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Poster Auctions

June 1, 2021 • Auction • Gooding & Company • Heritage Auctions • Porsche • poster collection • poster collector • vintage car poster

As the pandemic started to subside in late 2020, it seemed that people started to relax and start buying things that would enhance the spaces. I cover two online auctions held in October 2020 for Porsche Club of America. One was held by Heritage Auctions and the other was through Gooding & Company, a leading auctioneer of truly amazing motorcars that has just recently dipped its feet into the selling of automobilia.

Board Mounted Posters

May 18, 2021 • board mounted poster • poster • poster collection • poster collector • poster on canvas • vintage poster

One universally accepted thing to avoid is permanently adhering a poster to its backing. From the 1960s – 1980s it was popular to have posters dry mounted to a board so that they would lie flat in their frames. This process is (almost) irreversible and posters that have been dry mounted are considered by the vast majority of collectors to be both compromised and diminished in value.

Linen Backing

May 11, 2021 • archival • linen backing • poster • poster on canvas • vintage poster

Most of the posters I sell here on my website are archival linen backed. Why do I do this?

Linen backing is the best way to preserve and stabilize your poster and provides a canvas for further restorative work.

Linen backing a poster on canvas requires three elements. Linen, acid-free lining paper and a Wheat starch solution containing an alkali buffer which when all combined together produces a stable - but reversible - acid free environment for mounting a poster.

Original vs Reproduction Posters

May 4, 2021 • original poster • poster • poster collection • reproduction • vintage car poster • vintage poster

To novices just starting to collect posters, there are general techniques to determine if a particular poster is a vintage original versus a later reproduction.

Here are a few guidelines to help educate yourself and potentially avoid making an expensive mistake.