Looks great! :plus_one: The "Ninety-Eight Holiday Sportsedan": BEAST!! ...love those ads for the other images as well; architecture of the buildings is so 50s!
As I visualize one on the wall, both good ideas, thicker frame will add "weight" to the piece as it's a smaller size & exposing more border will add contrast to the visual itself!...
Sounds good, but I would let the frame be the border, and put them close together, much like Matt did with his lobbies but even closer. Because they are relatively small, I reckon the more you add to outside of them, the more they will get lost in the frame...but whatever you decide will look amazing and I can't wait to see.
Starting to explore the nooks and crannies of VMPF, I stumbled across this older thread, but one I'm definitely into. Lots of ads have great art, and aren't something that was ever released as a poster. Also, you can find ads for almost anything you might be into, and ads are usually much less expensive than posters. Lots of upsides to framing ads. Here's one I bought on ebay a couple weeks ago and put into an old frame:
Agreed! Magazine artwork & the products offer a nostalgia that posters don't always convey; one of my big draws to them & yes, much less expensive than one sheets!
That's what I'm talkin' 'bout! Funny that one featuring water ended up looking like it got wet. So it sounds like collecting/displaying ads isn't a current interest, or it just takes running across one(s) you like?
Can't remember if I photo'd it when wet or after it dried-but yeah, the ink just loosened up & ran. Disappointing but it taught me to use weaker solutions with old magazine paper.
I still reallly like old ads. Just think I got so distracted by collecting one sheets. And those lonely Daybills as well. there are a lot of antique stores in the area that have them; I just need to get out and find em. Maybe this will motivate me to hunt some down.
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Starting to explore the nooks and crannies of VMPF, I stumbled across this older thread, but one I'm definitely into. Lots of ads have great art, and aren't something that was ever released as a poster. Also, you can find ads for almost anything you might be into, and ads are usually much less expensive than posters. Lots of upsides to framing ads. Here's one I bought on ebay a couple weeks ago and put into an old frame:
This one was a successful paperbacking job.
Before
after -
Experience = teacher....That and some advice from Charlie.
That's what I'm talkin' 'bout! Funny that one featuring water ended up looking like it got wet. So it sounds like collecting/displaying ads isn't a current interest, or it just takes running across one(s) you like?
I still reallly like old ads. Just think I got so distracted by collecting one sheets. And those lonely Daybills as well.