Tag Archives: WW2 poster

War Games

By crownfolio | Published: December 14, 2011

When I posted this Games poster on the blog last week, I mentioned that there was more to be said about the subject. I’ve been meaning to write about Abram Games’ war posters for a while now and that poster (which incidentally fetched £950 at Onslows when it was sold a few days ago) has [...]

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Continuation

By crownfolio | Published: November 28, 2011

So, time for another attempt at reaching the summit of the Onslows auction.  There was certainly a fair amount left out of my last post.  Not least this Lander poster, which I am contractually obliged to reproduce on the blog once every few months. Eric Lander, est. £700-1,000 This time it gets in because of [...]

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In touch with the everyday life of the nation

By crownfolio | Published: November 21, 2011

As promised last week, another look at Sotherans and their new-found love of posters which I had hitherto never thought of as valuable, never mind the preserve of a Mayfair dealer,  But I am always willing to learn. What’s most interesting about the latest crop of posters that they’ve put up on their website is [...]

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Blue Sky Thinking

By crownfolio | Published: November 7, 2011

I could really do with a good auction now.  Even though we don’t have the wall space for anything else and probably would end up buying next to nothing, I’d still enjoy the excitement.  So, after Swann Galleries emailed to say that they had a wonderful set of London Transport posters in their forthcoming auctions, [...]

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Auction fever (or not)

By crownfolio | Published: October 14, 2011

The next Christies poster sale is upon us; the lots are online, the printed catalogue is sitting on my desk.  But I’ve been avoiding writing about it for the last few days, mainly because I can’t work up much enthusiasm for what’s on offer. This, if I am pushed, is probably the best of the [...]

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Chaps like you

By crownfolio | Published: September 19, 2011

A bit of a miscellany today, of which the most notable items are these. They’re a pair of 1940s government information posters, but what makes them different is that they’re not wartime posters but date, I am reasonably sure, from just after the war. The message is certainly right for the times.  World War Two [...]

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