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Posters For Sale
Period: 1930s
Period: 1920s
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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Paper
Paris 1937 -- Exposition Internationale
By Eugene Beaudoin and Marcel Lods
Located in London, GB
Original French poster for the Exposition International in Paris, 1937.
This award-winning Art Deco design was created by Eugene Beaudoin (1898-1983) and Marcel Lods...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Posters
Desbarbieux, Original Vintage Poster, Black Cat, Chat Noir, Ball of Wool, 1922
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Poster created by Henri Desbarbieux in 1922 to promote the weekly "Le Chat Noir".
Artist: Henri Desbarbieux (1888-1981)
Title: Le chat noir - Hebdomadaire
Date: 1922
Size: 45.7 x ...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Posters
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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...
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1920s European Hollywood Regency Vintage Posters
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Paper
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 -...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Venezia ENIT Venice Santa Maria Della Salute
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster published by the Italian Tourism Board ENIT advertising the city of Venice in Italy featuring a scenic view of the famous dome of the historic Basilica...
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1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Cruise Travel Advertising Poster Red Star Line SS Westernland
Located in London, GB
Original vintage cruise travel advertising poster for Red Star Line featuring an image of the SS Westernland transatlantic ocean liner sailing on a lightly choppy sea in front of a r...
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1930s Belgian Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Poster Le Tracteur Austin Tractor Charles Loupot Art Deco
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Art Deco poster for Le Tracteur Austin featuring an agricultural design by Charles Loupot (1892-1962) depicting a farmer on a blue tractor with the bold blue and gre...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Antique Advertising Poster Saison Ausverkauf Kurt Bormel Shopping
Located in London, GB
Original antique advertising poster featuring a great Art Deco design depicting a bell boy in uniform carrying various colourful boxes and a flower bouquet on a yellow background, dr...
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1920s German Art Deco Vintage Posters
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Paper
Broders, Original Art Deco Poster, Chamonix, Mont Blanc, Hockey, Skiing, 1930
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
P.L.M. poster produced by Roger Broders in 1930 for the Ice Hockey World Championship in Chamonix (Alps).
Artist: Roger Broders (1883-1953)
Title: Chamonix – Mont-Blanc – Tous les s...
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1930s Art Deco Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Germany's Modern Architecture Richard Klein
By R. Klein 1
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster promoting Germany's Modern Architecture featuring a dynamic design by Richard Klein (1890-1967) showcasing the new buildings constructed during the 192...
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1930s German Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Propaganda Poster Arriba Espana Go Spain Civil War Call To Arms
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) propaganda poster - Arriba Espana / Go Spain - featuring soldiers, workers, farmers, women and children rising up and marching forward ...
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1930s Spanish Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Antique Advertising Poster Theatre Champs Elysees Ballets Leonidoff
Located in London, GB
Original antique advertising poster for Theatre des Champs-Elysees Ballets Leonidoff featuring a great illustration of a performance depicting a lady in a red dress holding a mask wi...
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1920s French Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Advertising Poster Baudin Cuisiniere Cooking Leonetto Cappiello
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster for kitchen equipment - Baudin La Cuisiniere des Cuisinieres / The Cooker of Cooks - featuring a great ...
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1930s French Vintage Posters
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Paper
Texan
Located in London, GB
Original American photographic production still used to promote the 1930 Western film Texan. this great 95 year photo shows a wonderful image of the films star Gary Cooper. This film...
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1930s American Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Advertising Poster Guinness Alice Wonderland Seven Men Gilroy
By John Gilroy
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Guinness advertising poster featuring a fun and rare Alice in Wonderland themed illustration by the notable artist John Gilroy (John Thomas Young Gilroy; 1898-1985) ...
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1930s British Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Ski Winter Sport Travel Poster Kreuzeck Garmisch Partenkirchen
Located in London, GB
Original vintage ski and winter sport travel poster promoting the Garmisch Classic ski resort of Kreuzeck in the alps mountain range of Bavaria in Germany. Stunning Art Deco style im...
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1930s German Art Deco Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Antique Advertising Poster Renault Type 45 Classic Car Model Auto Art
By Rene De Bas
Located in London, GB
Original antique advertising poster for the French car manufacturer Renault (founded 1899) featuring a stunning Art Deco design showing a classic Type 45 re...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Paris 1937 World Fair Villemot Bouissoud Art Deco
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster for the World's Fair in Paris May-November 1937 enchanting art and light - Paris 1937 Exposition Internationale Feerie d'art et de lumiere ...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Posters
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Paper
Cappiello, Original Vintage Poster, Cachou Lajaunie, Candy, Feather, Smoke, 1920
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Poster for the promotion of Cachou Lajaunie created by Cappiello in 1920.
Artist: Leonetto Cappiello (1875 - 1942)
Title: Cachou Lajaunie
Date: 1920
Size: 38.8 x 56.7 in / 98.5 x 1...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original 1930s French Art Deco Poster by Fabrice Mory
Located in Atlanta, GA
Original 1930s French Art Deco poster, artwork by Fabrice Mory, published by Chaix, France, circa 1935. This is a vintage original on linen and has been professionally framed under g...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Posters
Materials
Linen, Glass, Wood
Original Vintage PLM Railway Poster Mont Revard Sport Art Deco Golf Tennis
By Paul Ordner
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Paris Lyon Mediterranee PLM railway poster for Mont Revard a 1550m par Aix-le-Bains Savoie Sport Confort Repos / Sport Comfort Rest - featuring artwork by Paul Ordne...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Drink Advertising Poster Campari Milano Cappiello Alcohol Italy
Located in London, GB
Original vintage drink advertising poster by the renowned poster artist Leonetto Cappiello (1875-1942) for the Italian alcoholic aperitif drink "Campari" Davide Campari & Co. Milano....
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1920s Italian Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Poster CONTRATTO CAPPIELLO, 1930 Large
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Artist
Leonetto Cappiello
Year
1930
Dimensions
100x140cm
Condition
Excellent
Category
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
1930 Kinagin Liquor Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
Beautiful & rare poster from 1930 to promote the Swiss liquor brand Kinagin. The poster advertises the ingredients of the drink, reading "The vermouth with quinine and gin". One of t...
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1930s Swiss Art Deco Vintage Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Merano Bolzano Tyrol Italy ENIT Franz Lenhart
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster published by the Italian Tourism Board ENIT advertising Merano in South Tyrol Northern Italy featuring great artwork by Franz Lenhart (1898-1992) depic...
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1930s Italian Vintage Posters
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Paper
M German Film Program cover
Located in London, GB
Original German cover from film program for the classic crime thriller M this 1931 masterpiece was directed by Fritz Lang and starred Peter Lorre and Ellen Widmann.
This poster is un...
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1930s German Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Crikvenica Yugoslavia Spa Resort Croatia Art Deco
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for Crikvenica - The Best Sea Spa and Climatic Health Resort on the Adriatic in Yugoslavia / Nejlepší Mořské Lázně a Klimatické Léčebné Místo na Jadran...
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1930s Croatian Art Deco Vintage Posters
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Paper
Matthey, Original Art Deco Motorcycle Poster, Favor Bicycle, Moped, 1925
By L. Matthey
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Poster created by Lionel Matthey around 1925 to promote the Favor two-wheeler brand.
Artist: Lionel Matthey
Title : FAVOR - Cycles- Vélomoteurs - Motos - Va droit au But
Date: Circa...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Posters
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Paper
Rare Original Vintage USSR Travel Poster Intourist Visit Soviet Union Art Deco
Located in London, GB
Rare original vintage USSR travel poster in Swedish - Visit the Soviet Union / Besok Sovjet-Unionen - featuring a great Art Deco design depicting classic cars and buses driving through Red Square towards the viewer past the Gum department store and Lenin's Mausoleum / Lenin's Tomb in front of the historic wall of the Moscow Kremlin with the clock on the Spasskaya Tower rising into the sky, crowds of people outside St Basil...
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1930s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Antique Poster British Empire Our Master Hope Britain Stanley Baldwin
Located in London, GB
Original antique poster - The Empire Our Master Hope Stanley Baldwin - featuring a great patriotic design depicting a lion standing on a podium above illustrations of British Empire ...
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1920s British Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Poster All Steel Bicycle Raleigh Design Bike Advertising Art
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster for The All Steel Bicycle The Raleigh With Everlasting Guarantee featuring a great design of a silhouette of a Raleigh bike...
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1930s British Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Mar Del Plata Spa Sea Argentina Art Deco Design
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for Mar Del Plata El Gran Balneario / The Great Spa featuring a dynamic Art Deco design by the Argentine painter Ernesto Scotti (1901-1957) depicting t...
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1930s Argentine Art Deco Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Poster Deutsche Lufthansa Flyv-Ogsaa Om Vinteren Winter Flights
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster advertising Deutsche Lufthansa Fly Also In Winter / Flyv-Ogsaa Om Vinteren! Great artwork featuring a view from a plane window over snowy fields and sn...
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1930s German Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Drink Advertising Poster Toucan Opening Time Is Guinness Time
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Guinness advertising poster - Opening time is Guinness Time - featuring an iconic design depicting the trademark smiling ...
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1930s British Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Soviet Travel Poster Georgian Military Highway Intourist USSR
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet travel poster for the Georgian Military Highway issued by the state tourism agency Intourist featuring great Art Deco artwork...
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1930s Art Deco Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Travel Advertising Poster Palestine Poland LOT Airlines Airmail
Located in London, GB
Original vintage LOT airline travel advertising poster - Palestyna Polska w 25 Godzin / Palestine Poland in 25 Hours - featuring a colourful design by Jerzy Skolimowski (1907-1985) a...
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1930s Polish Art Deco Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Travel Advertising Poster German Railways Ferrocarriles Alemane
By Hans Schneider
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster - German Railways Safe Fast and Comfortable / Los Ferrocarriles Alemanes Seguros Rapidos y Comodos - feat...
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1930s German Art Deco Vintage Posters
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Paper
The Wizard of Oz
Located in London, GB
Original black and white single-weight glossy studio promotional photograph from 1939.
Few films have enjoyed such enduring popularity as the 1939 adaptation of L. Frank Baum's child...
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1930s American Vintage Posters
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Paper
Stagecoach
Located in London, GB
Original double weight glossy finish studio photograph for the 1939 landmark western Stagecoach. This film starred John Wayne and Claire Trevor.,
This western was directed by the gre...
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1930s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Located in London, GB
Original US black and white photographic production still for the 1938 film The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. This film starred Basil Rathbone , Nigel Bruce and Ida Lupino and was d...
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1930s American Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Work Motivation Poster Why Envy Bill Jones Cricket Sport Design
Located in London, GB
Superb cabinet in solid walnut from the 17th century from Italy
Very beautiful and rare Italian workmanship with a superb carved top as well as base. Typical of Italian wardrobes ...
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1920s British Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Antique Poster Learn to Think Imperially British Empire Chamberlain UK
Located in London, GB
Original antique poster - Learn to Think Imperially Rt. Hon. Joseph Chamberlain - featuring the quote in the centre of a great design depicting a globe map of the world showing the c...
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1920s British Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Poster Giulio Cesare Steam Ship Ocean Liner Cruise Travel NGI
Located in London, GB
Original vintage cruise travel poster - Giulio Cesare Genoa Buenos Ayres Navigazione Generale Italiana - featuring an image of the ocean liner at sea abov...
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1920s Italian Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage London Underground Poster Transport Of Joy At The Zoo Elephant
By Jean Dupas
Located in London, GB
Original vintage London Transport travel poster for London Zoo via Camden Town Chalk Farm or Regents Park Underground Station - There's a Transport of Joy at the Zoo - featuring stun...
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1930s British Art Deco Vintage Posters
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Paper
Broadway
Located in London, GB
Original Swedish film poster for the 1929 musical Broadway.
This film was directed by Pal Fejos and starred Glenn Tryon, Evelyn Brent and Merna Kennedy.
This stunning Swedish poster ...
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1920s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Winter Sport Poster Ski In Canada Canadian National Railways
Located in London, GB
Original vintage skiing and winter sport train travel poster - Ski in Canada Canadian National Railways Powder snow Rolling hills Fast trails - featuring a colourful Art Deco design ...
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1930s Canadian Art Deco Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Poster Loterie Nationale Week-End French Railway Lottery SNCF
Located in London, GB
Original vintage poster for the French National Lottery weekend railway tranche - Loterie Nationale Week-End 4e Tranche 1939 Tranche Ferroviaire - featuring a fun image of a man with...
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1930s French Vintage Posters
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Paper
Broders, Original Art Deco Poster, Winter Sports, Bobsleigh Skiing Art Deco 1930
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
P.L.M. poster created by Roger Broders in 1930 to promote winter sports in St Pierre de Chartreuse in the Alps.
Artist: Roger Broders (1883-1953)
Title: Les Sports d’Hiver à St Pier...
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1930s Art Deco Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Soviet Propaganda Poster Church At The Service Of Capital Deni
By Viktor Deni
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet propaganda poster - Church at the Service of Capital - featuring a caricature design by the notable cartoonist and Bolshevist agitpop poster artist V Deni (Vi...
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1930s Russian Vintage Posters
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Paper
Antique French 1930 La Croix Violette Dental Hygiene Teeth Propaganda Poster 34"
Located in Dayton, OH
Circa 1930s French dental hygiene poster from the Ligue Nationale de Propagande D'Hygiene Dentaire - La Croix Violette (National Dental Hygiene Propaganda League - The Violet Cross)....
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1930s Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Winter Sports Travel Poster Cortina Italy ENIT Franz Lenhart
Located in London, GB
Original vintage winter sports travel poster published by the Italian Tourism Board ENIT - Cortina m1200-2500 Neve Sole Sport / Snow Sun Sport - a town and ski resort in the Italian ...
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1930s Italian Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Soviet Travel Poster Caucasian Riviera Black Sea Resorts USSR
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet travel poster for the Caucasian Riviera / Кавказская Ривьера promoting holidays at Black Sea resorts featuring traditional Lubok style lettering and Art Deco ...
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1930s Russian Art Deco Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Cruise Travel Poster Cunard White Star America RMS Queen Mary
Located in London, GB
Original vintage cruise travel poster for Cunard White Star - America This Year by RMS Queen Mary - featuring a colourful Art Deco design by Tom Curr (1887-19...
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1930s British Art Deco Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Antique Train Travel Poster The Broads LNER Railway Tom Purvis
By Tom Purvis
Located in London, GB
Original antique LNER train travel poster for The Broads featuring a great design by Tom Purvis (1888-1959) depicting a group of playing music and singing on a boat in front of sun w...
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1920s British Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Antique Travel Poster Royal Mail Steam Packet Company Cruise A Cooper
Located in London, GB
Original antique cruise travel advertising poster for The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company - The Royal Mail Line The comfort route to New York & South America 85 Years of Shipping Exp...
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1930s British Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Spanish Civil War Poster First Win The War Fewer Idle Words
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) propaganda poster published by the Madrid Defence Council (1936-1937) Delegation of Propaganda and Press / Junta de Defensa de Madrid D...
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1930s Spanish Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster East Coast Quicker By Rail LNER Dorothea Sharp
By Dorothea Sharp
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster issued by the London and North Eastern Railway LNER - East Coast It's Quicker by Rail - featuring a scenic beach view by the British painter Dorothea S...
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1930s British Vintage Posters
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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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