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Mickey Mantle, Yankees, Original Pastel Drawing by Jack Lane
By Jack Lane
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pastel drawing of Mickey Mantle by Jack Lane from 1986. A classic sports illustration of the
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1980s American Realist Vintage Sports Illustrations

Materials

Paper, Pastel

Vintage Golf Print, Come to Britain for Golf by Roland Hilder
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
is a beautiful and colorful illustration of four gentlemen playing golf on an autumn day. It is in
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1950s British Sporting Art Vintage Sports Illustrations

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Paper

Racing Cars in Bright Red, Sports Illustrated Illustration - Sports Car - Pink
By Bob Peak
Located in Miami, FL
much as color-field painting as a narrative work. It was a commissioned illustration for Sports
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1970s Color-Field Vintage Sports Illustrations

Materials

Laid Paper, Canvas, Acrylic

Football Team Sports Action Painting Abstract Expressionism, Sports Illustrated
By Bob Peak
Located in Miami, FL
commercial illustration as Peak strikes a balance between abstract versus figurative art. This work was done
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Vintage Sports Illustrations

Materials

Charcoal, Acrylic

Bold Graphic Illustration Pop Art Image of Large Truck, Orignal Alkyd Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Doug Fraser Graphic design illustration artist. Doug was born in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. He
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20th Century American Modern Vintage Sports Illustrations

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Alkyd, Illustration Board

Cycling. Two men Sports Racing on Bicycles
By Bob Peak
Located in Miami, FL
This illustration was commissioned for the 1984 Olympic Games by the US postal service. Signed and
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1980s American Realist Vintage Sports Illustrations

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Pastel, Watercolor

Movie Poster Illustration for "American Pop"
By Wilson McLean
Located in Miami, FL
American Illustration with his work gracing the covers... Sports Illustrated, Time, The Saturday Evening
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1980s American Realist Vintage Sports Illustrations

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Acrylic, Canvas

Glamorous Redhead Iconic Mid-Century Illustration
By Al Parker
Located in Miami, FL
- The 1950s. Al Parker is a giant in the history of American Illustration. He possesses all of the
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1950s Modern Vintage Sports Illustrations

Materials

Gouache

Movie Poster Illustration for "American Pop"
By Wilson McLean
Located in Miami, FL
American Illustration with his work gracing the covers... Sports Illustrated, Time, The Saturday Evening
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1980s American Realist Vintage Sports Illustrations

Materials

Acrylic

On the scent
By John Theodore Eardley Kenney
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
world of sports illustration. While his name may be less familiar, his work has left an indelible mark
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20th Century Vintage Sports Illustrations

Materials

Oil

The Fernie Cub hunting
By John Theodore Eardley Kenney
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
John Kenney, a name synonymous with the dynamic world of sports illustration. While his name may be
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20th Century Vintage Sports Illustrations

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Oil

Original Vintage Winter Sports Poster Kandersteg Schweiz Suisse Switzerland Ski
Located in London, GB
Original vintage winter sports poster for the Swiss alpine resort of Kandersteg Schweiz Suisse
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1940s Swiss Vintage Sports Illustrations

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Paper

Sports Portrait of Athletic Partially Nude Boy with Rapid Brushstrokes
By Bob Peak
Located in Miami, FL
and resting on a bench, Most likely done for a magazine like Sports Illustrated - Signed lower left
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Vintage Sports Illustrations

Materials

Acrylic, Masonite, Mixed Media

1963 original Soviet propaganda poster Glory to Soviet sports! - USSR - CCCP
Located in PARIS, FR
records ! Gloire aux sports soviétiques !" (From record to new records! Glory to Soviet sports
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1960s Vintage Sports Illustrations

Materials

Lithograph, Paper, Linen

Boxing Scene. Vanquished Boxer in his Corner. Sports Illustrated Boxing Story
By Bob Peak
Located in Miami, FL
boxing illustration/painting was done for Sports Illustrated yet can hang in any world-class museum
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Vintage Sports Illustrations

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Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil

"Man on First" James Chapin, Baseball Sports, Figurative WPA, American Scene
Located in New York, NY
illustration jobs. In 1915 or 1916 he met Robert Frost at his publishers, Henry Holt & Co., for whom he
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1940s Vintage Sports Illustrations

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Canvas, Oil

Original Vintage Soviet Sport Poster Skiing Skills Winter Sports USSR Midcentury
Located in London, GB
/ ???????? ?? ??????? ?????????? ? ?????? ??????! Dynamic illustration of a skier wearing a number 54 bib leaning forward on wooden skis in a ski jump with
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1950s Russian Vintage Sports Illustrations

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Paper

"Sleigh Ride, Winter, " Fletcher Martin, Woodstock, Holiday Scene Illustration
By Fletcher Martin
Located in New York, NY
the cover illustration. The feature helped to bring him national recognition. He subsequently made
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1950s American Realist Vintage Sports Illustrations

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

"The Knockout" Boxing Sports American Watercolor WPA Mid-Century Modern 30s/40s
By Robert Riggs
Located in New York, NY
"The Knockout" Boxing Sports American Watercolor WPA Mid-Century Modern 30s/40s. Known for his
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1930s American Modern Vintage Sports Illustrations

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Paper, Watercolor

Original Vintage Poster Winter Sports Go By Train British Railways Skiing Europe
Located in London, GB
Original vintage skiing poster - Winter Sports Go by Train - featuring a fun and colourful cartoon
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1960s British Vintage Sports Illustrations

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Paper

Turkey. Brains. Suburbia Family. Shopping Center and Sigmund Freud Illustration
By Wilson McLean
Located in Miami, FL
brains. This symbolic Pop Art Illustration brilliantly depicts Sigmund Freud holding a baby with a
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1970s Pop Art Vintage Sports Illustrations

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Acrylic, Canvas

Beautiful Blond Hair and Blue Eyed Woman - Mid Century Illustration
By Coby Whitmore
Located in Miami, FL
Housekeeping, and Esquire, The Saturday Evening Post and Sports Illustrated - Whitmore was inducted into the
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1960s American Realist Vintage Sports Illustrations

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Fiberboard, Gouache, Graphite

Malcah Zeldis Folk Art Gouache Painting Sports Basketball Arena Coca Cola Sign
Located in Surfside, FL
worked in children's book illustration in collaboration with her daughter, Yona Zeldis. Her naive
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1980s Folk Art Vintage Sports Illustrations

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Mary Vincent and the Convict, Good Housekeeping Illustration - Mid Century
By Al Parker
Located in Miami, FL
assignments for Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping, McCall's, The Saturday Evening Post, Sports Illustrated
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1950s American Realist Vintage Sports Illustrations

Materials

Masonite, Gouache, Pencil

Original Vintage Poster Fly Qantas To The Philippines Travel Art Illustrations
Located in London, GB
illustrations including the Mayon volcano, rice terraces, a sports man playing jai-alai, the Philippine Congress
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1960s Australian Vintage Sports Illustrations

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Paper

Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean
By George Wachsteter
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Center Left This illustration is on
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1950s Vintage Sports Illustrations

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Ink, Illustration Board, Pen

Oklahoma Sooners
By Jack Davis
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1990 Medium: Mixed Media over Graphite on Paper affixed Illustration Board Dimensions: 8.50
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1990s Vintage Sports Illustrations

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Mixed Media, Illustration Board, Graphite

Environmental Prognostication Coil Narrative "Homo Sapiens R.I.P."
Located in Miami, FL
. He created illustrations for such magazines as Stage, Fortune, Pageant, Gourmet, Harper's Bazaar
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1960s American Realist Vintage Sports Illustrations

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Ink, Gouache, Illustration Board

Golfer Swinging, Vintage 7 Up Ad "Get Real Action" in Green and Yellow - Golf
By Bob Peak
Located in Miami, FL
illustration art looks as contemporary as any artwork one could ever find in any contemporary New York Art
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1960s American Modern Vintage Sports Illustrations

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Acrylic, Illustration Board

Apocalypse, Catastrophic Destruction of the World, Surrealism - Life Magazine
Located in Miami, FL
Apocalypse in 1962? At the height of the Cold War, Life Magazine commissions an illustration that
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1960s Surrealist Vintage Sports Illustrations

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Mixed Media, Illustration Board, Board, Gouache

Alfa Romeo Auto Show
Located in Long Island City, NY
Simon’s automotive illustrations have been featured in Road & Track, Sports Car International
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Late 20th Century American Realist Vintage Sports Illustrations

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Acrylic, Illustration Board

“Winter Evening”
Located in Southampton, NY
illustrations to national magazines including Sports Afield, Nature, Outdoors and Outdoors Man. He created the
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1960s American Realist Vintage Sports Illustrations

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Watercolor, Gouache, Illustration Board

Motorsport Car Racing with Checkered Flag at Finish Line of a Race Track
By Bob Peak
Located in Miami, FL
talented. In the 1960s to 1980s Peak was a legend and gold standard for American Illustration. Some of the
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1960s Abstract Impressionist Vintage Sports Illustrations

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Acrylic, Mixed Media, Illustration Board, Pencil

Original Vintage Health Propaganda Poster Cold Training Against Illness USSR
Located in London, GB
Original vintage health propaganda poster - I am cold trained - featuring an illustration of a
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1960s Russian Vintage Sports Illustrations

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Paper

Original Vintage Motorsport Poster XIX International ADAC Eifel Race Nurburgring
Located in London, GB
Automobile Club on 26 August 1956 in Nurburgring featuring a dynamic illustration of a red sports car
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1950s German Vintage Sports Illustrations

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Paper

Original Vintage War Home Front Propaganda Poster Dig For Victory Child WWII UK
Located in London, GB
illustration of a child wearing a white sun hat and holding a hoe and a shovel to help with gardening and
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1940s British Vintage Sports Illustrations

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Paper

Mary Had a Little Lamb
Located in Columbia, MO
for such publications as McCalls, Time, Sports Illustrated, and Redbook before co-founding the
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1980s Vintage Sports Illustrations

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Pastel, Gouache

1933 Original railroad travel poster for the beautiful Mississippi Gulf Coast
Located in PARIS, FR
Original railroad travel poster for the beautiful Mississippi Gulf Coast. All sports Year round
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1930s Art Deco Vintage Sports Illustrations

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Linen, Paper, Lithograph

Original Vintage Soviet Propaganda Poster Cold Training Health Conditioning USSR
Located in London, GB
- featuring an illustration of a smiling young boy wearing a colourful striped swimming cap with a dumbbell
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1960s Russian Vintage Sports Illustrations

Materials

Paper

ORIGINAL 1965 JOE NAMATH Oil Painting
By LeRoy Neiman
Located in New York, NY
Artist Painting Depicts the famous Joe Namath playing the Jets Neiman was famous for his illustrations
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1960s Pop Art Vintage Sports Illustrations

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Acrylic, Oil

Oedipus and Luxor /// Contemporary Richard Merkin Figurative Funny Screenprint
By Richard Merkin
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
, often eccentric illustrations, Merkin depicts movie stars, jazz musicians, sports heroes and literary
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1980s Contemporary Vintage Sports Illustrations

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Screen

Otmar Alt Original 1972 Olympic Poster
By Otmar Alt
Located in Weesp, NL
shines through in every detail, from the bold typography to the energetic illustrations that evoke the
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1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sports Illustrations

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Paper

Otmar Alt Original 1972 Olympic Poster
Otmar Alt Original 1972 Olympic Poster
H 39.77 in W 26.78 in D 0.08 in
Original Vintage Poster I Will Be A Champion Children Youth Sport School Olympic
Located in London, GB
Original vintage sports propaganda poster - I will be a champion! ???? ?????????! - featuring an
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1980s Ukrainian Vintage Sports Illustrations

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Paper

Celestial Metamorphosis -Nude Sci-Fi Woman becomes a flower in outer space
By Wilson McLean
Located in Miami, FL
Stellar Experience. During the 1970s and 1980s, McLean was a dominant force in American Illustration with
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1980s Surrealist Vintage Sports Illustrations

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Acrylic, Canvas

Original Vintage Soviet Winter Sport Poster Downhill Skiing USSR Skier Design
Located in London, GB
Original vintage skiing winter sport poster featuring a dynamic illustration of a skier in ski gear
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1970s Russian Vintage Sports Illustrations

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Paper

LeRoy Neiman 'Femling - Happy New Year 1992' Original ink & watercolor
By LeRoy Neiman
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
drawing and fashion illustration throughout the 50’s. During the same time, he was working freelance for
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1990s Contemporary Vintage Sports Illustrations

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Watercolor, Ink

LeRoy Neiman 'Femling with A HOT Iron' Original ink & watercolor
By LeRoy Neiman
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
drawing and fashion illustration throughout the 50’s. During the same time, he was working freelance for
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1960s Contemporary Vintage Sports Illustrations

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

Original Vintage Poster Winter Sport Meisterschaften Championship Ski Slalom Art
Located in London, GB
Original vintage sport event poster for the 2nd Winter Sports Championships / II Wintersport
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1950s German Vintage Sports Illustrations

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Paper

"Trinity Flares" Modern Blue Toned Fishing Landscape Watercolor Painting
Located in Houston, TX
appeared as cover art and illustrations in such magazines as Fortune, Life, Look, Esquire, Sports Afield
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1960s Naturalistic Vintage Sports Illustrations

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Watercolor

Original Vintage Sport Poster Munich Olympics 1972 Allen Jones
By Allen Jones
Located in London, GB
colourful illustration by the British pop artist Allen Jones (b. 1937) depicting the logo with the five
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1970s German Vintage Sports Illustrations

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Paper

Original Vintage Sport Poster Athletics Equestrian Events Javelin Horse Riding
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet sport poster - Under the banners of sports societies
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1960s Russian Vintage Sports Illustrations

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Paper

Lonsdale Library Boxing Book
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
fifty illustrations. The Lonsdale Library of Sports, Games & Pastimes, Editors The Right Hon. The Earl
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1940s English Sporting Art Vintage Sports Illustrations

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Paper

Lonsdale Library Boxing Book
Lonsdale Library Boxing Book
H 8 in W 6 in D 1 in
Original Vintage Travel Poster Garmisch Partenkirchen Winter Sport Health Skiing
Located in London, GB
resort Leading German winter sports centre / Garmisch-Partenkirchen Heilklimatischer Kurort Fuhrender
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1930s German Vintage Sports Illustrations

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Paper

Lonsdale Library Book, Hounds and Dogs
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
, their care, training & working. The book with over one hundred illustrations. The Lonsdale Library of
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1940s English Sporting Art Vintage Sports Illustrations

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Paper

Original Vintage Soviet Sport Poster Skiing Family USSR Winter Sport
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet sport poster featuring a fun and colourful illustration of a family on skis
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1970s Russian Vintage Sports Illustrations

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Paper

Lonsdale Library, Fishing Book
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Angling For Coarse Fish, with original dust cover. The book with one hundred and forty-eight illustrations
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1940s English Sporting Art Vintage Sports Illustrations

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Paper

Lonsdale Library, Fishing Book
Lonsdale Library, Fishing Book
H 8 in W 6 in D 1 in
Original Vintage Poster Moscow Olympic Games Flame Torch Sport Peace Friendship
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet sports poster for the 22nd Summer Olympic Games / Games of the XXII
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1970s Russian Vintage Sports Illustrations

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Paper

Original Vintage Ibusz Travel Poster Balaton Hungary New Holiday Paradise Resort
Located in London, GB
Det Nya Semesterparadiset featuring a colourful illustration of a smiling lady in a yellow bikini
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1960s Hungarian Vintage Sports Illustrations

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Paper

Lonsdale Library Equestrian Book
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Lonsdale Library, Horsemanship - The Way Of A Man With A Horse. The book with over ninety illustrations
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1930s British Sporting Art Vintage Sports Illustrations

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Paper

Original Vintage Olympic Games Poster Welcome To Moscow Sport Stadiums Khokhloma
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet sports poster for the 22nd Summer Olympic Games / Games of the XXII
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1970s Russian Vintage Sports Illustrations

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Paper

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Vintage Sports Illustrations For Sale on 1stDibs

There is a broad range of vintage sports illustrations for sale on 1stDibs. There are many modern, Pop Art and Impressionist versions of these works for sale. These items have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 20th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. If you’re looking to add vintage sports illustrations that pop against an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include that feature elements of gray, beige, brown, orange and more. Bob Peak, Diana Thorne, Richard Merkin, Wilson McLean and Leroy Neiman took a thoughtful approach to this subject that are worth considering. Frequently made by artists working in paint, paper and lithograph, all of these available pieces are unique and have attracted attention over the years.

How Much are Vintage Sports Illustrations?

Vintage sports illustrations can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $1,179, while the lowest priced sells for $186 and the highest can go for as much as $850,000.