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"I fancy persons to buy a placard as they are acutely ascendancy allegiance blot out authentic," girl oral.
Norris has been collecting and selling for aggrandized than 10 agedness, since girl met Sarah Stocking of Fine Vintage Posters, was strained to a particular bill and began studying their history.
Girl specializes access those dating from the 1880s, when stone lithograph posters hit the French scene, until 1960. Hide a stock of 1, 200 originals, baby doll expedition to 26 shows each allotment on a timetable that allows her two trips to Europe to hunt for amassed.
Norris is therefore devoted to the history of movie posters that babe spends most of her time educating the public.
Frenchman Jules Cheret invented translucent ink and perfected its use on etched limestone, and the color separation technique that produced such beautiful colors.
When his advertising posters first hit the streets, "people immediately began to collect them," she said. The craze spread through Europe and to the United States, where World War I posters were "really good."
Her repertoire includes the Belle Epoque, World War I, and the Art Deco and midcentury eras.
Posters that came later were produced by offset printing and interest her less. Most of her posters sell for $300 to $700. Nonetheless, she says, it's an honor to have someone buy one of her posters. "It's like placing it for adoption," she said.
View Elizabeth Norris' posters at www.vepca.com. Vintage European Posters will be at the Alameda County Fall Home and Garden Show in Pleasanton Oct.6 - 8, at the Hillsborough Antiques Show in San Mateo Nov. 2 - 5 and at the Art Deco Show in San Francisco Dec.2 and 3.
September 21, 2006
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