Poster Stuff

Mumbai (Bombay)


Haji Abu's small Chor Bazaar shop offers a cornucopia of vintage Bollywood posters, lobby cards and show cards dating to the 1930s (originals and reprints), some 500,000 in total curated from his grandfather's much larger collection. Prices start at ₹400 on up to ₹400,000. For Bollywood art buffs, this is your Holy Grail.


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