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Poster publishers predict a strong year ahead; a return to nostalgia and a mounting optimism are...

By Bisoux, Tricia
Publication: Art Business News
Date: Thursday, August 1 2002

SPECIAL REPORT--What a difference a year makes. Just 12 months ago, poster publishers remarked that poster sales were experiencing a downturn. Now, it seems that "softer" market has firmed up, perhaps an indication of good things ahead, not only for poster sales, but for the economy in general.

"I really think the art industry is a good indicator of the economic health of the nation," said Ray Granger of loan Cawley Gallery in Tempe, Ariz. "A year ago we saw a decline in the market, and a few months later, the Bush administration announced that the country, indeed, was

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