Poster Children.(poster art collecting)(Brief Article)

Publication: The New Yorker

Publication Date: 19-AUG-02

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Although the poster dealer Gail Chisholm has been in the business for three decades, you can still find her lurking around Paris on Wednesdays at 4 A.M., making a deal for a placard or two. "It's when they do the trade-over--you know, when they take down the hoardings. Sometimes they'll give you one of the old ones." Of course, the majority of the five thousand or so original posters at the CHISHOLM GALLERY (55 W. 17th St.; 6th floor; 243-8834) never graced...

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