Tom Purvis
GWR Railwayana Auction Preview
The next GWR Railwayana auction takes place on 18th November I have been to one of these auctions and its an experience not to me missed I will never forget the impassive nature of a buyer who had just won a nameplate for £32,000. No whooping or victory dances there! Also this smasher went for …
Interesting British Industries Fair. Original design 1932
Going for sale tomorrow this original gouache 30 by 20 The BIF were looking for more ‘modern’ design in 1932. Thus was one of the attempts. The commission went to Tom Purvis abd the rest is history. We still have a Purvis ftom 1933 fir sale at an excellent price.
Would have been nice to witness
Digging around as I do for poster stories, I found that attached from 2009. This is PP for me (Pre Poster), but would have been nice to witness. These Austin Read posters are often copied but virtually unheard of as originals Courtesy of Onslows Auctioneers Just a reminder that our BIF poster is still available …
British Industries Fair
3 Purvis’s and a Games BIF posters The British Industries Fair was an important exhibition centre in Birmingham, England. The large complex of buildings was built in 1920 and was situated between Castle Bromwich Aerodrome and the railway line. For two weeks every year it was the most visited attraction in the country. In 1933, the first diesel locomotive arrived for …
More great posters coming many under £75 Changing all the time please keep looking !
We are upping our Sales output with 15 new posters to be listed over the next few days. Artists featured include Purvis, Eckersley and Tomi Ungerer to add to items already listed from Newbould, Padden and Heniron. We will also have some unusual 1960s GPO posters, a couple from the Imperial War Museum and a …
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Post script update
Hello Poster Fans !! and blog addicts…. Where have I been ? I know you are asking ! Well …….. I have been here all the time scoping out items of poster interest. The main problem was that my computer broke, the kids were devastated so finally on Sunday night I have my chance. Quickly …
Mini poster revolution
There are a lot of mini posters on ebay right now, somwhere in America seems to have an inexhaustible supply, this lovely Shell for example One seller has a few including this one notable for one of the worst puns of all time How do we rank these mini posters : if they were pages …
Early Tom Purvis
Its not the intention of this blog to cover ww1 posters in great detail, as a social document they have their place but often they are uninspiring visually. This is particularly true of those for defence bonds etc which I tend to avoid like the plague. My interest has been rekindled by the realisation that …