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Posters For Sale
Period: Mid-20th Century
Period: 1950s
Period: 1940s
The Cincinnati Kid
Located in London, GB
Original photographic production still for The Cincinnati Kid 1965. This American drama stars Steve McQueen as 'The Kid' and Edward G. Robinson as 'The Man', both poker players battl...
Category
1960s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
You Only Live Twice (1967)
Located in London, GB
You Only Live Twice (1967)
Original British Quad (30 X 40 Inches)
Art by Frank McCarthy (1924-2002). The advertising department for the film's release led a wide-reaching campaign. ...
Category
1960s Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
"Blow Up" Original Film Poster
Located in London, GB
Original film poster for Michelangelo Antonioni's mystery thriller staring Vanessa Redgrave, David Hemmings. This poster was printed to me used at London's
ABC Cinema it was also i...
Category
1960s British Vintage Posters
Original Vintage Asia Travel Poster Pan Am The Orient By Clipper Rice Fields
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Asia travel poster for The Orient by Clipper Pan American World Airways The World's Most Experienced Airline featuring artwork by Charles Baskerville (1896-1994) dep...
Category
1950s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster Industrial Agricultural Equipment Vouchers Castel France
Located in London, GB
Original vintage poster for Industrial and Agricultural Equipment Vouchers / Bons d'Equipement Industriel et Agricole featuring a great graphic design by Raoul Eric Castel (1915-1997...
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Air France Planisphere New And Old Lucien Boucher
Located in London, GB
Original vintage planisphere travel route map poster promoting Air France - New and Old - On the Old Land with the New Paths / Nova et Vetera - Sur La Vieille Terre des Chemin Nouvea...
Category
1930s French Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Hidden Fortress
Located in London, GB
This is a rare and important original Japanese film poster for Akira Kurosawa's 1958 drama Hidden Fortress starring Toshiro Mifune, Misa Uehara and Minoru Chiaki.
This poster would h...
Category
1950s Japanese Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Music Advertising Poster Beatles George Harrison Eye Avedon
Located in London, GB
Original vintage music advertising poster featuring a colourful and psychedelic photo design using a new solarisation technique by the American photographer Richard Avedon (1923-2004...
Category
1960s British Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster Pin Up Lady Telephone Mirror George Petty Art Design
Located in London, GB
Original vintage poster featuring an illustration by the notable American pin-up artist George Brown Petty IV (1894-1975) depicting a lady in a transparent dress holding a sketch of ...
Category
1940s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Delaye, Original Vintage Poster, South Morocco Map, Maghreb, Marrakech, 1930
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Original Vintage Poster for South Morocco Map dating from 1930 by Jean Theophile Delaye.
Artist: Jean Théophile Delaye (1896-1970)
Title : Carte Touris...
Category
1930s French Art Deco 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
Original Vintage Travel Poster French Riviera SNCF Visit France Starr Midcentury
Located in London, GB
Original vintage SNCF railway travel poster for the Cote d'Azur - Visit France The French Riviera use the trains and motor coaches of the French National Railroads - featuring colour...
Category
1950s French Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
1940 El Lissitzky ‘Beat the whites ‘ reprint lithograph in colours
By El Lissitzky
Located in London, GB
Bolshevik propaganda poster
Beat the whites (Tsars White Russians) with the red wedge
Constructivism art, this reprint litho from the 1917 original ...
Category
1940s Ukrainian Other Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Steve McQueen 'Bullitt' Original Vintage US One Sheet Movie Poster, 1968
Located in Devon, GB
In one of his most famous roles at the pinnacle of his career, Steve McQueen is the essence of cool as tough cop Frank Bullitt in this action-packed 1968 crime thriller, featuring on...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper, Linen
"Grand Canyon" Vintage Santa Fe Railroad Travel Poster by Oscar M. Bryn, 1949
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This is a vintage Grand Canyon travel poster for the Santa Fe Southern Railway, issued in 1949. The poster promotes railroad travel...
Category
1940s American Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
'The Man with the Golden Arm' Original Movie Poster by Saul Bass, British, 1956
By Saul Bass
Located in Devon, GB
Based on a novel by Nelson Algren, Otto Preminger's controversial and groundbreaking 1955 drama "The Man with the Golden Arm" starred Frank Sinatra in an...
Category
1950s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
School Wall Charts, Tirana
Located in Wolfurt, AT
This poster with a photo of the city Tirana (Albania) was produced by Europa et Schola Edition and used in schools for cultural education.
Foto: A.T.A., Tirana; Herder Druck Freib...
Category
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
La Regle Du Jeu / The Rules of the Game
Located in London, GB
Exceptionally rare original French film poster for La Regle du Jeu / The Rules of the Game. This film starred Marcel Dalio , Nora Gregor and Paulette Dubost, and was directed by Jean...
Category
1940s French Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
A Fistful of Dollars
Located in London, GB
Original US photographic production still from the film A Fistful of Dollars 1964.
This film was directed by Sergio Leone, and starred Clint Eastwood in the first of his Dollars tril...
Category
1960s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
The Hustler
Located in London, GB
Original US black and white photographic production still for the 1961 drama film THe Hustler .This classic pool Hustling film was directed by Robert Rosse, and stars Paul Newman as ...
Category
1960s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
The Red Shoes
Located in London, GB
a rare original Australian souvenir program cover for The Red Shoes 1948. This film was directed by the famous duo Michael Powell and Emeric Pressbu...
Category
1940s Australian Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Help!
Located in London, GB
Original Japanese film poster for the 1965 musical comedy Help!
Starring The Beatles, and directed by Richard Lester.
The art work on this Japanese poster is unique to the films rele...
Category
1960s Japanese Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Psycho
Located in London, GB
Original Paramount studio photographic production still for Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 Horror, Thriller Psycho, starring Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Mi...
Category
1960s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Fahrenheit 451
Located in London, GB
Original British film poster for the 1966 French Science fiction film Fahrenheit 451. This film Starred Oskar Werner, Julie Christie and Cyril Cusack and directed by Francois Truffau...
Category
1960s British Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster New England American Airlines Midcentury Design
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster advertising New England by American Airlines featuring a plane flying under the title text over a view of buildings and a traditional white wooden chur...
Category
1950s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Zazie dans Le Metro
Located in London, GB
Original French film poster for the 1960 French New Wave film directed by Louis Malle and starring Catherine Demongeot, Philippe Noiret, Hubert Deschamps, Vittorio Capriolo and Yvonn...
Category
1960s French Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Easy Rider
Located in London, GB
Original photographic production still for the 1969 Road Movie Easy Rider.
This film was directed by Dennis Hopper, and starred Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper and Jack Nicholson.
This pi...
Category
1960s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Peter Pan
Located in London, GB
Original US lobby card for Peter Pan Disney's 1953 animation.
This piece would have been used to advertise the film inside the cinema foyer.
This film by Walt Disney was based on t...
Category
1950s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Winter Sport Ski Poster Pontresina Suisse Switzerland Resort
Located in London, GB
Original vintage winter sport ski poster for the popular resort of Pontresina Suisse / Switzerland featuring a black and white photograph of a young boy standing on small curved skis...
Category
1930s Swiss Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Advertising Poster Guinness Goodness Hat Irish Stout Beer Drink
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster for the iconic drink Guinness Irish stout beer - Goodness! Guinness! - featuring a fun design of a man wearing a blue suit and red tie lifting up ...
Category
1960s British Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster The Story Map Of The West Indies Native Handicraft Motif
Located in London, GB
Original vintage poster - The Story Map of the West Indies - featuring a colourful illustrated map of the islands located on the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean marking the islands, cities, sea passages and channels, and various places in the surrounding area from the skyscrapers in New York to Caracas in Venezuela, historical events including navy battles...
Category
1930s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
La Grande Illusion
Located in London, GB
This is an exceptionally rare original French lobby card used to advertise the film in French cinemas.
This film was directed by Jean Renoir and starred Jean Gabin and Pierre Fresnay...
Category
1930s French Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Meet John Doe
Located in London, GB
Original Japanese film poster for Frank Capra's 1941 Comedy Romance film. This film starred Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck.
The art work on this poster is unique to the films first...
Category
1950s Japanese Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
La Putain Respectueuse / The Respectful Whore
Located in London, GB
Original French film poster for the 1952 crime , drama La Putain Respectueuse.
This film starred Barbara Laage, Ivan Desny and Walter Bryant and was directed by Charles Brabant and M...
Category
1950s French Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Music Advertising Poster Beatles Ringo Starr Peace Dove Avedon
Located in London, GB
Original vintage music advertising poster featuring a colourful and psychedelic photo design using a new solarisation technique by the American photographer Richard Avedon (1923-2004...
Category
1960s British Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Four Vintage Educational Ford Motor Company Posters; Research & Information Dept
Located in San Francisco, CA
hard to find collection of four 1950's educational posters from the Research and Information Department at the Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan; each ...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
North by Northwest
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster for Alfred Hitchcock great 1959 thriller starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint and James Mason.
This poster is conservation paper backed and it would be shippe...
Category
1950s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Grand Prix
Located in London, GB
Original 1966 US photographic production still used to promote this fictional popular motor racing film. The film tells the story of the 1966 Formula One season through the eyes of ...
Category
1960s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Two of a Kind
Located in London, GB
Original photographic production still for the 1951 crime, thriller Two of a Kind.
This film starred Edmond O'Brien and Lizabeth Scott, and was directed by Henry Levin.
This piece i...
Category
1950s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Drink Advertising Poster Ceylon Tea Benefits Midcentury Art
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster for Ceylon The / Ceylon Tea featuring an image of a tea picker and illustrations including a microscope, receipt, kettle on a flame, a teapot and ...
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Green Movie Poster Palace Theatre West Salem IL Clark Gable Frederich March
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Frayed Green Movie Poster Palace Theatre West Salem IL Clark Gable Frederich March Loretta Young and more
14 x 22
Original Vintage distressed condition...
Category
1930s American American Classical Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
The Philadelphia Story
Located in London, GB
Original photographic production still for the classic 1940 comedy
starring Cary Grant, Katherine Hepburn and James Stewart.
This piece is conservation framed with in a Tulip wood...
Category
1940s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Roma Citta Aperta / Rome Open City
Located in London, GB
exceptionally rare and important original Italian film poster for Roberto Rossellini's land mark Italian Neo-Realism film. This film starred Aldo Fabrizi, Anna Magnani and Marcello P...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Hey There, It's Yogi Bear (1964)
Located in London, GB
Hey There, It's Yogi Bear (1964)
Original British Quad (30 X 40 Inches)
Hey There! It's the funniest bear anywhere... in his first full-length feature!! Hey There, It's Yogi Bear! i...
Category
1960s Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
On the Waterfront
Located in London, GB
Original American photographic production still.
For the 1954 classic drama On the Waterfront. The film starred Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J Cobb. Guinness...
Category
1950s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Vintage Mural Pull Down Wall Chart Landscape Sailing Ship the Coast of Greenland
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Vintage Mural Pull Down Wall Chart Landscape Sailing Ship the Coast of Greenland
The wall chart shows a painting which shows a large ship in front of the coast of Greenland. It was ...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Country Posters
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paper
Vintage Mural Wall Chart Quentell Freshwater Algae Plants Maritime Decoration
Located in Berghuelen, DE
A countrycore rollable Jung-Koch-Quentell wall chart showing freshwater algae. Used as teaching material in German schools. Colorful print on paper reinforced with canvas. Published ...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Country Posters
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paper
Cinderella
Located in London, GB
Original US Lobby card for Walt Disney's 1950 animation.
Walt Disney's fairy tale Cinderella was based on the 17th century story by the French author Charles Perrault. It is the twel...
Category
1950s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
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...
Category
1960s British Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Sport Poster Mercedes Benz Targa Florio 300SLR Stirling Moss
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Mercedes Benz poster published to celebrate the motorsport victory of its drivers during the 1955 season - Auch Sportwag...
Category
1950s German Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Advertising Poster Hongo Village Tachisawa Kanakaya Store Japan
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster for the Hongo Village Tachisawa Kanakaya store featuring an illustration of a Japanese lady in a traditional headdress and kimono clothing with fl...
Category
1950s Japanese Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Train Travel Poster Bourgogne Burgundy Wine SNCF Railway France
Located in London, GB
Original vintage train travel poster for Bourgogne / Burgundy issued by the National Society of French Railways SNCF Societe Nationale Des Chemins De Fer Francais featuring artwork b...
Category
1930s French Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Vintage Religious Framed Artwork, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, ES
Vintage religious framed artwork, made by unknown artist. Made in Spain, circa 1950. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful ...
Category
1950s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Wood, Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Hong Kong Qantas Harry Rogers Australian Airline
By Harry Rogers
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for Hong Kong fly there by Qantas Australia's round the world airline. Fantastic artwork by Harry Rogers (1929-2012) depicting a busy street scene full...
Category
1960s Australian Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Soviet Poster Inspired Workers Science Space Farming Military
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet propaganda poster - (Let's Give) Our inspired work to the Motherland! / ??????-??? ???? ????????????! - featuring a dynamic design depicting three images of p...
Category
1960s Russian Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
"Yojimbo" Film Poster
Located in London, GB
Original Japanese film poster from (1961) 28 x 20 in. (71 x 51 cm).
This poster would have been used outside the cinema at the films original release.
This classic Akira Kurosawa film was in 1964 remade as a fistful of dollars...
Category
1960s Japanese Vintage Posters
'Superman Flies Again' Original Vintage Australian Daybill Movie Poster, 1954
Located in Devon, GB
Superman jets off on this super rare stone lithography daybill poster for the Australian release of 'Superman Flies Again,' a 1954 compilation of three episodes of the hit US televis...
Category
1950s Australian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
2001: a Space Odyssey
Located in London, GB
2 Original double weight candid photographs for Stanley Kubrick's landmark science fiction film that is still considered one of the most influential sci-fi films of all time. (one oversized and one regular size ) The large oversized still is 14 1/4 x 11 1/4 in. (36.1 x 28.5 cm and the second one is 10 x 8 in. (25 x 20 cm) both these sizes given are before framing.
These 2 pieces came from Mike Kaplan who was a publicity executive at MGM's home office in New York, and after meeting Kubrick at the film's New York premiere, where he proposed re-positioning the film, he became 2001...
Category
1960s 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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