Posters, posters everywhere, but not a lot to buy

Well, it’s here.  For the first time under the new rules (which are, as ranted about previously, a minimum lot value of £800) it’s the Christies May vintage poster auction.  And, unsurprisingly, it’s not for me any more. There are lots of cruise posters, some French posters, a fair smattering of Olympic posters, and lots […]

Pictures down the telephone line

Today, dancing about architecture.  Or at least its close relative, podcasting about posters. Actually, I’m being a bit unfair here. What I’ve been listening to is historian Scott Anthony on the BPMA podcast about Stephen Tallents, the man who brought artists to the GPO poster and Night Mail to the nation.  Although the lecture did […]