December 14, 2009 in Home loan | Comments (0)
Tags: 1914, Accidental Art, Advertising Poster, Art Deco, Artist Toulouse Lautrec, Artwork, Fine Art, Forgeries, French Artist, Late 1800s, Lowry, Modern Technology, New York Usa, Passersby, Photographic Reproductions, Poster Auction, Reproduction Posters, Swann Galleries, Vintage Advertising Posters, Vintage Posters
This is what the president of Swann Galleries in New York USA, Nicholas Lowry, said about posters. “The great thing about posters is that they are accidental art. They were not meant to be saved. It’s meant to be advertising, to be rained on, torn down or plastered over. That’s the beauty of it.”
Posters are one of the most collectible of collectibles and none more so than the vintage advertising poster.
Vintage advertising posters can be found on walls where once there was fine art. Some of these vintage posters can fetch as much as fine art at auctions and sales and are very sort after.
These posters were the first advertising done to the masses and the graphics and artwork were meant to grab the attention of passersby. They were used to advertise a product or an event and meant only to last a few weeks.
There have been records set in recent times for rare advertising posters from the Art Nouveau (1890-1914) and the Art Deco (1925-1940) periods, they have increased dramatically in value over the last 10 years or so.
Vintage advertising posters can often be confused with photographic reproductions. The reproduction posters were created without any input from the artist. This type of poster is not a vintage advertising poster but if you cannot afford the real thing then you may be able to have your favorite on your wall for around $20 to $50. Many people collect these reproductions of these vintage advertising posters and who knows, one day may be worth so much more too. Who would have thought the posters made back in the late 1800s would be worth so much today. (more…)
November 12, 2009 in Prints Poster | Comments (0)
Tags: 100 Years, Casablanca, Classic Film, Durable Frame, Entertainment System, Film Companies, Film Prints, Film Vintage, Frankenstein, Gone With The Wind, Home Movie, Influential Films, King Kong, Last Thirty Years, Local Theatre, Lots Of Money, Movie Posters, Vintage Film, Vintage Poster, Vintage Posters
Movie posters have been around since the time when films were first made however at that time nobody had any idea that the posters that were advertising the films would be worth a lot of money. The original plan was to sell projectors and film prints as a home movie entertainment system. The general public did not know what film was arriving at the local theatre and this was a way of doing it.
The vintage posters that first used the concept of poster advertisements for films turned out to be wildly successful and set the stage for the way business would be conducted for the next 100 years. These such posters are now worth lots of money.
The Classic Vintage Poster For The Classic Vintage Film
If there were any vintage posters from films released during the last thirty years that were considered rare, they would have been snapped up by collectors a long time ago. A vintage poster is not any poster advertising a film but the actual poster used at the cinemas. These vintage posters that are sent to the cinemas by the film companies are the ones that are worth the money and sort after by the collectors and are considered a prized possession.
Of the classic film vintage posters, among the most prized vintage posters that collectors desire include King Kong, Frankenstein, Casablanca, and Gone with the Wind. These films’ posters are in high demand because these vintage posters are the posters of four of the most famous, most successful and most influential films of all time. Classic vintage poster of the last few years include such films as Star Wars, Batman, Spiderman and ET.
All of these films have vintage posters that collectors prize with a passion. When offered up for auction, they can fetch prices that are quite high drawing several thousands of dollars in bids. When purchased they are usually properly stored away or, at minimum, placed in an expensive and durable frame.
While most of us can not afford these vintage posters in their original form, they all look kind of cool in reproductions. Avid film fans will probably keep the reproductions of these films in circulation for years and collectors of vintage posters will also keep the auction prices very high. If you get the chance in years to come, go to your local cinema and ask them if you can have or buy the posters as one day, you never know the poster you have been given, may just become a vintage poster in years to come.
By: Sharon Price