what is it worth

zimmermania

Hi,i have a large shipping poster in its original frame (the frame is impressed with Londonderry Canada Anchor Donaldson Line







I have a large framed original print.Anchor Donaldson Line Londonderry Canada signed Odin Rosenvinge.It shows two liner ships an a couple of smaller ones.The frame is impressed with Anchor line Londonderry-Canada-Londonderry -New York.Very colourful it is approx 40 inches by30 inches.Ibought it at an auction in Adare more than 20 years ago and i am wondering where to sell it and what it might be worth.

Judgement Day

http://www.onslows.co.uk/

http://www.sheffieldrailwayana.co.uk/

http://www.christies.com/departments/posters-19th-and-20th-century-23-1.aspx

Depends on how desirable the poster is but the UK is probably the best place to sell at a good price. Don't bother with eBay etc. but if you put up a pic somebody might be able to give further advice.

zimmermania

Judgement Day wrote: »

http://www.onslows.co.uk/

http://www.sheffieldrailwayana.co.uk/

http://www.christies.com/departments/posters-19th-and-20th-century-23-1.aspx

Depends on how desirable the poster is but the UK is probably the best place to sell at a good price. Don't bother with eBay etc. but if you put up a pic somebody might be able to give further advice.

Thanks a lot hope these help

Judgement Day

Impossible to say from your photos just how much of the poster is in the frame i.e. is it a picture cut from a poster rather than the entire poster? If it's a cut-out it will not have much value but it's still a nice picture. I suspect that you're going to have to take the back off to establish what you're dealing with. Also, if it has been stuck down to a backing it will impact on its value. Sorry not to be of more help. If you take it out of the frame be sure to let us know how you get on.

zimmermania

Judgement Day wrote: »

Impossible to say from your photos just how much of the poster is in the frame i.e. is it a picture cut from a poster rather than the entire poster? If it's a cut-out it will not have much value but it's still a nice picture. I suspect that you're going to have to take the back off to establish what you're dealing with. Also, if it has been stuck down to a backing it will impact on its value. Sorry not to be of more help. If you take it out of the frame be sure to let us know how you get on.

It was out of the frame because the original glass was cracked.The poster is complete and the mount and frame are original and it is not stuck as far as i know because i told the framer not to interfere with original mount.

Judgement Day

Sorry, I must be losing it - I hadn't examined the frame until I re-read your original post. This makes it quite an interesting item which may have come out of a shipping company office or early travel agency like Hewitt's of D'Olier Street, Dublin. The fact that it's in an official frame from the Shipping Line makes it quite collectable so that the UK Auctioneers that I mentioned are the way to go. I would try emailing them with very good pics - especially showing the bottom of the frame.

You could also try contacting Ian Whyte at Whyte's Auctioneers, 38 Molesworth Street, D.2. info@whytes.ie or 01 676 2888 if sending the poster to the UK is going to be too expensive.

zimmermania

Judgement Day wrote: »

Sorry, I must be losing it - I hadn't examined the frame until I re-read your original post. This makes it quite an interesting item which may have come out of a shipping company office or early travel agency like Hewitt's of D'Olier Street, Dublin. The fact that it's in an official frame from the Shipping Line makes it quite collectable so that the UK Auctioneers that I mentioned are the way to go. I would try emailing them with very good pics - especially showing the bottom of the frame.

You could also try contacting Ian Whyte at Whyte's Auctioneers, 38 Molesworth Street, D.2. info@whytes.ie or 01 676 2888 if sending the poster to the UK is going to be too expensive.

Thanks i might try one of your suggestions,though i will probably get someone to send the pics for me.I posted a few pics of stone troughs on adverts today and they certainly did not end up on my ad wherever they went.

zimmermania

You are probably correct when you say my poster may have come from an agent or ticket office for the Anchor Line.I googled "anchor line posters" and was directed to Titanic Stories,the official web site of the Titanic.There is a story about an old shipping office in Ballycastle that was discovered with some great memorabilia.A picture of a liner is shown which is very like the one i have in an identical frame to mine.
Further examination has revealed that the poster i have is exactly the same as the the one disovered in Ballycastle,same mount and frame which means that you were so right when you stated it could have come from a ticket sales office.The one found in Ballycastle can be seen if one googles Gerry McKinley anchor line poster.Thanks again for your help and interest.