Tag Archives: mount/evans

Quite a Lot

By crownfolio | Published: November 18, 2011

Incoming at Crownfolio Towers has been the story this week. Three times in the last couple of weeks a job lot of posters has come up on eBay and, as no one else seemed to want them very much, three times they’ve ended up as ours.  Net result, more posters than one household strictly needs [...]

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The New Wave

By crownfolio | Published: November 16, 2011

I thought I’d said pretty much everything I could say about Sotherans by now, in particular about the unlikelihood of being able to sell posters at such prices in a world where, thanks to the internet, everyone should agree on what a poster is worth.   But it seems that modern technology  has made precisely [...]

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Don’t mention (all of) the war

By crownfolio | Published: July 20, 2011

Back in my student days, now rather some time ago, I was sent to chaperone some Belgian friends of the family when they made a short visit to London, to assist with the language and the mysteries of the London Underground. There are three things that I remember clearly from this trip: a meal out [...]

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RIP COI

By crownfolio | Published: June 29, 2011

So the Central Office of Information is to be no more (news here in the Guardian).  This is a sad end because once upon a time they produced some rather wonderful posters.  Here’s a handy thought from them for this time of the year. Coincidentally, I reccently bought a history of the COI from Abebooks. [...]

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When did you last see an auction?

By crownfolio | Published: May 11, 2011

So, spring is in the air and the auctions are springing up like dandelions on  the lawn.  Christies is tomorrow, as mentioned before, and in the meantime two more catalogues have popped up on the web, Onslows and Van Sabben, with auctions on the 18th May and 4th June respectively. I’ll start with Onslows first, [...]

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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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