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Posters For Sale
Period: 1940s
Period: Early 1900s
Original Vintage RAF Royal Air Force Recruitment Poster Air Force Training Corps
By Jonathan Foss
Located in London, GB
Original vintage RAF Royal Air Force recruitment poster for the Air Training Corps - Air Training Today and Tomorrow - featuring artwork by Jonath...
Category
1940s British Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Soviet WWII Propaganda Poster Valenki Well Dressed Fighter USSR
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet World War Two propaganda poster - Comrade! Remember that a well-prepared and warmly dressed fighter will strike the enemy even str...
Category
1940s Russian Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Advertising Poster AW Faber Castell Stationery Supplies Athlete
Located in London, GB
Original antique advertising poster for Castell A.W. Faber stationery supplies featuring a young athlete throwing a green AW Faber pencil as a javelin with another javelin thrower an...
Category
Early 1900s German Antique Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Winter Sport Travel Poster Berner Oberland Switzerland Bear
Located in London, GB
Original vintage winter sport travel poster for Berner Oberland Suisse on y fait du ski jusqu'a fin Avril / Bernese Oberland Switzerland skiing until the end of April featuring fun artwork...
Category
1940s Swiss Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage World War Two Propaganda Poster Navy Upholds Victory Torch WWII
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two propaganda poster - The Navy Upholds the Victory Torch You can uphold the Navy by depositing your savings in the Glasgow Savings Bank A trustee savings...
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1940s British Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage American WWII Recruitment Poster For Your Country's Sake Today
Located in London, GB
Original vintage American World War Two recruitment poster - For your country's sake today For your own sake tomorrow Go to the nearest recruiting station of the armed service of you...
Category
1940s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
The Maltese Falcon
Located in London, GB
A rare original US lobby card number for the 1941 Film Noir The Maltese Falcon.
The film Starred Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, Mary Astor and was was directed John Huston.
The piece ...
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1940s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Skiing Sport Poster Dartmouth Winter Carnival 1942 Ski USA
Located in London, GB
Original vintage skiing sport poster for the Dartmouth Winter Carnival held on 6-7 February 1942 featuring a design by Dom Lupo depicting the bold title text...
Category
1940s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Brighton Rock
Located in London, GB
Original British film poster for the 1947 Crome thriller Brighton Rock.
This film was directed by John Boulting and starred Richard Attenborough, Hermonie Baddeley, William Hartnell....
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1940s British Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage World War Two Poster Sleep To Gather Strength WWII Churchill
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster featuring an image of an ARP Warden resting his head on his hand while napping against a brick wall below a notice - ... It all depends on me an...
Category
1940s British Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
"Arizona" Vintage Santa Fe Railroad Travel Poster by Don Perceval, circa 1940s
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This is a vintage Arizona travel poster for the Santa Fe Southern Railway, issued in the 1940s. A very collectible poster, the compositi...
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage WWII Recruitment Propaganda Poster Idea And An Ideal Air Force
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two military recruitment propaganda poster - Join The Regular Air Force - featuring a great design by the notable artist Tom Eckersley (1914-1997) of a you...
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1940s British Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Matson Lines Cruise Hawaii Honolulu Surfer Beach
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster - Matson Lines Hawaii - featuring a colourful image of a smiling surfer in red and white swimming shorts riding the wave...
Category
1940s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
King Kong
Located in London, GB
Original photographic production still used for a re-release of the film in the late 1930's or early 1940's
King Kong is perfect blend of adventure, science fiction and horror, King ...
Category
1940s American Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage War Propaganda Poster Careless Talk Snake WWII Albert Dorne
By Albert Dorne
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two propaganda poster - Less dangerous than careless talk Don't discuss Troop movements Ship sailings War equipment - featuring a great illustration of a r...
Category
1940s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Soviet WWII Propaganda Poster Defence Of The Motherland USSR
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet World War Two propaganda poster - For the Defence of the Motherland / На Защиту Родины - featuring a dynamic design depicting Red Army soldiers marching in li...
Category
1940s Russian Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage War Home Front Production Poster Do It Right Make It Bite WWII
By C. C. Beall
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two home front production poster - Do It Right Make It Bite - featuring a dynamic image by the American illustrator and watercolour painter Cecil Calvert B...
Category
1940s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Soviet Propaganda Poster Glory Of Stalin Aviation Records USSR
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet propaganda poster - Athlete pilots of the voluntary society for the promotion of aviation Increase the glory of Stalin's aviation USSR The birthplace of aviat...
Category
1940s Russian Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage World War Two Propaganda Poster Darn Holes At Once WWII Coupon
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two propaganda poster - Darn holes at once Odd wool will do for hidden darns Little holes soon grow into big ones if left undarned a stitch in time saves c...
Category
1940s British Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage War Home Front Poster Fish Is A Fighting Food Rationing WWII
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two home front poster - Fish is a fighting food We need more - featuring an image of a catch of fish being hauled in a bucket by fishermen working on a woo...
Category
1940s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage WWII Propaganda Poster Work 8 Hours Strengthen Motherland USSR
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two home front industry propaganda poster - Work 8 Hours and Strengthen the Power of Our Motherland / Работать 8 Часові Крепить Мощь Нашей Родины! Dynamic photomontage artwork by the notable Soviet political poster designer...
Category
1940s Russian Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Winter Ski Sports Travel Poster This Winter Sun Valley Idaho
Located in London, GB
Original vintage winter sports travel poster - This Winter Sun Valley - featuring a great image of a smiling lady in a yellow and blue ski suit skiing down a snowy slope at speed wit...
Category
1940s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Soviet Propaganda Poster Long Live The Red Army USSR Stalin
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet propaganda poster - Long live the Red Army the flesh and blood of the Soviet people! / Да здравствует красная армия-плоть от плоти советского народа! Artwork ...
Category
1940s Russian Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Sport Poster Olympic Games 1948 London Walter Herz Big Ben
By Walter Herz
Located in London, GB
Original vintage poster for the 1948 London Olympic Games held from 29 July to 14 August, the first Games held after World War Two. Iconic design by Walter Herz (b 1909) featuring th...
Category
1940s British Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Rare Original Vintage WWII Propaganda Poster Defeat Fascist Attackers USSR Army
Located in London, GB
Rare original vintage World War Two propaganda poster issued in the Soviet Union - Defeat the Fascist Raiders / Разгромит фашистских налетчиков! - featuring dynamic black and white a...
Category
1940s Russian Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
"Buy War Bonds" Vintage WWII Poster by Newell Convers Wyeth, 1942
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Offered is an original World War II poster by Newell Convers Wyeth (1882-1945). The poster features bold lettering at bottom reading "Buy War Bonds," with a dynamic depiction of Uncl...
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Out of the Past
Located in London, GB
Original US lobby card number 8 for the 1947 Film Noir Out of the Past.
The film Starred Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer and Kirk Douglas and was was directed Jacques Tourneur.
The piece ...
Category
1940s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
"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
"Ready. Join U.S. Marines" Vintage WWII Recruitment Poster by Haddon Sundblom
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This is an original World War II Marines recruitment poster, issued in 1942. The poster depicts a uniformed Marine, standing strong and proud at attention. The persuasive text reads ...
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
"Let's Go. U.S. Marines" Vintage WWII Recruitment Poster by Dickson, 1941
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This is an original World War II Marines recruitment poster, by Dickson and issued in 1941. The poster depicts a uniformed Marine beckoning at the viewer to follow him. The persuasive text "Let’s Go!” is printed in large red italics at top. At center, the text “on LAND, at SEA, in the AIR” is a reference to the first stanza of the Marines Hymn, the oldest official song in the U.S. Armed Forces. At the bottom of the poster are two overprinted addresses for local recruitment offices, "356 U.S. Court House, 225 South Clark Street...
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
"The U.S. Marines Want You" Vintage WWII Recruitment Poster, 1940
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This is an original World War II Marines recruitment poster, issued in 1940. The poster depicts a no-nonsense Marine drill instructor, pointing directly at the viewer, in front of a ...
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
1949 Cie Gle Transatlantique Original Vintage Poster
By René Bouvard 1
Located in Winchester, GB
With beautiful artwork from Rene Bouvard, this 1949 poster for "Cie Gle Transatlantique", or the "Compagnie Generale Transatlantique" shows an ocean liner sailing through the clear n...
Category
1940s French Vintage Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
James NORTHFIELD, Original Oil Painting Circa. 1940
By Boris Bucan
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
This is an original oil painting by James Northfield. This paining has been signed by James Northfield himself, the painting has been done on board. It was most likely a study. The o...
Category
1940s Australian Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Wood, Paint
Pinocchio
Located in London, GB
Original artwork used to create the British front of house stills. Gouache on artboard.
This original artwork features the films scene where Pinocchio is under the sea.
Exceptionally rare. Original artworks rarely surface, as the majority were destroyed.
Pieces on the Classic Disney films are always highly prized. This original artwork only recently surfaced, and was previously owned by an English lady, who had been given this piece in the 1940s. Prior to this discovery no other Pinocchio artwork for posters or front of house stills had been seen.
Walt Disney's second animated feature film was made after the success of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, (1937). Pinocchio, the world’s most famous wooden puppet, is originally the creation of the Italian writer and social commentator Carlo Collodi. Entitled The Adventures of Pinocchio...
Category
1940s British Vintage Posters
Materials
Paint
Original Vintage Sport Poster Tour De France 1949 Cycling Nancy Ville Etape
By Selig
Located in London, GB
Original vintage sport poster - Le Tour De France 1949 Nancy Ville Etape Tourisme Art et Histoire / City stage Tourism Art and History - featuring artwork by Alfred Selig (1907-1974)...
Category
1940s French Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage War Recruitment Propaganda Poster US Navy Reserve Arise America
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two recruitment propaganda poster - Arise Americans Your Country and Your Liberty are in grave danger Protect them now by joining the United States Navy or...
Category
1940s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Torino Alps Capital Winter Sport Campagnoli Italy
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster promoting Winter Sports in Torino Capital of the Alps / Sport Invernali Torino Capitale Delle Alpi - featuring artwork by Alberto Campagnoli (1905-1983) of a red cable car ski lift traveling up past snow covered trees with a mountain and bright sun in the background, the colourful bold title text below and slogan diagonally across the image. Issued by ENIT the Italian...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Advertising Poster Michelin Man Bibendum Tyres Cigar Bicycle
Located in London, GB
Original antique advertising poster for Michelin tyres featuring a great illustration showing the trademark Bibendum character - the iconic Michelin Man figure made from tyres - smok...
Category
Early 1900s Belgian Antique Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Advertising Poster Waterloo Station Southern Railway
Located in London, GB
Original vintage train travel advertising poster issued by Southern Railway - Waterloo Station 1848-1948 A Centenary of Uninterrupted Service During Peace and War - featuring a detailed illustration of the busy Central London station depicting people in smart suits and fashionable dresses, shoppers and families, people in different military uniform, boy scouts and porters, a girl sitting on a suitcase and two ladies running to make their train, a couple kissing and a man pushing a bicycle, people at the news stand and buying tickets at the main line booking office, Royal Mail vans parked on the side and steam trains on the platforms, a green Southern Railway van with a penguin on the side advertising Chessington Zoo and Circus driving by in the foreground, the glass ceiling architecture and the iconic four-faced clock...
Category
1940s British Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Post War Poster 17 Salon International Aviation Paul Colin WWII
By Paul Colin
Located in London, GB
Original vintage post World War two poster for the 17th International Aviation Exhibition - 17eme Salon International l'Aviation - held from 15 November to 1 December at the Grand Pa...
Category
1940s French Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
The Lost Weekend
Located in London, GB
Original US lobby card number 6 for the 1944 Film Noir The Lost Weekend.
This film was directed by Billy Wilder and starred Ray Milland, Jane Wyman and Phillip Terry.
This piece woul...
Category
1940s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Advertising Poster Keep It Under Your Stetson Bring Him Home
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster issued by the John B. Stetson Company during World War Two with a propaganda warning - Let's bring him home quicker Loose talk lengthens the war K...
Category
1940s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Travel Poster Henri Cassiers Fishermen Belgium Dutch Harbour
Located in London, GB
Original antique travel poster for Belgium featuring an illustration by Henri Cassiers (1858-1944) depicting three fishermen standing to...
Category
Early 1900s Belgian Antique Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Advertising Poster A La Place Clichy Sumer Season Fashion Paris
Located in London, GB
Original antique advertising poster for the Parisian department store A La Place Clichy promoting its special fashion Summer Sale on Monday 1 April - A La...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage WWII Poster London Blitz Bombarded Street War Office Training
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster - Street Scenes Series Fig. 2 (to be viewed at 4-5 yards) - issued by the War Office and intended for rifle shooting directional training featuring artwork by Beric Young (1902-1963) depicting a war torn London street scene with damaged buildings and broken windows, fallen pylons, a tank under rubble from a bank, a double decker bus on its side and an ambulance crashed into a bomb crater in the road, the colourful image including trees, factories and chimneys, a Co-Op Cooperative Stores shop and a hospital on the hills in the background, London Underground stations and a clock tower in the centre, a teashop, church spire, camouflage tank, railway train signals...
Category
1940s British Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Antique Poster Danny Gurtler Munchner Hof Cabaret Artist Munich Theatre
Located in London, GB
Original antique poster - Munchner Hof Danny Gurtler - featuring an image of a moustached man wearing a hat and holding a hammer over his shoulder in black and white, his shirt in re...
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Early 1900s German Antique Posters
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Paper
Original Antique Advertising Poster Michelin Man Tyres Bibendum Bicycle Cigar
Located in London, GB
Original antique advertising poster for Michelin tyres featuring a great illustration showing the trademark Bibendum character - the iconic Michelin Man figure made from tyres - smok...
Category
Early 1900s Belgian Antique Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage War Propaganda Poster Back Them WWII Up Hudsons Coastal Command
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two propaganda poster - Back Them Up! A raid by "Hudsons" of the Coastal Command on German shipping at Aelesund Norway in which eleven ships were hit - fea...
Category
1940s British Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage WWII Travel Poster Good Old Days Great Indian Peninsula Railway
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two travel poster - Back to the Good Old Days! ...National needs come first! Travel only when you must! - issued by the Great Indian Peninsula Railway (GIP...
Category
1940s Indian Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Winter Sports Poster Kandersteg Schweiz Suisse Switzerland Ski
Located in London, GB
Original vintage winter sports poster for the Swiss alpine resort of Kandersteg Schweiz Suisse Switzerland located in the Bernese Oberlan...
Category
1940s Swiss Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage War Propaganda Poster Silence Enemy Watching Paul Colin WWII
By Paul Colin
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster Silence - The Enemy is Watching for your confidences / Silence, l'Ennemi guette vos confidences - Design by Paul Colin (1892-1985) features two ...
Category
1940s French Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Africa Travel Poster Belgian Congo Congo Belge Illustrated Map
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Africa travel poster for the Belgian Congo / Congo Belge including a pictorial map of French Equatorial Africa, Sudan, Uganda, Tanganyika, Rhodesia and Angola. Desig...
Category
1940s Belgian Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage War Propaganda Poster Quiet Stop Needless Noise WWII Soldier
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two warning poster - Quiet! Stop needless noise Noise wastes energy, dissipates manpower, slows war production - featuring a dynamic image of a man in a he...
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1940s American Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage War Propaganda Poster Share Sugar WWII Modernism US Rationing
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two Propaganda poster Share Sugar - It's war-scarce its war-necessary - Design features a box of sugar on a yellow background with bold black lettering. Is...
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1940s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Britain Pan Am Airline Clipper Mark Von Arenburg
Located in London, GB
Original vintage PanAm travel poster - Fly to Britain by Clipper Pan American World Airways The System of the Flying Clippers - featuring colourful artwork depicting a Royal Coldstre...
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1940s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
1946 Grenoble - Centenaire de La Salette Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
Stunning poster from 1946 creating in celebration of the Centenaire de La Salette or Centennary of Our Lady of La Salette in Grenoble. The Marian apparition was reported by two young...
Category
1940s French Vintage Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
Journey into Fear
Located in London, GB
Original American photographic production still.
For the 1942 Film Noir Journey into Fear. The film starred Joseph Cotten, Dolores Del Rio, Orson Welles ...
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1940s American Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Motorsport Poster Circuit Des Ardennes Belge 1906 Arthur Duray
Located in London, GB
Original antique motorsport poster promoting Circuit Des Ardennes Belge 1906 race winner Arthur Duray - Design features red and green cars racing on ...
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Early 1900s French Antique 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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