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Posters For Sale
Original Vintage Poster, Lyon Science Congress, Torch Flame, Scientist, 1926
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Artist: Anonymous
Title: Exposition pour l’avancement des Sciences - Lyon - 1926
Date: 1926
Size (w x h): 31.5 x 47.6 in / 80 x 121 cm
Printer: Société Nouvelle - AFFICHES GAILLARD -...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Beyrouth Liban Beirut Lebanon Middle East Design
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for Beyrouth Liban / Beirut Lebanon featuring a compass design with arrows pointing to a red dot in the centre, the text ...
Category
1950s Lebanese Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Leonetto Cappiello 'France, 1875-1942' 1922 Contratto Lithograph Poster
Located in Bridgeport, CT
The Classic Cappiello poster in an outstanding custom frame. Signed in the plate 922 lower left. A festive female figure supports a glass of overflowing bubbly Contratto on a black b...
Category
1920s European Hollywood Regency Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Motor Sport Poster Mercedes Benz Silberpfeile Silver Arrow Art
By Hans Liska
Located in London, GB
Original vintage motor sport advertising poster celebrating the Mercedes Benz victory at the European Grand Prix 1954 - Triumph der Silberpfeile Mercedes-B...
Category
1950s German Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Get Carter
Located in London, GB
Original US production still for Michael Caine's Classic, 1971 gangster thriller.
Directed by Mike Hodges. This is one of the best images from the film.
The piece is conservation fr...
Category
1970s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
New York c1960s TWA Travel Advertising Poster, David Klein
By David Klein
Located in Bath, Somerset
We adore this original 1960s TWA New York travel poster designed by David Klein. Klein's depiction of Times Square with wonderfully bright and eye-popping...
Category
20th Century American Posters
Materials
Paper
2001 A Space Odyssey Space Station Italian Oversized Illustrated Still, Bob McCa
By Bob McCall
Located in Bath, Somerset
Very rare and fantastic deluxe oversized illustrated still for Stanley Kubrick's seminal sci-fi 2001: A Space Odyssey featuring the iconic design by Bob McCall.
Printed in Italy in ...
Category
20th Century American Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Alexander Calder ANTEATER Anniversary Museum Exhibition Litho Poster
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Original 1996 Alexander Calder Exhibition Lithograph Print entitled, "Anteater", honoring the 60th Anniversary of the Louisiana Museum in Denmark
Beautiful minimalist, bold and foca...
Category
1990s Danish Mid-Century Modern Posters
Materials
Paper
'Tron' Original Vintage Movie Poster, French, 1982
Located in Devon, GB
A vibrant French Petite poster for Walt Disney's pioneering 1982 sci-fi adventure 'Tron.' Written and directed by Steven Lisberger, the futuristic film starred Jeff Bridges as a comp...
Category
1980s French Post-Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper, Linen
Metropolis
Located in London, GB
Exceptionally rare original Japanese handbill legendary 1926 Science Fiction film Metropolis.
This film was directed by the great Fritz Lang and starred Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel an...
Category
1920s Japanese Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Vintage Pop Art Poster by Seymour Chwast - "Earth Day 1991 New York City"
Located in East Quogue, NY
"Earth Day 1991 New York City" color commemorative poster designed by well-known graphic design Seymour Chwast. Great vintage condition. Offered unframed. Ships rolled. Paper Size 33...
Category
1990s American Modern Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Soviet Propaganda Poster Cosmonauts Peace Czechoslovakia USSR
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet propaganda poster featuring an illustration of two cosmonauts with USSR and Czech SSR on the helmets of their...
Category
1970s Czech Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Five Easy Pieces 1973 Czech A3 Film Poster, Machalek
Located in Bath, Somerset
Five Easy Pieces 1973 Czech A3 film poster, Karel Machalek
£220.00
Wonderfully symbolic and striking artwork by Karel Machalek features on the Czech film poster for Jack Nicholso...
Category
20th Century Czech Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Poster Liberal Party Politics Free Trade Protection Wolf Design
Located in London, GB
Original antique political election propaganda poster issued by the Liberal Party - Keep the Wolf from the Workman's Door by Sticking to Free Trade - featur...
Category
1910s British Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Large Vintage School Chart Ergot Mold Jung Koch Quentell
Located in Poperinge, BE
Beautiful large vintage school map, school poster about ergot (Claviceps purpurea), a fungus that grows on the ears of cereals such as rye and wheat and other grasses such as cocksfo...
Category
1970s German Vintage Posters
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paper
Vintage Graphic Poster, Boris Bucan Pretuska Firebird, Croatian Art Bird
By Boris Bucan
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Artist:
Boris Bucan
Dimensions:
196 x 204 cm.
Condition:
Excellent
Fotmat:
Unframed , six sheets
Bucan’s “Petruska” also known as the “Fire Bird” is a work of marvel. Consist...
Category
Late 20th Century Croatian Modern Posters
Materials
Other
Cyrk Three Aerialists 1966 Polish Circus Poster, Danuta Zukowska
Located in Bath, Somerset
Simply beautiful first edition Polish cyrk (circus) poster featuring a fantastic dream like design by Polish School of Poster artist, Danuta Zukowska. One of the few female artists i...
Category
20th Century Polish Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster Daily Guinness Newspaper Design Irish Stout Beer Drink
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Guinness advertising poster - Daily Guinness - featuring a smiling lady wearing a striped blue dress reading the Lunch Edition of the Daily Guinness newspaper and holding a glass of the Irish stout beer Guinness, the articles all featuring news items relating to the drink including the excavation of hand-made Guinness Stout bottles from a shipwreck off Barwon Heads that sunk in 1869 and information on a Chinese custom of putting a bottle of Guinness in the first bath of a new born baby. One of the world's most popular beer drink...
Category
1960s British Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Cyrk Bear on Ball 1963 Polish B1 Circus Poster, Maciej Urbaniec
Located in Bath, Somerset
Original Polish cyrk (circus) poster featuring a fabulous Bear on Ball design by Maciej Urbaniec. Very rare first edition from 1963.
The ‘Cyrk” circus poster in Poland appeared for ...
Category
20th Century Polish Posters
Materials
Paper
XL Flowers 1970 Andy Warhol Foundation Pop Art Exhibition Lithograph Poster
By Andy Warhol
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Oversized "Flowers 1970" Andy Warhol Foundation Offset Lithograph Pop Art Museum Exhibition Poster
This festive and colorful exhibition lithograph poster, entitled, "Myths of Pop", ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Mid-Century Modern Posters
Materials
Paper
Original "Star Wars", Droids 1977 Film Movie Poster US Commercial - Linen Backed
Located in Bath, Somerset
Fantastic original Authorised Commercial Star Wars poster from 1977 printed by Factors Inc. featuring favourite droid duo C-3PO and R2D2!
This vintage poster has been professionally...
Category
20th Century American Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
The Magnificent Seven
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster for the legendary western The Magnificent Seven 1960. This film starred Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, Charles Bronson and James Coburn and was di...
Category
1960s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Cabaret Theatre Poster T'en Auras Parisiana Revue Jack Abeille
Located in London, GB
Original antique cabaret theatre poster advertising a performance - T'en Auras Parisiana Revue en 3 actes & 10 tableaux de MMrs H. Moreau Verdellet & Ch, Quinel - You'll Get It a rev...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Railway Travel Poster French Riviera Cote d'Azur Ceria SNCF Art
By Edmond Céria
Located in London, GB
Original vintage SNCF railway travel poster for the Cote d'Azur / French Riviera on the Mediterranean coast featuring a scenic view by the French painter Edmond Ceria (1884-1955) tow...
Category
1950s French Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster San Fermin Running Of The Bulls Pamplona Spain Encierro
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster for the 1954 San Fermin festival in Pamplona Spain on 6-20 July / San Fermin de 1954 Ferias y Fiestas del 6 al 20...
Category
1950s Spanish Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Don Quixote Lyceum Theater William Nicholson James Pryde Ad Poster 52"
Located in Dayton, OH
A very large vintage Lyceum Don Quixote framed advertising poster after Sir William Nicholson and James Pryde. Featuring horse back / equestrian theme of ...
Category
Late 20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Advertising Poster Olivetti Lettera 22 Flowers Typewriter
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster for the Olivetti Lettera 22 portable mechanical typewriter designed by Marcello Nizzoli in 1949 featuring a great mid-century graphic design depic...
Category
1950s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Rene Vincent (French 1879-1936) Original Lithograph for Porto Ramos-Pinto Framed
Located in San Francisco, CA
A wonderful Art Deco period original lithographic poster for Ramos-Pinto port by Rene Vincent depicting two lovers joined by a winged cupid offering a glass of port. This iconic ima...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Posters
Materials
Plexiglass, Hardwood
North by Northwest
Located in London, GB
Original Japanese film poster from the first release of this Classic Hitchcock in Japan in 1959. This film starred Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint and James Mason. The art work on this p...
Category
1950s Japanese Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Breakfast At Tiffany's
Located in London, GB
Original Japanese press sheet poster film for Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
This film was directed by Blake Edwards, and stars Audrey Hepburn and...
Category
1960s Japanese Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Soviet Intourist Poster Yalta Sochi USSR Travel Seaside Resorts
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster issued by Intourist - Healthy Pleasant Holidays Your Holidays in Yalta and Sochi The Great Soviet Seaside Resorts / Vacan...
Category
1960s Russian Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
'The Man with the Golden Arm' 1956 US 1 Sheet Film Poster, Bass
By Saul Bass
Located in Bath, Somerset
Wonderful country-of-origin first-year-of-release US 1 Sheet film poster for 'The Man With the Golden Arm'. Iconic Saul Bass artwork. Highly collectible.
The Man With the Golden A...
Category
20th Century American Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
Cognac Rouyer, 1945 Vintage French Alcohol Advertising Poster
Located in Bath, Somerset
Wonderful original French vintage Cognac Rouyer alcohol poster from 1945. Superb colours and stunning imagery.
Rouyer Guillet was founded in 1701 by Philippe Guilletand, known as on...
Category
20th Century French Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
Original Antique Poster Orient Line To Australia Ocean Liner Cruise Travel Art
Located in London, GB
Original antique cruise travel poster for the Orient Line to Australia featuring stunning artwork by the British painter Elijah Albert Cox (1876-1955) d...
Category
1920s British Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Nielsen, Original Travel Poster, South America, Aviation SAS Airline, Llama 1960
By Otto Nielsen
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Scandinavian advertising poster for SAS to promote tourism in Southern America.
Artist: Otto Nielsen (1916 - 2000)
Title: South America by SAS
Date: 1960
Size (w x h): 24.8 x 39.2 i...
Category
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Posters
Materials
Paper
Max Bill Geneve Musee Serigraph, 1972
By Max Bill
Located in Hanover, MA
Max Bill (1908-1994) Geneva Museum exhibition serigraph, created to accompany the exhibition of works by Max Bill held from 6 April through 30 April 1972 at the Musee Rath in Geneva,...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Aluminum
Star Wars US 1 Sheet Style D Original Film Movie Poster, Struzen, 1977
By Drew Struzen
Located in Bath, Somerset
Reportedly George Lucas' Star Wars poster of choice, and we certainly wouldn't want to argue with him! Struzen's beaten-up circus style poster design certainly works well.
Professio...
Category
20th Century American Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
Louis Vuitton Trophy Nice 2009 - Razzia Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
Held from 7th to 22nd November 2009, the Louis Vuitton Trophy was a series of race regattas as International America's Cup Class boats. These events were held in Nice in the Cote d'A...
Category
Early 2000s French Posters
Materials
Paper
Soubie, Original PLM Tourism Poster, Dauphiné, Railways, Mountain, Convent, 1920
By Roger Soubie
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
PLM (Paris – Lyon – Méditerranée) poster for the Convent of the Grande Chartreuse, created by the artist Roger Soubie around 1920.
Artist: Roger Soubie (1898 - 1984)
Title: Dauphin...
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Advertising Poster Paris Exposition Internationale Art Deco
By Paul Colin
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster for the Paris 1937 Exposition Internationale / International Exhibition held from May to November featuring a...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Large Fap'Anis Drink Advertising Poster, circa 1930
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This artwork poster for a French aperitif is a virtual explosion of color. A French flapper in a flowing gown enjoys a panoramic vista of the Mediterranean coast and a glass of Fap’ Anis...
Category
1930s French Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
'Planet of the Apes' 1968 US Insert Film Movie Poster
Located in Bath, Somerset
Wonderful country-of-origin first-year-of-release US Insert film poster for 1968's seminal Sci-fi Planet of the Apes. Fantastic colours on this very rare poster.
In Planet of the A...
Category
20th Century American Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
Louis Vuitton Cup San Diego 1992 - Razzia Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
Depicting a gorgeous art deco scene of sail boats racing below making a circular wake, this piece was created in 1992 to promote the Louis Vuitton Cup event that year. The Louis Vuit...
Category
1990s American Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
The Endless Summer
Located in London, GB
Original Japanese film poster for Bruce Brown's cult 1966 surfing documentary. This very cool artwork was only used on this Japanese poster.
This poster is conservation linen backed...
Category
1960s Japanese Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Alexander Calder Original Exhibition Poster for Rolly-Michaux Gallery 1976
Located in Skokie, IL
Alexander Calder Exhibition Poster for Rolly-Michaux Gallery 1976
This piece is an original vintage poster advertising an exhibition of Calder's "Gouaches and Important Lithographs"...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Metal
Original Vintage Poster Lambretta Scooter Factory Workshop Advertising Art
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster for Lambretta featuring great artwork by the French artist Albert Brenet (1903-2005) showing production workers in a factory with a row of the ico...
Category
1950s French Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Movie Poster, Peter and Elliott Dragon, Walt Disney, Cartoon Child 1980
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Walt Disney Poster for the promotion of the animated film Peter and Elliott.
Artist: Anonymous
Title: Peter et Elliott – Le Dragon
Date: circa 198...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Swiss Travel Poster Zermatt Matterhorn Cervin Switzerland
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for Zermatt Schweiz Suisse Switzerland featuring a scenic view towards the snow topped Matterhorn mountain (Cervin) through a thin layer of cloud looki...
Category
1970s Swiss Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
BULLITT Original US Film Movie Poster, International 1968, Steve McQueen
Located in Bath, Somerset
The very rare, stunning US International 1 Sheet film poster for Steve McQueen's classic Bullitt. Featuring one of the best designs for the title with wonderfully bold colours.
Th...
Category
20th Century American Posters
Materials
Paper
Ferruccio Garopesani Original Art Exhibition Poster
Located in Miami, FL
Original art exhibition poster by painter and designer Ferruccio Garopesani.
Presented in 1975 at the Galleria International d'Arte - Diorena - Ascona, Italy.
A native of Milan, I...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Travel Poster Cote D'Azur Cap Martin French Riviera PLM Railway
Located in London, GB
Original antique travel poster for La Cote D'Azur & Le Cap Martin issued by the PLM Paris Lyon Mediterranee Railway featuring a scenic coastal view by the landscape artist Julien Lac...
Category
1920s French Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Located in London, GB
Original US Lobby card number 1 for Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard's classic 1961 romance. This film was directed by Blake Edwards.
The piece is conservation framed with UV plexig...
Category
1960s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster Volkswagen Car Showroom Ad VW Beetle Hole In The Roof
Located in London, GB
Original vintage car dealer showroom advertising poster for Volkswagen Beetle - Our most expensive option: A hole in the roof - featuring a great design showing a smartly dressed man wearing a suit and looking up to the viewer through the open sun roof of a VW Beetle...
Category
1960s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE 1964 French Grande Film Movie Poster, BORIS GRINSSON
Located in Bath, Somerset
We love Boris Grinsson's design and colours on the French Grande film poster for From Russia With Love. This first release from 1964 is super rare and is in fantastic condition.
In...
Category
20th Century French Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
Original Antique Winter Travel Poster Palace Hotel St Moritz Switzerland
Located in London, GB
Original antique winter travel poster for the Palace Hotel St. Moritz Switzerland featuring a stunning design by the notable Swiss artist Emil Cardinaux (1877-1936) depicting a group...
Category
1920s Swiss Art Deco Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Breakfast At Tiffany's (1961)
Located in London, GB
Breakfast At Tiffany's (1961)
Original Three Sheet (41 x 81 Inches)
Audrey Hepburn created a number of classic performances during her cinematic career, but none were more popular o...
Category
1960s Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster Arms Of The Catalan State Spain Civil War Propaganda
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Spanish Civil War propaganda poster - Rights are Gained by the Weapons of the Catalan State / El Dret es Guanya per les Armes Estat Catala - featuring a dynamic imag...
Category
1930s Spanish Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
"Vertigo" Original US Trade Advertisement
By Saul Bass
Located in London, GB
Original US trade advertisement for Alfred Hitchcock's 1958 Classic Thriller starring James Stewart, Kim Novak. The art work is by the renowned graphic designer Saul Bass (1920-1996)...
Category
1950s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
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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