I concur. I enjoy Thai posters myself and will buy them whenever I see them, but it has become a challenge for sure. Thankfully, I collect from all around the world so there is still stuff to purchase.
T
Hi! T,
Yes a "challenge" is a good way to describe it and therefore makes it even more rewarding when you do come across a Thai poster of interest, from my personal experience most of the best sources to get hold of Thai posters are pure collectors of Thai posters themselves, naturally the trouble there of course is getting them to part with anything,
there are some collectors out there that were collecting Thai posters before it was even a thing and some of these collectors sometimes may have two of certain posters if you are lucky so they may part with one, but in general even if you offer silly money they won't let much go, and even if they do have a double of a certain poster usually they prefer to trade rather than sell,
but, there's no doubt compared to when I first started collecting Thai posters it's far harder now to find certain posters, speaking to a Thai collector recently I was pretty shocked that even a more modern poster from the early 90's like Tongdee's "The Silence of the Lambs" is now rare and expensive in Thailand, it's amazing how the Thai poster market has changed so much in just a few years, I'm just pleased I managed to pick up a few good pieces when I did, I always thought I was late to the party to begin with but it would truly be a nightmare starting out now.