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Be prepared

By crownfolio | Published: February 7, 2012

Hurrah, an auction.  It’s about time we had a nice chunky set of British posters for sale, and it’s Bloomsbury Auctions who are obliging this time, on the 16th February. Once again, there are incalculable quantities of airline posters.  Where do they all come from? I don’t remember them being in auctions a few years [...]

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Surf, psychosis and Audrey Hepburn

By crownfolio | Published: November 23, 2011

Remember I asked last week where all the traditional railway posters have gone?  Well now I know the answer: they’re all in the forthcoming Onslows Sale. Ronald Lampitt, 1948, est. £500-600 There’s no shortage of them yet, that’s for certain.  In fact, in some wierd inversion of the natural order of the world, Onslows are [...]

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Modern selling

By crownfolio | Published: April 13, 2011

The auction season really is upon us; no sooner do I promise you the Christies highlights, than the Swann Galleries catalogue also pops into my email box.  And to my surprise, the American auction is, I think, the winner.  But let’s take a quick canter through both of them, and then you can make up [...]

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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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Small but perfectly formed

By crownfolio | Published: November 17, 2010

So, back on the auction rounds once more, and first in our sights is Van Sabben, on December 11th. I’ve already skipped through a few of the French ones in passing last week, but there are also a small selection of British posters in there which are worth looking at. Lewitt Him, c.1947, est. €250 [...]

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Poster pot

By crownfolio | Published: November 1, 2010

As if last week didn’t give you enough posters to fritter your monies away on, there are still more.  Really quite a lot more too. First, Swann Galleries, whose auction is on 15th November.  Usually the appearance of a whole swathe of high quality London Underground posters on the other side of the Atlantic would be [...]

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