Collecting Vintage Olympics Posters

25th April 2012

Interesting and informative article on collecting Olympics posters: "As well as being striking works of art, Olympic posters are sound investments that appreciate in value over a markedly short time...Still, Olympics posters remain one of the most affordable types of vintage artwork to collect...They are also, of course, fascinating snapshots of a certain moment in history and contemporaneous politics...In the most recent Christie’s sale of Olympics memorabilia in London, many of the lots smashed their estimates...However, it is surely the posters that give us the most visual pleasure; pieces we can display on our walls and gaze at every day."
Read the full article at www.vintageseekers.com

Featured Image: Munich Olympics Swimming, 1972 
Link: http://www.antikbar.co.uk/product_detail/?pId=1354