A new client appeared in the shop and unfurled five stunning original vintage travel posters. They were in prisitne linen-backed condtion and wonderfully oversized. I have seen hundreds of vintage reproduction travel posters in my career, but I had never seen these particular images. My client explained that he grew up in a town where there was an elderly travel agent. After he died, the travel agent's sons cleaned out his office and put some office furniture out for the trash. My client, then in college, was in need of a desk and the one on the curb looked ok. Once he got it home he discovered the posters in the drawers. He held onto them and later in life had them appraised. They were all orignials and worth quite a tidy sum! He had just had them linen-backed when he arrived in the store.
We selected materials, 8 ply mats with 3" exposures on all. The frames on some are matte black with Conservation Clear glass, and the remaining frames are espresso burl with Museum glass, lest they be mistaken for garbage again.
The large format posters are roughly 40 x 52" finished.
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