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Sound of Music
Located in London, GB
Original British film poster for the classic 1965 Musical starring Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer. The film received five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director...
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1960s British Vintage Posters

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Early 20th Century Human Skeleton Educational Poster
Located in Hook, Hampshire
Early 20th Century Human Skeleton Educational Poster Early 20th Century Human Skeleton Educational Poster. Early 20th century Czechoslovakian educational human anatomy chart...
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Early 20th Century Czech Posters

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Delightful Newport Jazz Festival Limited Edition Poster
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A colorful graphic limited edition Newport Jazz festival poster having embossed marking and number on lower left.
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1980s American Vintage Posters

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Original Vintage Drink Poster Guinness 5 Million Daily Pint Glass Typography Art
Located in London, GB
Large original vintage advertising poster for Guinness by the notable British graphic designer Abram Games (Abraham Gamse; 1914-1996). Great typographical design featuring the text G...
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1960s British Vintage Posters

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1980's Fish Educational Poster
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1980’s Fish educational poster 1980’s Fish educational poster. 20th Century Czechoslovakian educational chart. A rare and vintage wall chart from t...
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1980s Czech Vintage Posters

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1950's Parsnip Educational Poster
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1950’s Parsnip Educational Poster 1950’s Parsnip Educational Poster. 20th century Czechoslovakian educational chart. A rare and vintage wall chart from the Czech Republic illustrati...
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1960s Czech Vintage Posters

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Original Antique Drink Advertising Poster Cognac Quevedo Alcohol Cat Spain VO
Located in London, GB
Original antique drink advertising poster for Quevedo Cognac Espanol featuring a fun illustration of dapper cat in a smart red suit and red and white polka dot tie winking at the vie...
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1920s French Vintage Posters

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Paper

Le Mans / Le 24 Ore di Le Mans
Located in London, GB
Original Italian poster for Steve McQueen's 1971 film Le Mans. This film, directed by Lee H. Katzin, portrays the famous Le Mans 24 Hour endur...
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1970s Italian Vintage Posters

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Original Vintage Travel Poster Paris Opera Le Plafond De Chagall Romeo & Juliet
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster published by the French Government and the General Committee for Tourism to promote travel to Paris to visit the Opera Garnier and admire the Great Hall ceiling fresco...
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1960s French Vintage Posters

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Original Vintage Pan American Poster To Paris France Pan Am Airline Travel Art
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster - To Paris Pan American World's Most Experienced Airline - featuring a colourful design by Jean Carlu (1900-1997) depicting a lady holding a basket of flowers and a rose in her hand with illustrations of seating outside a cafe and famous historical monuments in the background including the Eiffel Tower flying a French flag at the top, the Notre Dame cathedral, Cleopatra...
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1950s American Vintage Posters

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Paper

Original Vintage London Underground Poster Pipers Green Edgware Travel By Tube
Located in London, GB
Original vintage London Transport poster for Pipers Green Edgware A fayre and pleasant retreat from ye bustle of ye citye Live At Edgware featuring medieval style artwork depicting illustrations in the countryside including farmers working the fields with horses and the road to St Albans, a man sleeping under a tree, people gathering...
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1920s British Vintage Posters

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Original Vintage Travel Poster La Mare De Cricqueboeuf Trouville Normandy Coast
Located in London, GB
Original vintage railway travel poster for La Mare de Cricqueboeuf environs de Trouville Services automobiles SATOS de Trouville Deauville a Honfleur / Cricqueboeuf near Trouville se...
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1930s French Vintage Posters

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Original Vintage Poster Trilysin Hair Tonic Cosmetic Beauty Oil Advertising Art
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster - Day after day Trilysin The biological hair tonic that helps! The dandruff disappears The hair loss stops The hair grows again. Scientific hair c...
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1930s German Art Deco Vintage Posters

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Original Exhibition Rare Janus Gallery Poster Signed & Dated by James Havard
Located in San Diego, CA
A very rare signed and dated original exhibition poster signed by the artist, James Havard the poster has water damage at the bottom corner as shown but his signature it's ok, it can...
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20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Posters

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Original Vintage Rail Travel Poster London Heart Of The Empire GWR Horse Guard
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster advertising London Heart of the Empire issued by GWR Great Western Railway featuring a great design by the no...
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1930s British Vintage Posters

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Original Vintage Art Poster, Simon Hantaï
By Simon Hantaï
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Original Vintage art poster, Simon Hantaï “Inspired by the work of Jackson Pollock, Hantaï would lay un-stretched canvas on the floor, ...
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1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters

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Original Vintage Travel Advertising Poster World Fair 1940 New York Washington
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster - World's Fair of 1940 New York For Peace and Freedom - featuring a colourful illustration of people walking by a display of flags with two children holding American flags and the statue of the founding father and first President of the United States George Washington (1732-1799) by the sculptor James Earle Fraser...
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1940s American Vintage Posters

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Vintage Francois-Xavier Lalanne "Les Lalanne La Hune Fiac78" Poster, France 1978
Located in Copenhagen K, DK
Francois-Xavier Lalanne France, 1978 “Les Lalanne. La Hune. Fiac 78”. Vintage exhibition poster. H 82 x W 66 x D 3 cm
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1970s French Vintage Posters

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Original Vintage Poster For Volkswagen Beetle 12 Million VW Car Advertising Art
Located in London, GB
Original vintage car advertising poster for Volkswagen Beetle in Dutch and French - Daarum zijn er 12 miljoen Voila pourquoi il y en 12 millions / That's why there are 12 million - featuring fun colourful framed illustrations with stylised lettering describing the benefits of a VW Beetle car including a kangaroo - Moteur arriere Motor achteraan / Rear engine - a traditional wooden rocking chair - Comfortable comfortabel - a metal watering can...
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1960s Belgian Vintage Posters

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Cinema Paradiso 1989 Italian 4 Foglio Film Movie Poster, Cecchini
Located in Bath, Somerset
Wonderfully fun artwork on this country-of-origin poster for Tornatore's Cinema Paradiso. Looks particularly fantastic on the scale of the Italian 4 Foglio po...
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20th Century American Posters

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Linen, Paper

Bettina Rheims, Das Bild des Körpers, Offset Poster, 1993
By Bettina Rheims
Located in Niederdorfelden, Hessen
Offset poster of the Frankfurter Kunstverein, Germany, 1993 after a photography by Rheims, from the series 'Chambre close', 1991. Bettina Rheims ‘1952 France’ is a contemporary comme...
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1990s German Posters

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David Hockney Original Vintage Poster 'Parade Metropolitan Opera New York 1981'
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
David Hockney original vintage poster 'Parade Metropolitan Opera New York 1981' Created for the Opera Parade at the Metropolitan Opera in New...
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1980s Unknown Modern Vintage Posters

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Original 1890’s Linen Backed Theatrical Stage Poster Holden's Mannikins
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Very rare late 19th Century, "The Original Holden's Mannikins", original vintage theatrical Vaudeville play linen backed one-sheet movie poster (one sheet; measures 28" x 42", actual poster size 27" x 41". Early Vaudeville Marionette, Automata and Mannequin poster with vibrant colors, another one can't be found. The playbill poster features vibrant illustrations of Clowns, Skeletons, Royalty, Cowboys, Mimes, Nurses, Fairies... This poster has an address for a theatre in St. Martin Paris, France. From the book; The Holdens: Monarchs of the Marionette Theatre by John McCormick The Holden family were the most celebrated English marionette performers of the nineteenth century. The trajectory of the Holdens provides a vivid example of developments in entertainment across the century. Having begun on the fairgrounds, they moved on to large halls, theatres and music halls. At the height of their popularity, when they had two main companies in operation, the Holdens were even better known abroad than at home. Their name was almost synonymous with puppetry, and they were credited with every innovation in marionette theatre. Then, with the advent of cinema, their business suffered a rapid decline. Based on extensive archival research and lavishly illustrated with photographs, sketches, diagrams, playbills and posters, The Holdens: Monarchs of the Marionette Theatre explains why the Holden shows had such impact and were so frequently imitated. Below are two newspaper reviews from 1903 and 1907. Holdin’s Mannkins Location: New York City Theater: New York Date: 1903 Type: Marionette, Automata and Manikin This is another of Mr. Keith’s acts and it is safe to say that we have never seen marionettes in this country before. The general fitting up of the act is great—had a fine stage with a full set of scenery, and everything is first class order—strongly, and it is hardly possible to conceive how people can produce the effects that they do by the manipulation of strings. Every move made by these little figures is absolutely natural and life-like, and the audience were quick to appreciate this fact and were most hearty in their applause. The act is closed with a transformation feature which was very pretty and attractive. It is an exceptionally strong turn throughout. 24 minutes, full stage. Source: University of Iowa, Keith-Albee Vaudeville Collection, Manager Reports, 2 September 1902-3 September 1903. Holden’s Manikins Location: Philadelphia Theater: Keith's Date: 1907 Type: Marionette, Automata and Manikin 22 min, F.S., 2 shows. On at 8:04. This is a children’s feature. I doubt whether it would be so well received at any other than about Christmas time, but it quite won the house. The manikins performs various simple stunts, such as dancing, Punch and Judy comedy, etc. The finish of the act was a spectacular feature without moving figures, which did not run as smoothly as it should have done. However, the act will certainly please the little folks and it cannot be conceived how the wooden manikins can be manipulated so life-like. Holden got a good hand on his appearance after the act...
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Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Posters

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Paper, Linen

Original Painting in Acrylic on Hand-Pressed Asian Paper by Björn Rönnquist
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
Björn Rönnquist, Composition, 1980s Original painting in acrylic on hand-pressed Asian paper. This work is signed by the artist. Sheet dimensions 41/29 The work is framed Dimens...
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1980s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Posters

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Acrylic, Paper

Original Antique Advertising Poster Gladiator Automobiles Cycles Henri Gray Car
By Henri Gray (Henri Boulanger)
Located in London, GB
Original antique advertising poster for Gladiator Automobiles and Cycles featuring great artwork by Henri Gray (aka Henri Boulanger; 1858-1924) depicting classic cars speeding and motorbikes racing towards the viewer on an ancient Roman style track with pillars and spectators watching from awning-covered stands and men in Roman soldier uniform...
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Early 1900s Antique Posters

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Original Vintage Poster Everything Is More Beautiful With A Peugeot 402 Car Art
Located in London, GB
Original vintage car advertising poster - Tout est plus beau ... avec une Peugeot / Everything is more beautiful ... with a Peu...
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1930s French Vintage Posters

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Original Vintage Morris 850, 1960 UK Car Dealer Poster
Located in Bath, Somerset
Original vintage advertising poster for the iconic Morris 850 Mini car, quality first, BMC The British Motoring Corporation. Fantastic design featruing a classic retro image of a red Mini. Strong bright colours and wonderful condition. The original Mini cars were produced from 1959-2000. Printed in England by the Nuffield Press Limited, Cowley, Oxford. This vintage poster is sized 25 x 34 inches and will be sent rolled (unframed). Year 1960 Poster Type Car Dealer...
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20th Century British Posters

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Original Vintage Poster Devon Travel By Train British Railways Countryside Beach
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster advertising Devon Travel by Train issued by British Railways Western Region featuring a scenic countryside view over a low stone wall on a hill over a ...
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1960s British Vintage Posters

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"You Only Live Twice", 1967 Australian Daybill Film Movie Poster, James Bond
Located in Bath, Somerset
Fantastic original first-year-of-release Australian Daybill film poster for James Bond's fifth outing You Only Live Twice. Classic 'Little Nellie' design softly illustrated in a styl...
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20th Century Australian Posters

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Marcel Duchamp Cage Rotorelief Konig Series 133, 1987
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Marcel Duchamp Rotoreliefs, 1987 Konig Series 133. Henri-Robert-Marcel Duchamp (French 28 July 1887–2 October 1968) was a French, naturalized American painter, sculptor, chess pla...
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1980s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters

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Bullitt 1971 Polish A1 Film Movie Poster, Stachurski
Located in Bath, Somerset
Bullitt 1971 polish A1 film movie poster, Stachurski Fantastic retro design on this 1971 (first-year-of-release in Poland) Polish film poster for American action thriller classic ...
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20th Century Polish Posters

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Gilt Framed Vintage French Cote De Beaune Wine Region Poster 1972
Located in Alton, GB
Framed Cote De Beaune region wine map from 1972. The print has been removed to clean the glass, the frame has minor damage in places but nothing that de...
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1970s French Vintage Posters

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Original Midcentury Abstract Art Exhibition Poster, Signed Rosso Dated 1975
Located in Miami, FL
Original midcentury abstract art exhibition poster with wonderful vivid colors of blue, red, green, beige, etc... Very decorative, signed by t...
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Posters

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Paper

Clockwork Orange
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster for Stanley Kubrick, 1971 controversial dystopian crime film. The Artwork is by the much acclaimed British artist Philip Castle (b.1943). This poster is unfol...
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1970s American Vintage Posters

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Original Antique Advertising Poster Pastilles Au Miel Honey Lozenge Sweet Candy
Located in London, GB
Original antique advertising poster for Pastilles au Miel honey flavour lozenges featuring an illustration of the medicinal sweets falling from a blimp to a park below with children ...
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1880s French Antique Posters

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Original Vintage Aviation Poster Aerial Acrobatics World Cup Vincennes Paris Art
Located in London, GB
Original vintage aviation sport poster for the Aerial Acrobatics World Cup held on 9-10 June in Vincennes Paris organised by the Air Propagan...
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1930s French Vintage Posters

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"The Crimson Pirate / Il Corsaro Dell Isola Verde" Original Italian Movie Poster
Located in London, GB
Original Italian movie poster for Burt Lancaster's 1952 Swashbuckle. The artwork is my the renowned Italian artist Luigi Martinati (1893-1984).
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1950s Italian Vintage Posters

Original Vintage Railway Poster Scarborough In Grandmother's Day Yorkshire Coast
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster advertising the popular holiday resort town of Scarborough on the North Yorkshire coast by the London & North Eastern railway of England and Scotland LNER - It's Quicker By Rail - featuring a scenic view by the Scottish scenographer, painter and mural artist...
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1930s British Vintage Posters

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Original Vintage General Dynamics Poster Solar Dynamics Atoms for Peace Nitsche
Located in London, GB
Original vintage General Dynamics poster promoting El Atomo Para La Paz Solar Dynamics by the illustrator, typographer and graphic designer Erik Nitsche (...
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1950s Swiss Vintage Posters

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Original Vintage Soviet Air Force Military Propaganda Poster Pilot USSR TU144
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet Air Force military propaganda poster - ??? ?????? ?????? ???? ?? ?????? ? ?? ????! The Motherland gave us wings for heroic deeds and work! Dynamic design depi...
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1970s Russian Vintage Posters

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Original Vintage Aviation Poster Fete Aerienne Air Festival Vincennes Planes Art
Located in London, GB
Original vintage aviation sport poster advertising the 6e Fete Aerienne / 6th Air Festival at Vincennes Paris on 20-21 May 1934. Great design...
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1930s French Vintage Posters

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Original Vintage Sport Poster Moscow Olympics 1980 Moskva City Art Architecture
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet sports poster for the 22nd Summer Olympic Games / Games of the XXII Olympiad in 1980 held in Moscow Russia featuring a colourful illustration of various historic and notable buildings in Moscow Russia including the Ostankino television and radio tower, Bolshoi Ballet...
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1970s Russian Vintage Posters

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The Chess Players 1970s Academy Cinema London UK Quad Film Poster, Strausfeld
Located in Bath, Somerset
1970s Academy Cinema film poster for Satyajit Ray's Shatranj Ke Khilari (The Chess Players). Fab design by Peter Strausfeld. Cologne born Strausfel...
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20th Century British Posters

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Original Vintage Art Deco Travel Poster Saint-Nectaire Casino Golf Spa Auvergne
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for Saint-Nectaire featuring a colourful scenic Art Deco illustration by Roger de Valerio (1886-1951) depicting two ladies wearing fashionable red and blue dresses...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Posters

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BOS Whiskey 19th Century Lithograph Advertising Poster
Located in London, GB
BOS Whiskey 19th Century Lithograph Advertising Poster A mid-19th Century sectioned lithographic BOS Whiskey advertising poster. Bos Whiskey wa...
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19th Century British Early Victorian Antique Posters

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Dodesukaden Poster
Located in London, GB
This film was directed by the legendary Japanese film director Akira Kurosawa, and was his first film in color. The film's title refers to the sound that the main character makes whe...
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1970s Japanese Vintage Posters

Harold and Maude Original 1972 UK 1 Sheet Film Movie Poster
Located in Bath, Somerset
Wonderful original British film poster for 70s quirky romcom classic Harold & Maude. The UK 1 Sheet features arguably the best artwork for the title. A very rare and collectable post...
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20th Century British Posters

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Linen, Paper

Sonia Delaunay Exhibition 1968 Original Vintage Poster
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Exhibition poster for Sonia Delaunay printed by legendary printmakers Mourlot. This poster is framed in natural oak, please see photos.
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1960s Vintage Posters

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Original Vintage Art Deco Travel Poster Nice PLM Railway Paris Lyon Mediterranee
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Art Deco travel poster issued by the PLM Paris Lyon Mediterranee railway for Nice featuring stunning artwork depicting an elegant lady relaxing on a balcony with a v...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Posters

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The Way of the Dragon 1975 Japanese Film Poster
Located in New York, NY
Original 1975 Japanese poster by T. Yyuzn for the first Japanese theatrical release of the 1972 film The Way of the Dragon (Meng long guo jiang) dire...
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1970s Japanese Vintage Posters

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Point Break 2022 U.S. Giclee Signed
Located in New York, NY
Original 2022 U.S. one sheet poster by Akiko Stehrenberger for the 1991 film Point Break directed by Kathryn Bigelow with Patrick Swayze / Keanu Reeves / ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Posters

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Original Vintage Rail Travel Poster Inverness Scotland British Railways Highland
Located in London, GB
Original vintage rail travel poster for Inverness The Capital Of The Scottish Highlands See Britain By Train British Railways featuring artwork depicting The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders Marching Along Ness Walk by Lance Cattermole (1898-1992). Great painting showing the Queens Own Cameron Highlanders military marching band in their tartan kilt...
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1950s British Vintage Posters

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Alice in Wonderland
Located in London, GB
Original British framed front of house card. Alice in Wonderland was released in 1951 by Walt Disney, and is based on the Alice books by Lewis Car...
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1950s British Vintage Posters

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Original Vintage Military Army Poster Join A Scottish Regiment Scotland For Ever
Located in London, GB
Original vintage military recruitment poster - Join a Scottish Regiment "Scotland for ever" The Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons) Scots Guards The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) The Royal Scots Fusiliers The King's Own Scottish Borderers The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles...
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1930s British Vintage Posters

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Minguet Exhibition Framed Poster
Located in Bradenton, FL
A framed giclee poster promoting an exhibition of works by Minguet at the Royal Palm Beach Club. The artist’s signature is boldly displayed above a window scene in warm tones. Set in...
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1970s Vintage Posters

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Metal

Original March on Washington Peace Poster, 1969, Stop the Vietnam War, Rare
Located in Kansas City, MO
Very rare, original March on Washington Poster protesting the Vietnam war, 1969. The event took place November 13-15 that year. The graphic is a pixilated ...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters

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Acrylic, Paper

West Side Story
Located in London, GB
Original US photographic production still for West Side Story 1961. The film was directed by Jerome Robbins and Rober Wise and starred Natalie Wood, R...
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1960s American Vintage Posters

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Paint

Original Vintage Pictorial Map Poster Ceylon Tea And Other Industries Sri Lanka
Located in London, GB
Original vintage pictorial map poster for Ceylon Her Tea & Other Industries featuring artwork by the notable British cartographer, graphic design...
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1940s British Vintage Posters

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Antique and Vintage Posters

Add a welcome personal touch to your space and tie your distinctive interior scheme together by introducing antique and vintage posters to any and every room of your home.

In the late 19th century, following the advent of text-heavy posters printed from woodblocks for use in taverns and shop windows, hand-drawn poster art had become commonplace in regions such as France, England and the United States. Well-known illustrators were commissioned to produce decorative posters to advertise political campaigns, theatrical events, books, household goods and other items. Early poster artists used a printmaking technique called lithography, which sees drawings or paintings created on a stone (or metal) surface with an oil-based substance, such as a greasy crayon or tusche (an oily wash). The image is eventually affixed to the surface by means of a chemical reaction, and ink adheres to certain sections of the surface while non–image areas are made to repel the ink.

If you wanted a color lithograph in the early days, the number of stones prepared had to match the number of colors you commissioned for the poster. French painter Jules Chéret, widely known as the father of the modern poster, designed some of history's most popular lithographic posters that featured color. Today, Chéret’s art is highly collectible, along with original works by Czech painter and decorative artist Alphonse Mucha, whose posters advertising theatrical productions helped define Art Nouveau.

Over time, poster artists transitioned to more advanced techniques. Using silkscreens, woodblocks and photolithography, painters and illustrators printed larger quantities at a faster rate.

If you’ve finally tracked down that vintage movie poster, mid-century modern promotional travel poster or other work and you’re looking to find out if it is valuable, distinguishing between an original poster and a reproduction can be complicated. A professional appraiser can work with you on factors such as rarity, assessing the physical condition of your poster and authenticating your piece. For now, take care of your new acquisition because conserving posters is essential in helping them retain their value. A practical conservation method is to have the work mounted on archival, acid-free paper and thin artist’s canvas, then enclosing it in a sturdy frame. (And here is a primer on how to hang wall art, be it arranged gallery-style or otherwise.)

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