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OVERLOOKED VINTAGE GRAPHIC GEMS IN OUR INVENTORY  PART TWO

Posted on April 5, 2019 by Jim Clark

http://www.idesirevintageposters.com/artistic-magazines-fortune-march-1937.html Our business could well be described as providing wall decor. The virtues of vintage poster design tended to strut-their-stuff on large surfaces, to be glued to outdoor walls. These productions were not to be sneezed at, inasmuch as the … Continue reading →

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PUTTING ANOTHER SPOTLIGHT ON THOUGHTFUL GIFTS–VINTAGE GRAPHIC SMALL FORMAT GEMS!

Posted on November 21, 2017 by Jim Clark

http://www.idesirevintageposters.com/artistic-magazines-blanco-y-negro-october-1929.html Our cache of the Spanish vintage news, entertainment and arts magazine, Blanco y Negro (Black and White), offers unique and remarkable designs upon their cover and a cornucopia of black and white photos to ponder a while—just the thing … Continue reading →

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PUTTING THE SPOTLIGHT ON THOUGHTFUL GIFTS–VINTAGE GRAPHIC SMALL FORMAT GEMS!

Posted on November 12, 2017 by Jim Clark

http://www.idesirevintageposters.com/small-format-gems-independence-peugeot-1933.html   http://www.idesirevintageposters.com/small-format-gems-independence-peugeot-1933-anonymous.html The term, “small-format,” tends, it seems, to be a non-starter in the graphic art field, where large-scale poster designs are the beginning and end of the experience. Today (and in several other blogs to come) we’ll try … Continue reading →

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AWKWARD AND FASCINATING FIGURES IN VINTAGE GRAPHICS

Posted on January 13, 2017 by Jim Clark

  http://www.idesirevintageposters.com/pochoir-venetian-ladies-c1920.html One of the joys of our work with vintage fashion graphics is encountering the assurance and brilliance of many of the major artists of the art deco era. Designers like, Georges Lepape, George Barbier, Andre Marty, Umberto Brunelleschi … Continue reading →

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VINTAGE POSTER ART PLUMBING THE DEPTHS OF BEACHES

Posted on June 29, 2016 by Jim Clark

http://www.idesirevintageposters.com/sports-la-cote-basque-1957.html For a pretty low-key phenomenon, visiting a beach serves up a startling range of priorities and presences. Vintage graphic design had been enlisted into maintaining a critical edge for the commercial interests of the sites; and thereby we reap … Continue reading →

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APPRECIATING SOME OF OUR  BEST !

Posted on December 29, 2015 by Jim Clark

We’re rounding out the year of design blogs with a fond farewell to some vintage graphics sold in 2015. They’re a varied array; but each has a kick all its own! http://www.idesirevintageposters.com/travel.html

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FORTUNE AND THE EXCITING BEAUTIES UNDERLYING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Posted on March 11, 2014 by Jim Clark

When it comes to vintage magazine graphics, we all tend to focus on the often breathtaking covers, and perhaps one or two ads and article illustrations that really pop. In conveying to you what amazing value inheres in such items … Continue reading →

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AIRPLANE GRAPHICS—THE SKY’S THE LIMIT!

Posted on February 18, 2014 by Jim Clark

     Hier/Aujourd’hui Air Show  1931 ;S.Peratt ;46″ x 61 1/2″   In 1931, the composition in the foreground Aujourd’hui was very today (while the white, biplane figure was very yesterday). Time flies. But the mystery and romance of people travelling in the … Continue reading →

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WOMAN’S HOME COMPANION–DOMESTICITY WITH AN EDGE

Posted on February 11, 2014 by Jim Clark

“Woman’s Home Companion” is not a (magazine) name to immediately bring to mind an imperative of the mysterious side of life. Practical food ingredients, toothpaste, floor wax, Arch Preserver Shoes (allowing the little lady to get back on the golf … Continue reading →

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THE ERTÉ TOUCH

Posted on September 17, 2013 by Jim Clark

Erté (Romain de Tirtoff [1892-1990]) declined to go along with the urging of his father, an admiral of the Russian fleet, to take up a military career; but, notwithstanding, his was an endeavor as a navigator and warrior, of a … Continue reading →

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