Old Print Man says...

Thank you for stopping by our online virtual store and we welcome your interest in antique prints, maps and vintage advertising.

If you're looking for that special framable gift, or something to satisfy that collector's urge, I'm sure we can help you find it. I sell only authentic antique prints, maps and vintage ads. Just click on the thumbnail pictures to see a larger image of what we offer.

After 20 years of buying 19th Century publications, I now offer for sale fine framables for your home, office or restaurant. A variety of material is offered, so keep an eye on my eBay site at oldprintman.

You can also find me at Lone Star Antique Mall, Dealer #51 at
I-44 and Hwy 19, at Cuba MO Exit 208.

References

Some of my customers over the past 20 years have been:

• Mary Englebreit
• Stern Fixtures St. Louis
• UTE Indian Museum, Colorado
• Image Bank New York
• Good Old Days Magazine
• Save a Connie (Constellation) TWA Museum Kansas City, MO
• Various galleries and frame shops
• S. Bernard, Author - General Custer Historian
• Missouri Military Heritage Museum St. Joseph, MO
    and many more too numerous to mention

Rare Books, Maps and Prints As An Investment

 Reference page 2 of financial section of the New York Times. The article, headlined "Rare Books Lure Collectors Seeking Stability, Low Risk", ranks book collecting third in popularity behind stamps and coins. Included in the realm of book collecting are maps, atlases, and prints.

According to George Lowry, President of Swann Auction Galleries of New York,  "The most active areas of book collecting and investing are first editions, closely followed by maps and other printed collectibles, have a good history of holding their value in both depressions and economic booms. In fact, they have little, if  any, downward risk and no cyclical patterns over the long term." We might add that maps and prints are a lot more fun to own than a stock certificate kept in a bank or brokerage office.

A true print is a work of art reproduced on paper from a copper, steel, wood, or stone engraving on which the artist worked by hand. To the print collector, investor, the handwork is everything. Many modern artists do make prints in limited editions, and go through the same steps used 100 years ago or more, but modern prints, art reproductions, electromechanically reproduced do not qualify for this category.

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