PLACES TO FIND ANTIQUE PRINTS AND ART

I read a very amusing post today about some prints that Steven Heller aquired in France. He found them at this little shack of a shop in Paris right next to the Seine river. This is the picture I got from his site.

How amazing is it that a little art shanty like this even exists! I wish things like that could be found around these parts here in ole ICT. This train of thought took me down another mental path. I thought it would be fun to sit down and create a little list that I and other designers, artists or enthusiasts might use to find such amazing art gems. Plus, I just love making lists.

PLACES TO FIND ANTIQUE PRINTS AND ART

1. Thrift Store
-I've found quite a few old prints and art at thrifts stores, not to mention sweet old man pants.

2. Antique Shop
-Nearly all of the antique shops that I've been too have had old imagery but they can sometimes be a little over priced.

3. Vintage Reseller
-Vintage resellers a good place to look but be preparred to spread that wallet wide open.

4. Art Gallery
-If they have any at all, art galleries are again super expensive.

5. Museum
-If museums have any, and most that I've been to only have reprints of famous stuff, want a pretty penny to hand over anything. One good thing about this venue is that you at least know what you're getting is authentic.

6. Flea Market
-Oh I love going to flea markets. It's like a seedy sideshow that you can buy strange and interesting treasures from. Knock-off name brand clothing, hordes of cassette tapes and typically plenty of dusty boxes of art.

7. Print Store
-I've found only one print store that has had anything that was actually the real article but I still look around anytime I find a new one.

8. Garage Sale
-It's obviously a crap shoot but garage sales are rad for finding all kinds of handy dandy hand-me-downs. Once in a while you'll hit a jack pot like when an old lady cleans out her attic.

9. Estate Sale
-As morbid as it is, when the old pass away they leave behind old art and I've found gobs at estate sales. I've found some amazing things this way. It's ok to suppress any guilty feelings for being such a vulture with the ideal that these are living on as tributes to fallen art supporters.

10. Online
-Duh.

Do you have any other places to look? Shoot me your thoughts! This is one that my wife found while in Virginia that adorns our entertainment room entrance. Yep, that's how we roll.