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Starting an Art Collection

20th September 2012

Homes & Interiors feature in the latest edition of Angels and Urchins on the inspirational choices available and benefits of collecting bright and vibrant artwork with the potential to increase in value to decorate your child's room, such as original vintage posters: 

"In the quest to perfect our children's rooms we often overlook the very thing which brings a room to life: namely a vibrant work of art. Instead, having deliberated over cots, tussled with flat-pack storage and pondered paint hues we leave the art until last, often making do with a worthless high-street print, or worse, a blank wall.

Happily you don't need a trust fund to buy decent pictures: a handmade print by a rising artist, for instance can be yours for under £100. And the purchasing possibilities are endless. One friend buys images of horses for his pony-mad daughter; another focuses on vinatge superhero posters: whatever your child's interest you will it in print or on canvas.

Starting a Collection

Start at the autumnal art fairs[*] to peruse styles, compare prices and meet dealers. If investment is a priority (and frankly, who doesn't want to own a piece that will increase in value), find something  you like and ask a few pertinent questions... 

Vintage Posters and Comic Art

Once regarded as mere mechanical reproductions, antique posters are eminently collectable not least because they are so rare. Specialist at Antikbar (antikbar.co.uk) explains: 'Although posters were pasted up and displayed, few originals survive as they weren't meant to be kept.' 

Exceptional graphics, rarity and age determine a poster's collectibility: a rare Dracula for instance, scooped £300,000 at auction. For the rest of us, the real draw is not only the price (from £45) but the array of subjects: from Second World War soldier to graceful Bolshoi ballet dancers, all 'not just wonderful art but a piece of social history'..."

[*] AntikBar is a regular exhibitor at the Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair, Battersea Park, London, which is held three times a year. 

Stop Press: 50 Year Anniversary 007
AntikBar's original vintage Dr No poster is also featured in the November 2012 issue of British GQ (James Bond Special), pp268-269: "Wonderwall...Hang It Up!" (This poster sold at the Autumn Decorative Fair but more James Bond posters are available; please contact us or browse the cinema pages.) 

Related: Create a Nursery Fit for Prince George
AntikBar featured in The Telegraph's interiors slideshow: "Tired of the identikit prints and pictures found in baby shops? London-based dealer AntikBar specialises in original vintage posters from as early as the 1800s. This pair of lithograph pictures inspired by nursery rhymes were created by the English illustrator John Hassall (1868-1948) and would make a quirky addition to a nursery wall. £240 for the pair."  

 

Featured Image: Elephant Shoes - Boy and Girl, 1950s
Link: http://www.antikbar.co.uk/product_detail/?pId=1312

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