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March 10, 2007
Vintage Poster Art Big Seller On eBay
Vintage poster art has a substantial presence on eBay. This morning, for example, there were 32,462 posters for sale. Vintage ones are especially popular and some of the prices are amazing to a person like me who knows nothing at all about posters. Some of the subject matter I never even heard of like this "Fernando Botero, Theater Festival Poster 1977" which had 13 bids and sold for $6,000.

Other material, though, was more familiar.
* A 1959 Picasso entitled "Les Menines" which sold for $560.00.
* A 1961 of "Breakfast at Tiffany's went for $3,000+. {I ADORED that movie. It was Audrey Hepburn at her very best.}
* A 1939 New York World’s Fair sold for $1563.20
* A 1933 Chicago World’s Fair sold for $1499.42. {Who knew the World's fair was so popular?}
* In the Asian art poster auction market, there seems to be some really odd things. I found a poster that depicted McDonald’s hamburgers invading Japan. The poster got fourteen bids from six different people and it closed at four hundred fifty five dollars.
* Impressionist art poster auctions sell well on eBay. One about the 2006 Jazz Festival in New Orleans sold for $400+. The artist was a cajun named James Michalopulos who obviously loves brilliant, jazzy colors because his Fats Domino portrait was breathtaking.
* Modern art posters seem to be the most popular. The owner of a "Love Me Tender", the famous Elvis movie, attracts a ton of interest but the owner insists on $1,000. Since the poster hasn't yet reached that level, he continues to refuse to sell.
Posted by SydneyJohnston at March 10, 2007 1:32 PM
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