This may have been framed many years ago by..., who knows? These posters are paper on canvas back. I purchaed mine (the English version) in San Francisco, unframed! It had a brass strip crimped to the top and bottom to keep it straight, and a central loop on the top strip of metal to hang the piece in the store.
If you prefer to have it framed, it should at least be done archivally from a acid free matting and museum quality UV glass standpoint. If you like the "original" frame, use it. My poster, at least, was not originally meant to be framed. Dan you have seen my poster, and how I elected to frame it. Good luck! Sure a lot of stuff out there in Oregon! Jeff Wisconsin -----Original Message----- From: phono-l-bounces at oldcrank.org [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Daniel Melvin Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 7:44 PM To: Phono-L at oldcrank.org Subject: [Phono-L] Victor Artists Opera poster question I just aquired a very nice Victor Artists poster with the opera singers on it. It is nearly identical to the one in the Fabrizio/Paul book "Antique Phonograph Advertising" number 3-5. The differernce is that instead of Victor Artists is says Artistas Victor on it and there is a store address stamped on the back from a store in Mexico. Does anyone know if this would be from the same era as the American version? It apperas to be exactly the same poster. The label on the back is obviously the same one as on the American version as it is in English. Also, it has an old frame I believe to be the original but it does not look like the one in the book. Would differernt types of frames been normal for such advertising pictures. Should I try to get the original frame repaired so it's safe to hang or just refame it? Thanks for any info or ideas anyone has. Dan _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
