Who wants to buy me a present?! I want it! It's by the illustrator Exem (Emanuel Excoffier) whose posters were found all around Geneva, Switzerland. The Swiss are in the top five for countries that produce the most famous or valuable posters. Italy, France and Germany are obviously in that group too. Perhaps, the US is in there too? IDK. This poster urges voters to not let a historic building get destroyed. Man, it pops. I know, I say that a lot, but that's what I like about poster art, the pop. I like that this one mixes reality with fantasy. It's not old either, done in 1990, but it is expensive (so far as I found in my searches). This and the Africa poster I blogged about previously are the two leading candidates in my most wanted list. There's lots on my want list and I'll eventually share them as well.
I keep track of all the posters I like or want in an excel file. Is that nerdy? I keep info about sizes, artists, best prices, dates, vendors etc. Yeah, I guess that is nerdy. It's like I formalized the Christmas wishlist that we would write to Santa as kids. I have lots of websites I explore for new posters as well as all of its details. I also explore eBay too, which is tricky because you never really know what you're buying on there. You gotta love it enough to not care if it's original or not to take a risk on an auction site. Although, some of the biggest poster dealers have eBay accounts, which you can trust, but their prices are silly high.
Anyways, if any of you hit the lottery, let me know, I can help you invest (waste) your money.
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