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With my sister I am clearing my mother's house of its contents. She had a large collection of 19th and early 20th century Variety Hall posters - all nicely framed. I am trying to locate a specialist collector website and / or shop that might be interested in purchasing them. It seems a shame to just throw them away.


Any clues anyone? Help very much appreciated.


I've tried Dress Circle in Charing Cross Road and e-bay but after that - nada.

You could try emailing pics and some details to Rosebery Auctions in South Norwood. Or Bonhams do specialist poster auctions. They would tell you if they are worth consigning for sale, bearing in mind sellers premiums, and a rough valuation.

If not worth selling, perhaps the Theatre Museum might be interested in a donation, rather than throw them away?

Dealers usually keep an eagle eye on eBay, so I would think they're probably not worth much, I'm afraid.

http://archiveshub.ac.uk/features/varietyandmusichall/ -- a national museum, in Sheffield, for materials like those that I imagine your mother collected;


http://britishmusichallsociety.wordpress.com -- a blog / bulletin-board for persons interested in such materials;


why not ring the V&A, ring the Sheffield curator, and ask about venues for sale, or post to the blog with links to images?

There is a pedestrianised street just up from the National Portrait Gallery, near to one of the entrances/exits to Leicester Square that has shops that sell travel posters and the like. You could do worse than go there and have a chat with some of the owners.

V&A http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/a/about-the-theatre-and-performance-collections/

But also how about contacting any individual theatres still in existence? They may well be interested in them for their foyers/collections.

http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/Birmingham/TheatreRoyalNewStreetBirmingham.htm

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