Hi All Please note that the poster above (emmyjens)for some reason edits people's post in her response she qoutes. The post she quoted above is...
Congra Erik! That is really a great find! Keep the momentum and check again in the same shop(s) as it could be part of a batch donated by one...
Marote, after your investigation, even if you reach the conclusion that it is not the original thing ( etching/engraving ), you certainly have a...
Thanks verybrad. I found your writing quite interesting and moving. You are certainly on a position to speak on the subject given your long...
In areas of arts, such smaller auction houses like the phrase "school of" when they can't identify them (usually in unsigned works). Also on...
Perhaps it is premature to state if whether the "golden era" of picking antiques is over. However I have the feeling that much of the urban...
I think it could be somekind of a tech school/college electrical lab kit used to experiment on mini electrical motors and drives. TTA
Indeed old prints and their history is quite fascinating. I think the long evolution of prints has been quite non-linear and varied (also region...
Thanks moreotherstuff! In that case, I guess given your wide and long experience it would be beneficial for me and also other readers to...
Thanks moreotherstuff. Was it under magnification or with naked eye? TTA
From what I read elsewhere, in order to differentiate these vintage offset lithos (so that they are not confused with original lithos) , one...
Thanks moreotherstuff. Your explanation is quite a logical and reasonable one and it could explain the first Lisbon print. But it may not...
The take home message from this discourse on vintage offset lithos is that don't hastily discard a print as a "mere litho reproduction print",...
I think there is an original engraving of that picture. Most of these engravings showing Lisbon from the eighteenth century, especially showing...
As to timing , though generally speaking it has been said that original litho prints (eg. vintage posters) were prevalent upto WW2 and then...
Thanks moreotherstuff. Unfortunately that was the best picture I was able to come up among some few shots I took. No dot patterns are visible...
Dear All, Here is a nice vintage offset lithograph reproduction print I picked today for my own collection. It is based on a colored engraving...
I think it is a vibrant original lithograph irrespective of its primary intent of publication. It is a nice find. TTA
I picked the other day a commemorative print by Walt Disney for their 1930's animated film " snow white and the 7 dwarfs". Probably it is from the...
Congratulations for your finds. I think there is some law we can put it as " if you find a valuable item in a thrift shop at a given time , there...
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