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Corrado

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Hello from south of France
« on: January 16, 2015, 10:43:36 AM »
Hello !

My name is Pierre, I'm from France.
I've been lurking this forum for some month now, and finally decided to sign up. I've been collecting posters since I discovered some WW1 propaganda at my grandmother's 3 years ago.
I was collecting advertising posters at first, but, more recently, someone I know bought over 2000 movie posters from a dealer that was retiring. That's how it all started..
Most of the posters I have are french ones from the 50's 60's and 70's. I'll post some pictures !

 À bientôt
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Offline Harry Caul

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Re: Hello from south of France
« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2015, 11:54:44 AM »
Bienvenue Pierre!
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Re: Hello from south of France
« Reply #2 on: January 16, 2015, 12:12:45 PM »
Welcome!
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Re: Hello from south of France
« Reply #3 on: January 16, 2015, 03:48:58 PM »
Welcome to APF, Pierre.

Can't wait to see your pix.  I collect French posters too.

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Re: Hello from south of France
« Reply #4 on: January 16, 2015, 08:32:30 PM »
Salut.

Good name too.  My favourite car was the VW Corrado VR6...

(But then you will say your name has more to do with the wind after which this car was named, than the car itself...?!)
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Re: Hello from south of France
« Reply #5 on: January 16, 2015, 09:20:07 PM »
Quote from: Simes on January 16, 2015, 08:32:30 PM
Salut.

Good name too.  My favourite car was the VW Corrado VR6...

(But then you will say your name has more to do with the wind after which this car was named, than the car itself...?!)

Honestly I had no idea which car it was until I read your post and googled it..I'm really ignorant about cars in general. My grandmother wanted my parents to call me Corrado, that's the reason of my username !


thank you all for welcoming me !



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Re: Hello from south of France
« Reply #6 on: January 16, 2015, 09:28:01 PM »
This is my favourite advertising poster. It was in my dad's house since I was born and he gave it to me when he moved out. It is really in bad shape, but I love it. The artist is Tamagno :




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Re: Hello from south of France
« Reply #7 on: January 22, 2015, 02:12:28 PM »
What I'm most interested in here are those books.  I know Holiday would go nuts for them.  First editions?  Is collecting books a hobby of yours?

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Re: Hello from south of France
« Reply #8 on: January 22, 2015, 04:24:03 PM »
Welcome, Pierre, and enjoy. Look forward, too, to seeing some of your poster goodness!

 welcome1

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Re: Hello from south of France
« Reply #9 on: January 22, 2015, 08:52:34 PM »
 welcome1

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Re: Hello from south of France
« Reply #10 on: January 22, 2015, 09:08:13 PM »
someone say books?

oh and welcome
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Re: Hello from south of France
« Reply #11 on: January 22, 2015, 11:56:30 PM »
Quote from: Ari on January 22, 2015, 09:08:13 PM
someone say books?

oh and welcome

I want to know about the clock on the floor!
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Re: Hello from south of France
« Reply #12 on: January 23, 2015, 12:29:34 AM »
Well I am intrigued about the HO on the wall
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Re: Hello from south of France
« Reply #13 on: January 24, 2015, 07:01:14 PM »
Thank you all !

eatbrie : Not all of them are first editions. Those in the pictures come from my grandmother's house and they are XIXth and XXth-century's books. My great grandmother used to bind books as a hobby.
Those I bought myself are mostly XVIIIth and early XIXth-century books. Here is a picture that shows some of them (Voltaire, Buffon, Rousseau, Montaigne...) :















CSM : Well, the clock on the floor was bought by my Girlfriend, and we couldn't find a spot on the wall where it would look good, so now it stays on the floor..


jedgerley : It's part of this :



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Re: Hello from south of France
« Reply #14 on: January 24, 2015, 11:41:11 PM »
Quote from: Corrado on January 24, 2015, 07:01:14 PM

CSM : Well, the clock on the floor was bought by my Girlfriend, and we couldn't find a spot on the wall where it would look good, so now it stays on the floor..


Not sure what my wife would do if she bought me a clock and I didn't hang it on the wall.  Probably some very intense fireworks.

On second thought I hope she buys me a clock soon ;)
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Re: Hello from south of France
« Reply #15 on: May 13, 2015, 06:05:16 AM »
Welcome indeed! My dear wife is rather keen on disposing of some of my books...which admittedly have started to spill off the shelves and onto the floor. To prove a point she asked me to recite the contents of a shelf the other day - without letting me look at them of course! I couldn't get more than three. Slowly but surely, she is winning the argument...
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Re: Hello from south of France
« Reply #16 on: May 13, 2015, 09:36:53 AM »
This is what happens when you prize brains and personality before beauty. If I'd married a dumb blonde I might have been able to hang on to more books... ;)
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Re: Hello from south of France
« Reply #17 on: May 13, 2015, 07:40:00 PM »
Oh dear - that did make me laugh...
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