Antique posters, roughly over an age of 50 years can be marked 'Vintage posters'. Posters were the oldest form of advertising. About half a century back, when the reaches of television or other forms of media available nowadays were not present, posters were regarded the best means of mass communication. Published color posters were extensively utilized for all forms of announcements and advertisements. They were held to be the best mode of visual media through which public declarations, advertisements or campaigns were done.
As most of these posters were published in bulk & were meant to be displayed for street ads, they were not meant to last for long. Commonly, cheap paper was used for this purpose. Due to this reason, many of the vintage posters have degenerated or have been totally crumpled & lost. Even the ones that seem to have persisted the scourges of time and been stored away carefully; still have one or more minor damages. There are very rare cases where the vintage posters obtainable today have been saved carefully and obtainable in fabulous condition.
Even if the vintage poster that you purchase now is in substantially good form, there is all possibility that its present condition might deteriorate in the next few years. As you are most probably to pay well for your poster, you might as well assure that you take the necessary care to safeguard them & make sure that they persist in a good condition for many more years down the line.
Posters are highly sensitive to light. Light radiations tend to cause irreversible damage to your precious poster. It is best to frame your posters with UV-resistant glass. The other major preventive is acid. It eats away on your paper. Most of papers on which the vintage posters were printed were of low quality & hence will have high acid content. The result of acid makes the paper yellow with age and ultimately reduces it to dust. It is best to use acid-free matting and supporting while framing your poster. You should also ascertain that while framing the poster, the glass does not touch the paper. Contact with glass will cause humidity to damage your poster. It is better to put up a spacer between the glass & the actual poster.
Right conservation assures longevity of your valuable vintage poster. - 29943
As most of these posters were published in bulk & were meant to be displayed for street ads, they were not meant to last for long. Commonly, cheap paper was used for this purpose. Due to this reason, many of the vintage posters have degenerated or have been totally crumpled & lost. Even the ones that seem to have persisted the scourges of time and been stored away carefully; still have one or more minor damages. There are very rare cases where the vintage posters obtainable today have been saved carefully and obtainable in fabulous condition.
Even if the vintage poster that you purchase now is in substantially good form, there is all possibility that its present condition might deteriorate in the next few years. As you are most probably to pay well for your poster, you might as well assure that you take the necessary care to safeguard them & make sure that they persist in a good condition for many more years down the line.
Posters are highly sensitive to light. Light radiations tend to cause irreversible damage to your precious poster. It is best to frame your posters with UV-resistant glass. The other major preventive is acid. It eats away on your paper. Most of papers on which the vintage posters were printed were of low quality & hence will have high acid content. The result of acid makes the paper yellow with age and ultimately reduces it to dust. It is best to use acid-free matting and supporting while framing your poster. You should also ascertain that while framing the poster, the glass does not touch the paper. Contact with glass will cause humidity to damage your poster. It is better to put up a spacer between the glass & the actual poster.
Right conservation assures longevity of your valuable vintage poster. - 29943
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