Lithos??
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RoyalChief
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Lithos??
Found a booth at an antique mall/flea market. Has a lot of stephen king books/memorabilia plus alot of cemetary dance books. She has a "litho" there of mr mercedes by cemetary dance. What exactly is a litho and are they collectable or worth anything? She's a local author and sells her books there as well. She said she had others if I was interested. I may be but just don't know much about them. Some education would be much appreciated. Thanks.
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Re: Lithos??
Litho is short for lithography (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithography)RoyalChief wrote: ↑Sat Aug 27, 2022 4:28 pm Found a booth at an antique mall/flea market. Has a lot of stephen king books/memorabilia plus alot of cemetary dance books. She has a "litho" there of mr mercedes by cemetary dance. What exactly is a litho and are they collectable or worth anything? She's a local author and sells her books there as well. She said she had others if I was interested. I may be but just don't know much about them. Some education would be much appreciated. Thanks.
Usually this is going to be a limited printing of an original piece of artwork. The value is going to depend on a lot of factors - who the artist was, who's doing the lithograph, how big the print run was, etc. Posting a photo here might be helpful., ideally with a close up of any signatures and whatever number it is.
In general though, it would be worth a fraction of what the original art would go for.