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Original Vintage Poster-Cycles Motos Thomann-Elephant-Bike, 1926
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Original Vintage Poster-Cycles Motos Thomann-Elephant-Bike, 1926 Advertising poster to promote the cycles and motorcycles of the Thomann brand created by Alphonse Thomann in 1908....
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20th Century Posters

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Sex Pistols 'Never Mind The Bollocks' UK Promo Poster by Jamie Reid, 1977
Located in Devon, GB
A large screenprinted UK promotional poster issued by Virgin Records to promote the October 1977 release of the Sex Pistols only studio album 'Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's the Sex...
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1970s British Post-Modern Vintage Posters

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Paper, Linen

Original Vintage Advertising Poster Leon Houard Fabrique Nationale Motorcycles
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster for Fabrique Nationale Motorcycles featuring an Art Deco design by the Italian artist Marcello Nizzoli (1887-1969) depicting a motorbike rider as ...
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1920s Belgian Art Deco Vintage Posters

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Original Vintage Advertising Poster Hermann Teuber Exhibition Hourglass Design
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster for an art exhibition of work by the German painter Hermann Teuber (1894-1985) at the Haus Van Der Grin...
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1960s German Vintage Posters

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'Kelly's Heroes' Original Polish Film Poster, Jerzy Flisak, 1970
By Jerzy Flisak 1
Located in Bath, Somerset
Suitably comedic and wacky artwork features on the Polish poster for classic 70s war romp Kelly's Heroes. The end of the Second World War marked the daw...
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20th Century Polish Posters

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Paper

OGE HACHETTE 1960s French double sided EDUCATIONAL POSTER - NO.S 18 & 24
Located in Bath, Somerset
We love these original c1960s large French double-sided school educational posters. Charmingly and quirkily illustrated by Gabriel Bonmati and Gilbert Michel for ogé-hachette St-Germ...
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20th Century French Posters

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Original Vintage Poster Sydney Bridge Celebrations D Annand and D Whitmore, 1932
By D. Annand & A. Whitmore
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Original vintage poster Sydney Bridge Celebrations D Annand and D Whitmore, 1932 Condition backing / material: Linen (backed on acid-free pap...
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Early 19th Century Australian Antique Posters

The Spy Who Loved Me
Located in London, GB
Original Us film poster for the 1977 James Bond films The Spy Who Loved starring Roger Moore and Barbra Bach. The film was directed by Lewis Gilbert. The artwork on this poster is ...
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1970s American Vintage Posters

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Original Poster-Cognac Quevedo-Cat-Spirits-Spanish, c.1920
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Original Poster-Cognac Quevedo-Cat-Spirits-Spanish, c.1920 Poster to promote Quevedo Cognac. We see a dressed cat and a bottle of Quevedo cognac. On the bottle, the portrait of th...
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20th Century Belle Époque Posters

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1950 Campari Soda, Mingozzi Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
Stunning poster designed by Italian artist Giovanni Mingozzi for Campari Soda, created in 1950. This gorgeous and vibrant piece depicts the Campari Soda bottle designed by Futurist a...
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1950s Italian Vintage Posters

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Paper

Set of (14) Vintage Anatomy Charts by American Map Co. - sold individually
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Set of (14) Vintage Anatomy Charts American Map Co. - Circa 1950. 14 Total Charts - Sold Individually -( 14 available ) ( discounted to buy as a set ) 29" x 37" unfolded 9.5" x 12...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Posters

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1950 United Airlines - Disneyland Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
With artwork from the great poster designer and illustrator Stan Galli, this stunning and rare poster from 1950 promotes United Airlines routes to Disneyland. Depicting a boat of exc...
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1950s American Vintage Posters

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Paper

'Toni-Kola', Original Antique Early 19th Century Colonial Propaganda Poster
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Toni-Kola', Original Vintage Early 19th Century Colonial Propaganda Poster Toni-Kola, a colour lithographic poster from 1900; this poster is showing the influence of colonial icono...
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Early 1900s French Victorian Antique Posters

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Paper, Linen

Original Antique Propaganda Poster British Empire And Liberty Beaconsfield UK
Located in London, GB
Original antique poster - Empire and Liberty Beaconsfield - featuring a great design depicting a trident in front of a red, white and blue Union Jack flag flying above a silhouette o...
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1920s British Vintage Posters

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Framed Lithographic Poster of the exhibition Drawings by Picasso, circa 1961
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Framed historical poster of the exhibition "Gaspar Room. Drawings by Picasso. April 1961". Manufactured in Spain, circa 1961. In original condition with minor wear consistent of ag...
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1960s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters

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Paper

Funny Face 1957 French Grande Film Poster, Boris Grinsson
Located in Bath, Somerset
The beautiful 1957 French Grande Funny Face, by the renowned Boris Grinson. Funny Face is a 1957 American musical romantic comedy. Directed by Stanley Donen and written by Leonard Gershe, containing assorted songs by George and Ira Gershwin...
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20th Century French Posters

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Linen, Paper

1970 Bitter Campari In Testo - Depero Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
Iconic Italian liqueur brand Campari collaborated with Futurist artist Fortunato Depero many times, beginning their relationship in 1924. Campari was formed in 1860 by Gaspare Campa...
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1970s Italian Vintage Posters

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"Join the Air Service" Vintage WWI Poster by J. Paul Verrees, 1917
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This is very scarce WWI recruiting poster for the Army Air Service. The poster dramatically features a two-man open cockpit biplane with American and French markings flying against a red sky background. In the foreground, two uniformed spotters look on. The poster reads "Join the Air Service...
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1910s American Vintage Posters

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Paper

Lolita
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster for Stanley Kubrick's controversial 1962 film staring James Mason and Shelley Winters and Peter Sellers. This size poster would have had the times off the sho...
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1960s American Vintage Posters

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Original Vintage Music Concert Poster Rolling Stones European Tour Nude Pasche
Located in London, GB
Original vintage music concert poster - It's The Rolling Stones 1973 European Tour! - following their Goats Head Soup album release and f...
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1970s British Vintage Posters

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Someone to Watch over Me 1987 Polish B1 Film Movie Poster, Andrzej Pagowski
Located in Bath, Somerset
Typically stunning design design by Andrzej Pagowski features on the Polish film poster for Ridley Scott's Someone to Watch Over Me. undoubtedly the best for the title. The end of...
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20th Century Polish Posters

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Cover Girl 1950s French Moyenne Film Movie Poster, Guy Gerard Noel
Located in Bath, Somerset
Cover Girl The 1944 American musical romantic comedy film directed by Charles Vidor, and starring Rita Hayworth and Gene Kelly. Beautiful artwork for the Fr...
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20th Century French Posters

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Linen, Paper

Vintage German School Chart, Poster "Peat Extraction"
Located in Vienna, AT
Vintage German school chart depicting the peat extraction. Printed probably in the 1960s by "Offsetdruckerei Fricke and Co., Stuttgart." Good ori...
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1960s German Vintage Posters

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1971 Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers Original Vintage Poster
By David Montgomery
Located in Winchester, GB
An all-time classic album, "Sticky Fingers" was the Rolling Stones ninth studio album (eleventh US release) and was released in April 1971. Featuring the likes of "Brown Sugar", "Wild Horses" and "Bitch", the album shot straight to number one both sides of the Atlantic and is considered one of their greatest albums. With album artwork...
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1970s British Vintage Posters

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Rare Linocut Poster "Vallavris Exhibition 1954" by Pablo Picasso
Located in San Diego, CA
Highly collectible and rare linocut poster "Vallavris Exhibition 1954" by Pablo Picasso, circa 1954.. The print is in good vintage and measures 24" x 30". It is presented in a simple black wood frame and is signed in the print. Super cool and hard to find Picasso poster! #2912 Starting in the 1950s, Picasso worked with the linocut printer Hidalgo Arnéra to produce posters for ceramic exhibitions and bullfights. The printer described their working method as such: “Picasso worked at night; in the morning, Marcel the chauffeur brought what he had completed to the print shop with notes added by Jacqueline Roque. I pulled the proofs and returned them to [his home] La Californie at exactly 1:30. This regular rhythm of working continued for eight years, every day, except Saturday and Sunday.” This idiosyncratic procedure speaks to the collaborative effort of these printmaking ventures, which included his partner, his printer, and his chauffeur Title: Vallauris Exhibition 1954 Artist: Pablo Picasso Printer: Printed by Hidalgo Arnéra Publisher: Published by Hidalgo Arnéra Date: 1954 Medium: Linoleum cut ABOUT THE ARTIST Born in 1881, Pablo Ruiz y Picasso followed in his father’s footsteps as an academically trained painter and studied art at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in his native Spain. Picasso traveled for the first time to Paris at age 19, establishing a studio there in 1904. He soon began a relationship with Fernande Olivier...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Posters

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Paper, Wood

Raiders of the Lost Ark 1983 Polish Film Movie Poster, Erol
Located in Bath, Somerset
The original Polish film poster for Spielberg's cherished classic Raiders of the Lost Ark. Another fine design by one of the undisputed masters of the Polish School of Posters, Jakub...
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20th Century Polish Posters

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'TWA London' Original Vintage Travel Poster by David Klein, 1950s
Located in Devon, GB
During the 1950s and 1960s, American artist David Klein created dozens of alluring posters for Howard Hughes' glamorous Trans World Airlines, capturing the excitement and adventure of travel. His iconic designs, with their bright and colorful illustrations of famous landmarks, won many awards and came to define the spirit of the jet age. Issued by Trans World Airlines circa 1954, a Queen's Guard stands sentry in front of Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament on Klein's painterly poster to advertise TWA flights to London, during a period of burgeoning interest in England following the 1953...
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1950s American Modern Vintage Posters

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The Shining
Located in London, GB
Original British film poster for The Shining 1980. This chilling horror was directed by Stanley Kubrick, and stars Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall and...
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1980s British Vintage Posters

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Terminator Polish Film Poster B1, Jakub Erol, 1987
Located in Bath, Somerset
He said he'd be back and he wasn't wrong, the Polish film poster for seminal sci-fi The Terminatoris finally back in stock! The finest artwork for the title? We certainly think so...
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20th Century Polish Posters

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The Ipcress File
Located in London, GB
Original Italian film poster for Michael Caine's 1965 spy thriller The Ipcress File .The art work on this poster is unique to the films Italian rerelease. This film was directed by S...
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1960s Italian Vintage Posters

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Original Vintage WWII Propaganda Poster British Commonwealth Of Nations Together
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two propaganda poster - The British Commonwealth of Nations Together - featuring a dynamic military illustration depicting a group of British Empire Common...
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1940s British Vintage Posters

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Olympic Games Munich 1972 Limited Edition Signed by Artist Jacob Lawrence
Located in Pewsey, GB
Rare Olympic Games Munich 1972 Limited Edition 'Poster entitled 'Five Black Athletes in a Relay Race' signed and numbered by Jacob Lawrence Dimensions: Sheet Size: Length 109.5 × 69.5 cm Image Size: Length: 87 × 64 cm Edition Size: 200 Edition Number: 24 marked in pencil by Jacob Lawrence Signed: Jacob Lawrence 71 in pencil by Jacob Lawrence Serigraph – Screenprint Printed words on the left hand corner of the sheet read as follows: © Edition Olympia 1972 Gmbh 1971 Dietz Officin Lengmoos Description Bold colours fresh and vibrant as when originally issued Overall condition: Very good for age A minor tear at the top edge has been repaired and the poster has been given a conservation wash by one of UK’s leading paper conservators, in the main, to remove soluble pollutants, which if left untreated in a poster, in particular, one printed more than 50 years ago would accelerate its degradation. This first class conservational treatment will ensure that the poster would retain its present condition if professionally framed with museum-quality glass and not exposed to direct sunlight or put into long-term storage following the specialist guidelines for the storage of posters and prints. Jacob Lawrence was one of a number of artists who were invited to design posters for the 1972 Olympic Games held in Munich. He was first non-white artist to commissioned by an Olympic Games Committee. Lawrence created an image to commemorate the involvement of black athletes in the Olympic Games, as track was the field in which they had traditionally excelled. This striking poster depicts five black runners with grimacing faces take giant strides around a large, curving track as they head toward the finish line. They hold batons in their hands to show that they are competing in a relay race. Each athlete is shown with his arms, legs, and head in a slightly different position, one has his head back and his right leg stretched forward, almost straight. Lawrence used bold colours to depict the runners' stylised faces and legs as well as the repeated shapes of the track. He combined the flat, simplified shapes and empty spaces of modernism with silhouetted figures and the rhythmic patterns and colours of Harlem scenes. He labelled his pictorial style 'dynamic cubism'. Lawrence's poster embraces several themes: a) the intensity of competition in a relay race with invariably dramatic endings; b) memories of the African American athlete, Jesse Owens...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters

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OGE HACHETTE 1960s French double sided EDUCATIONAL POSTER - NO.S 2 & 17
Located in Bath, Somerset
We love these original c1960s large French double-sided school educational posters. Charmingly and quirkily illustrated by Gabriel Bonmati and Gilbert Michel for ogé-hachette St-Germ...
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20th Century French Posters

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Un Homme et une Femme / A Man and a Woman
Located in London, GB
Original Japanese film poster for the 1966 French New Wave film Un Homme et une Femme / A Man and a Woman The cool art work on this poster is unique to the films first Japanese relea...
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1960s Japanese Vintage Posters

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Paper

1968 2001: A Space Odyssey Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
One of the most influential and groundbreaking sci-fi films of all time from one of the all-time great directors, "2001: A Space Odyssey" is a mind-bending landmark of cinema. Based...
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1960s British Vintage Posters

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Original Vintage Cruise Travel Poster Royal Mail Line Art Deco Kenneth Shoesmith
Located in London, GB
Original vintage cruise travel advertising poster for Royal Mail Line featuring a great design by the British maritime artist Kenneth Denton Shoesmith (1890-1939) depicting an ocean liner ship with red funnels and different coloured lights shining from the windows sailing across the choppy blue sea at speed in front of a dynamic bold yellow sky background, two blank yellow and blue information boxes below not filled in with details of the times and destinations, decorated with the diagonal red cross and crown house flag...
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1930s British Art Deco Vintage Posters

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'Star Wars' Original Vintage British Quad Movie Poster by Tom Chantrell, 1977
Located in Devon, GB
A rare British quad for the first instalment of George Lucas' original, genre-defining, sci-fi trilogy 'Star Wars'. When the studio realized how successful the first film was going t...
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1970s British Space Age Vintage Posters

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Paper, Linen

Hang Loose 1970s American Political/Protest Poster, Women's Lib Mona Lisa
Located in Bath, Somerset
Hang Loose! A fabulous original protest poster from the 1970s, printed by Vagabond Creations in Ohio, United States. Mona Lisa like you've never seen her before! This vintage poster...
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20th Century American Posters

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Hungarian Womens' Newspaper Yearbook Advertising Poster, 1964, Balogh
Located in Bath, Somerset
A rare and wonderful Hungarian advertising poster from 1964 to advertise the Nok Lapja Yearbook, Women’s Newspaper, 1965. Fabulous design by Istvan Balogh. This original vintage p...
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20th Century Hungarian Posters

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Original Antique 1913 Railway Poster Castello Di Paraggi Italian Riviera Ligure
Located in London, GB
Large original antique travel advertising poster for the Italian Riviera Italy / Riviera Ligure Italia by train / Chemins de Fer Italiens de l'Etat (Italian State Railways) featuring...
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1910s Italian Vintage Posters

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1983 Keith Haring Montreux Jazz Festival Set of Three Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
In 1983, Keith Haring was asked to create a poster for the iconic Montreux Jazz Festival, in turn, he submitted 3 designs which were instantly accepted. Haring visited Montreux for t...
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1980s Swiss Vintage Posters

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'To Kill a Mockingbird' Original Vintage Movie Poster, Romanian, 1963
Located in Devon, GB
A scarce original poster for the first Romanian release of the 1962 American film adaptation of Harper Lee's 1960 Pulitzer Prize winning novel 'To Kill A Mockingbird,' which addressed themes of racism and injustice in the Deep South. Gregory Peck won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance as Alabama lawyer Atticus Finch, while his ten-year-old co-star Mary Badham was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for her role as daughter Scout. Robert Duvall made his big screen debut as the misunderstood recluse Boo Radley...
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1960s Romanian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters

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Linen, Paper

"A WOMAN LIKE SATAN" 1959 French Grande Film Movie Poster, YVES THOS
Located in Bath, Somerset
Superb first-year-of-release country-of-origin French Grande film poster for La Femme et le Pantin featuring a wonderful design by Yves Thos. La...
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20th Century French Posters

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Linen, Paper

Fondation Maeght Joan Miro Abstract Poster 1968
Located in Henley-on Thames, Oxfordshire
Joan Miro vintage poster – Galerie Maeght 23 Julliet au 30 Septembre 1968 Saint-Paul 06, Fondation Maeght. France circa 1968 Maeght Editeur- Arte Paris.
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1860s French Modern Antique Posters

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'Breakfast at Tiffany's' Original Vintage US Lobby Card Movie Poster, 1961
Located in Devon, GB
Lobby Cards were designed for display in a cinema lobby to lure the movie-going public. Typically released in sets of 8, each card depicted a different scene from the film. This charming US lobby card for 'Breakfast At Tiffany's,' number 7 of the set, depicts Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly and George Peppard as Paul Varjak sipping coffee against a backdrop of Manhattan. Featuring a miniature version of Robert McGinnis' iconic artwork used for the US insert, the lobby cards offer a bit of Tiffany's magic at a more affordable price point than the larger and highly sought after US Campaign posters. Holly Golightly would be Audrey Hepburn’s defining role, establishing her status as one of the greatest screen legends and style icons of all time. It seems unbelievable now that Truman Capote, author of the novella on which the movie was based, had his heart set on Marilyn Monroe for the part. Monroe pulled out of the running when her acting coach advised her not to play a lady of the night...
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1960s American Modern Vintage Posters

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The Goonies 1985 Japanese B2 Film Poster, Drew Struzan
Located in Bath, Somerset
Hey you guys! We've got the fab original first-year-of-release Japanese film poster for 80s firm favourite The Goonies. Drew Struzan's iconic design looks even cooler with the Japan...
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20th Century Japanese Posters

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Framed Calder Galerie Maeght Lithograph Poster Maeght Editeur - Arte Paris 70s
By Galerie Maeght, Calder
Located in New York, NY
Bold, colorful and graphic Galerie Maeghgt Calder Poster by Maeght Editeur - Arte Paris. The poster is in it's original vintage frame with a blue mat border, aluminum frame and gla...
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1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters

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Original Vintage Poster Bitter Campari Spiratello Cappiello 1921 Oversize
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Original vintage poster Bitter Campari Spiratello Leonetto Cappiello 1921 oversize Condition backing / material: Linen (backed on acid-free paper and c...
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19th Century Italian Art Deco Antique Posters

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QUAREZ - Marche Aux Fleurs' Limited Edition Contemporary Poster Numbered
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
QUAREZ LIMITED EDITION MARCHE AUX FLEURS Letitia Morris Gallery and the Quarez Estate have collaborated closely to offer its first limited edition poster! This is the first time bot...
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2010s Posters

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"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...
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1940s American Modern Vintage Posters

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Gadoud, Original Art Deco Wine Poster, Camp Romain Provence Syrah Grenache, 1930
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Original Art Deco Poster-Gadoud-Roman Camp Wine-Cotes of Rhone Syrah, 1930 Additional Details: Materials and Techniques: Colour lithograph on paper Size (w x h): 47.2 x 63 in / 12...
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20th Century French Art Deco Posters

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Incredible Hulk 2 Egyptian Film Movie Poster, Linen backed
Located in Bath, Somerset
For Your Eyes Only 1981 Egyptian film movie poster - Linen backed Another fantastic Egyptian film poster, this time for James Bond's For Your E...
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20th Century Egyptian Posters

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Linen, Paper

1971 Rolling Stones, UK Tour Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
Known as the "Farewell to England" tour, the Rolling Stones 1971 UK Tour took place across 10 days in March 1971 across 9 cities and saw the Stones at their absolute peak. They released the iconic "Sticky Fingers" a few weeks after the tour. After being commissioned to create the 1970 European Tour poster, and in turn, creating the iconic Stones tongue and lip logo, British designer John Pasche was recruited to create this iconic poster. Featuring an old car driving down the countryside roads...
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1970s British Vintage Posters

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Leonetto Cappiello, Vintage Poster, Biscotines Union, Biscuit, Bread, 1906
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Original Vintage Food Poster for Biscotines Union dating from 1906 by Leonetto Cappiello. Leonetto Cappiello (1875 - 1942), was born in Livorno, ...
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Early 1900s French Belle Époque Antique Posters

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Shanghai Deco Nanyang Brothers Tobacco Poster, c. 1930
Located in Chicago, IL
This framed advertising poster for Nanyang Brothers Tobacco dates to the 1920-30s and melds the meticulous detail of traditional Chinese painting with the nuanced color and fine resolution of color lithography. Known as yuefenpai, or calendar posters, these advertisements depicted fashionable women and intriguing scenery alongside annual calendars and product placements. Evolved from traditional nianhua paintings (New Year pictures), these advertising posters were strongly influenced by the Art Deco movement in the west and recall the economic boom of early 20th century Shanghai, an international center of business and trade. In this example, a young woman dressed in fine clothing and jewelry strolls through a traditional courtyard garden, surrounded by stone statues and towering pagodas. In the lower left corner is an open pack of Golden Dragon Cigarettes and below an array of cigarette brands, each a product of Nanyang Brothers Tobacco. The scene is surrounded by trailing vine scrollwork and text suggesting the poster may have been given as a corporate gift...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Posters

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The Man Who Fell to Earth
Located in London, GB
Original photographic production still for The Man Who Fell to Earth 1976. This film starred David Bowie and was directed by Nicolas Roeg The pho...
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1970s British Vintage Posters

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Original Vintage Poster-Paul Colin-bosch-refrigerator-home Appliance, 1963
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Original Vintage Poster-Paul Colin-Bosch-Refrigerator-Home Appliance, 1963 Promotion poster for Bosch refrigerators. Additional details: Materials and techniques: colour lithograph on paper Color: Blue, White, Black Features: Signed Subject: Home appliance Original/Licensed Reprint: Original Style: Vintage Type: Poster Size: Large (up to 60in.) Size (w x h): 44.1 x 61.4 in / 112 x 156 cm Printer: Bedos et Cie, Imprimeurs Paris, 14 Ave Felix Faure...
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Posters

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Original Vintage Advertising Poster Saturday Evening Post Clown Pooch Dog
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster for the 3 June 1939 issue of The Saturday Evening Post illustrated magazine featuring a clown in a blue and red polka dot outfit teaching a dog tr...
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1930s American 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.)

On 1stDibs, find all kinds of posters for your home today.

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