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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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Golf and pageantry

By crownfolio | Published: January 28, 2011

The weather is grey, the economy going into a tailspin, but still those auctions keep on coming.  This week’s offering is from The International Poster Center in New York. Because it’s in New York, it’s heavy on the usual suspects of Art Nouveau, bicycle posters (which for some reason that escapes me are disproportionally collected [...]

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Selling, cont.

By crownfolio | Published: November 29, 2010

There were so many railway and London Transport posters in the Onslows catalogue, that I ran out of time on Friday to consider the rest.  So, today, any other business. The bulk of this is World War Two posters.  Onslows usually have a fair selection and this sale is no different. Clixby Watson, est. £100-150 [...]

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Modern British Collecting

By crownfolio | Published: July 14, 2010

I’ve had Paul Rennie’s Modern British Posters: Art, Design & Communication for a few weeks now, and am guiltily aware that I haven’t given it a proper mention yet.  Now there are a whole heap of real life reasons why this hasn’t happened, which I won’t go on about, but I am also aware that [...]

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Sepsis, fuel and dark beer

By crownfolio | Published: June 18, 2010

As I mentioned a couple of days ago, the Onslows catalogue is now up and complete – eighteen lovely pages of posters for you to look at it, and all of which you can bid for via the internet. So with the sale less than two weeks away, I thought I’d better take a proper [...]

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Festival time

By crownfolio | Published: May 21, 2010

Mr Crownfolio has been fossicking in the furthest depths of the internet again.  And he’s found this. And this. As well as this. What links them all is this. The Festival of Britain.  Or, to be more precise, the Museum of London’s rather wonderful Festival of Britain online exhibition and archive.  Not only does it [...]

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