraints on my time, but also because I’ve found myself wandering through the Quad Royal archives in search of this and that, and coming across things that perhaps could do […]
Right, in my attempt to keep on top of things, a quick scamper through the forthcoming Swann Galleries auction. Which is tomorrow, so you’d better be quick if you actually want to buy any of them. Me, I’m just window-shopping, especially at these prices. All the prices are high, but then that’s a posh auction […]
So, as previously advertised, it’s time to consider the Christies London Transport Sale. Mostly this boils down to just one thought which is that is was really very expensive, and if things carry on like this we won’t be buying very many posters in the future. A large chunk of what sold could be put […]
This week really isn’t going according to plan, and as a result I have not had much time to write. Apologies for this. I would like to say that the service will get better next week, but it’s the school holidays and I have a pub to rebuild. Hey ho. Not all of this unexpectedness […]
I was asked to help out earlier this week. Could I find a few vintage posters to act as inspiration for a designer doing a poster for a retro tea-dance? Cakes, bunting, dancing, something nice and festive – it’s not that difficult to imagine the sort of thing. But that sort of thing turned out to […]
See my urgent book. I have had to read it very quickly, because tomorrow it goes back to the British Library for someone else to read urgently too. Now its subject – modernism, bombsites and English culture – might not seem immediately applicable to our concerns here on Quad Royal. But in fact it’s been […]