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Posters For Sale
Period: Early 20th Century
Period: 1950s
Vintage Jean Arp Louisiana Museum Exhibition Poster “Arp”, Denmark, 1958
By Jean Arp
Located in Copenhagen K, DK
Jean Arp
Denmark, 1958
“Arp”. Louisiana Museum. Vintage exhibition poster.
H 103 x W 73 x D 3 cm
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Posters
Materials
Metal
Original Vintage Winter Sport Railway Travel Poster Japan Ski Skating Sunshine
Located in London, GB
Original vintage winter sport railway travel poster advertising the Tobu Train to Nikko - Ski Skating Sunshine - featuring colourful images of ice skaters and skiers skiing downhill ...
Category
1950s Japanese Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Asia Travel Poster Gion Festival Kyoto Float Procession Japan
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster advertising the Gion Festival Float Procession in Kyoto on 17 and 25 July featuring artwork depicting a large traditional float mounted on a wooden car...
Category
1950s Japanese Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Otello, Vintage Polish Movie poster by Waldemar Swierzy, 1956
Located in London, GB
Sublime and very rare example of twentieth century poster art right here! We are in love with this 1956 Polish poster designed by Waldemar Swierzy towards the start of his career. Th...
Category
1950s Polish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
The Quartermass Experiment, Vintage Polish Poster by Marian Stachurski, 1959
Located in London, GB
So striking and bold, this is an incredible graphic poster design by Polish artist Marian Stachurski for the 1955 British science fiction film ‘The Quartermass Xperiment’ (Zemsta Kos...
Category
1950s Polish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Ranch Texas, Vintage Polish Movie Poster by Jerzy Flisak, 1959
Located in London, GB
Rare and beautiful film poster designed by Jerzy Flisak in 1959 for Polish movie “Rancho Texas” directed by Wadim Berestowski.
Polish A1 size: 58.5 x 83 cm
Category
1950s Polish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Juha, Vintage Polish Movie Poster by Marian Stachurski, 1958
Located in London, GB
This is a very special and very rare original 1958 Polish poster by an incredible artist from the Polish School of Posters Marian Stachurski. He did so much great work during the 50s...
Category
1950s Polish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
1959 TWA, Los Angeles Original Vintage Poster
By David Klein
Located in Winchester, GB
This poster was created in 1959 for Howard Hughes’ Trans World Airlines promoting their routes to Los Angeles, California. Illustrated by influential Ame...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Poul Kjaerholm One-Legged or Stacking Chair Working drawing poster 1953 Danish
Located in WIJCKEL, NL
Here is a very rare and desirable vintage Working drawing poster displaying a 1953 prototype representation of the One-Legged or stacking chair by the Danish designer Poul Kjærholm. ...
Category
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Pair of ART NOUVEAU advertising panels in the style of Alphonse Mucha
Located in TEYJAT, FR
A pair of rare art nouveau advertising panels in the style of Alphonse Mucha.
Each panel with a centre illustration of a woman portrayed in Mucha's classic style. Mucha's female im...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Posters
Materials
Paper
Turn of the Twentieth Century's European Circus Poster, 1909, Chocolat Aviateur
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Foottit (often misspelled Footit) and Chocolat were a circus duo who made their debut in the late 1890's in Paris. The unlikely pair worked together as professional clowns in the 'No...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Posters
Materials
Paper, Wood
Poul Kjaerholm Aluminium Chair Competetition drawing poster 1953 Danish Design
Located in WIJCKEL, NL
Here is a very rare and desirable vintage Competition drawing poster displaying a 1953 prototype representation of the Aluminium chair by the Danish designer Poul Kjærholm.
A detail...
Category
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Rail Travel Map Poster France Map SNCF National French Railway
Located in London, GB
Original vintage rail travel map poster - France Societe Nationale des Chemins de Fer Francais - featuring a colourful illustrated map by Jean Cheval and Alex Batany (as Cheval-Batan...
Category
1950s French Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Holland Beach Fisherman Netherlands Midcentury
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for Holland featuring a lady in a bikini sitting on a wooden rowing boat being rowed by a pipe smoking sailor or fisherman in front of people on the be...
Category
1950s Dutch Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Winter Sport Ski Travel Poster St Moritz Sun Cradle Switzerland
By Hugo Laubi
Located in London, GB
Original vintage winter sport ski travel poster for St Moritz featuring a great design by Hugo Laubi (1888-1959) depicting the St Moritz smiling sun logo as a baby with curly hair ly...
Category
1950s Swiss Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage British Railways Travel Poster Essex St Osyth's Priory England
Located in London, GB
Original vintage British Railways travel poster - Essex See England by Rail - featuring a great image of St. Osyth's Priory depicting a lady and man walking along a path towards the ...
Category
1950s British Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Middle East Travel Poster Lebanon Liban Mountain Sea Sun Sport
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Middle East travel poster - Au Liban La Montagne et la Mer avec le Soleil / In Lebanon The Mountain and the Sea with the Sun - featuring two sport illustrations of w...
Category
1950s Lebanese Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Gstaad Swissair Switzerland Franz Villiger Suisse
By Franz Villiger
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster advertising Gstaad 1100m Suisse Schweiz Switzerland Voyagez par Swissair Travel with Swissair featuring a colour photo by Franz Villiger (1918-1992) of...
Category
1950s Swiss Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Motorsport Poster Dessau Motorcycle Car Race Germany Midcentury
Located in London, GB
Original vintage motorsport poster for the Dessauer Motorrad-u. Autorennen unter der Losung: Sportler, vorwarts im Kampf fur Frieden, demokra...
Category
1950s German Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Book Advertising Poster Through The Wall Cleveland Moffett
Located in London, GB
Original antique book advertising poster for a Parisian detective story Through the Wall by Cleveland Moffett published by D Appleton & Co featuring a great illustration of a moustac...
Category
Early 1900s American Antique Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Advertising Poster Barcelona International Exposition 1929 Fair
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster for the Exposicion Internacional Barcelona International Exposition held from 20 May 1929 to 15 January 1930 featuring an illustration of people w...
Category
1920s Spanish Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
1958 Lindt Milk Chocolate Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
Founded in 1845, Lindt has gone on to become one fo the largest chocolatiers in the world. The Swiss company is based in Kilchberg where its largest factory and museum is, and it has 11 other factories worldwide.
This gorgeous poster was created in 1958 to promote the Lindt Milk Chocolate range and features a stylish woman in silk scarf and sunglasses with chocolate body and arms. Designed by the great Swiss poster...
Category
1950s Swiss Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage British Railways Train Travel Poster St Andrews Golf Scotland
Located in London, GB
Original vintage British Railways train travel poster for St Andrews featuring a colourful image by James McIntosh Patrick (1907-1998) depicting players on the historic St Andrews go...
Category
1950s British Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Asia Travel Poster Osaka Castle Japan Bus Tours Sakura Cherry
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Japan travel poster advertising Osaka sightseeing bus tours featuring a stunning view of the historic and culturally significant Osaka Castle (built 1583) located in...
Category
1950s Japanese Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Leonetto Cappiello, Original Vintage Poster, Cachou Lajaunie, Candy, 1920
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Original Vintage Poster for Cachou Lajaunie by Leonetto Cappiello dating from 1920.
Cachou Lajaunie is a liquorice based sweet candy.
A red-haired woman in a dress of feathers ...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Asia Travel Poster Lake Biwa Japan Bus Tour Nippon Midcentury
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for Lake Biwa in Japan advertising group trips to the swimming lake by comfortable tour bus featuring a smiling lady wearing sunglasses and a red swims...
Category
1950s Japanese Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Windsor See Britain By Train British Railways
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster - Windsor See Britain by Train British Railways - featuring scenic artwork by Frank Sherwin (1896-1986) depicting a view of the historic Windsor Castle...
Category
1950s British Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Visit London See Britain By Rail British Railways
Located in London, GB
Original vintage British Railways travel poster - Visit London See Britain by Rail - featuring colourful artwork by Gordon Nicoll (1888-1959) depicting a procession of Horse Guards r...
Category
1950s British Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Car Advertising Poster Oldsmobile Metropolis General Motors
Located in London, GB
Original vintage car advertising poster - En Helt Ny Oldsmobile General Motors Fabrikat / A Brand New Oldsmobile - featuring a colourful Art Deco design depicting two couples in an e...
Category
1920s Norwegian Art Deco Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Propaganda Poster Vote Peace And Socialism East Germany DDR
Located in London, GB
Original vintage East German political propaganda poster - Wir sind 900 millionen Auch deine stimme fur frieden und sozialismus! / We are 900 million Also your vote for peace and soc...
Category
1950s German Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Aviation Propaganda Poster Glory Soviet Falcons USSR Pilots
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet aviation propaganda poster - Слава Советским Соколам! / Glory to the Soviet Falcons - featuring a dynamic military illustration of the red hammer and sickle f...
Category
1950s Russian Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Swiss Ski Travel Poster Wallis Valais Switzerland Fox Be Smart
By Jean & Lucien Gongoro
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Swiss ski travel poster - Be smart like me ... Spend your winter holidays in Valais Switzerland / Over schrander gesproken ... hij koos het Wallis Zwitserland - feat...
Category
1950s Swiss Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Train Travel Poster Peterborough Cathedral British Railways
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster - Peterborough See Britain by Train British Railways - featuring a great scenic view by Kenneth Steel (1906-1970) of The Cathedral and Dean...
Category
1950s British Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Essex Moulsham Mill Chelmsford British Railways
Located in London, GB
Original vintage British Railways travel poster - Essex See Britain by Train - featuring scenic artwork by the landscape watercolour painter Edward Wesson (1910-1983) of Moulsham Mil...
Category
1950s British Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
"Illinois. 1818 Centennial 1918." Vintage Poster by Willy Sesser, 1918
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is a very rare and collectible 1918 Illinois Centennial poster by Willy Sesser. The poster is offered here in its largest issued size, printed in full color. The poster wa...
Category
1910s American Art Deco Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Motorsport Poster XIX International ADAC Eifel Race Nurburgring
Located in London, GB
Original vintage motorsport poster for the XIX Internationales ADAC Eifel Rennen annual international motor race organised by the Allgemeiner...
Category
1950s German Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Advertising Poster Barcelona International Exposition 1929 Fair
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster for the Exposicion Internacional Barcelona International Exposition held from 20 May 1929 to 15 January 1930 featuring an Art Deco illustration of...
Category
1920s Spanish Art Deco Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Britain In Summer Manor Flower Garden Haslehust
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster - Britain in Summer - featuring a great image by the watercolour painter Ernest William Haslehust (1866-1949) of a traditional English country manor ho...
Category
1950s British Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Airline Travel Poster Las Vegas TWA David Klein Midcentury
By David Klein
Located in London, GB
Original vintage mid-century airline travel poster advertising Las Vegas Fly TWA Trans World Airlines featuring a colourful design by the notable American artist David Klein (1918-20...
Category
1950s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Music Poster Jazz At Chelsea Mike Daniels Delta Jazzmen Beatty
Located in London, GB
Original vintage music poster advertising a Jazz At Chelsea performance by Mike Daniels Delta Jazzmen featuring Doreen Beatty with an Interval Band the Riverside Jazzmen at Chelsea C...
Category
1950s British Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Advertising Poster Lloyds France Maritime Transports Insurance
Located in London, GB
Original antique insurance advertising poster for Lloyd de France Maritime Transports Societe Anonyme d'Assurances au Capital de 25 Millions de Francs Branche Fluviale Assurances Flu...
Category
1920s French Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Military Propaganda Poster Pilot Protecting Homeland USSR
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet military propaganda poster - Let's Protect Our Country / Бережем страну родную! - featuring a dynamic illustration of a pilot in a cockpit of a plane flying a...
Category
1950s Russian Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Advertising Poster Cycles Dilecta Georges Favre Art Deco Design
Located in London, GB
Original antique advertising poster for a French brand of bicycles - Cycles Dilecta - featuring a colourful dynamic Art Deco design depicting a stylised figure of a cyclist leaning f...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
1953 The Wild One Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
Released in 1953, "The Wild One" became a great hit, in no small part thanks to the iconic character of Johnny Strabler. The role and film continued to help Marlon Brando solidify hi...
Category
1950s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
Cappiello, Original Alcohol Poster, Maurin Quina, Green Devil, Spirits, 1906
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Original Vintage Alcohol Poster for Maurin Quina dating from 1906 by Leonetto Cappiello.
Artist: Leonetto Cappiello
Title: Maurin Quina - Le Puy - France
Date: 1906
Size: 44.9 x 60.6 in / 114 x 154 cm
Printer : Imp. P. Vercasson & Cie., 43. rue de Lancry, Paris.
Materials and Techniques: Colour lithograph on paper
Linen backing: Yes
Condition: A (Normally designates a poster in very good condition. Colours are fresh and there is very little or no paper loss. Any imperfections are marginal and unnoticeable).
Additional Details:
Poster created by Leonetto Cappiello in 1906 for the Maurin Quina brand.
Maurin Quina was created in 1884 in Puy en Velay by Auguste Maurin. It is a traditional French aperitif with flavors of black cherry and sweet almond.
The poster represents a green...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Advertising Poster Messageries Maritimes Far East Map H Baille
By Hervé Baille
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster for Messageries Maritimes Viet-Nam / Vietnam Cambodge / Cambodia Laos Courriers d'Extreme Orient / Far East featuring a fantastic illustrated map ...
Category
1950s French Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Music Advertising Poster Jazz At Chelsea Cy Laurie Band London
Located in London, GB
Original vintage music poster advertising Jazz At Chelsea The Cy Laurie Band performing at Chelsea College Manresa Road SW3 from 7:30-11:30 on Saturday 22 October tickets 4/- featuri...
Category
1950s British Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Fundraising Poster French Sailors Fund France Marins Francais
Located in London, GB
Original antique fundraising poster commemorating French sailors and promoting donations - Donnes tous a l'oeuvre du souvenir de la France a ses Marins / Everyone give to the fund in...
Category
1910s French Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Asia Travel Poster Japan Sightseeing Bus Temple Kimono Nippon
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for Sightseeing Bus trips in Japan issued by Kansai Teisan Auto Co Ltd featuring a colourful design depicting a tour bus driving through a collage of J...
Category
1950s Japanese Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Rare Original Vintage Travel Poster Air Liban Middle East Airlines Lebanon Map
Located in London, GB
Rare original vintage travel poster for Air Liban advertising flights around the middle east - Egypt / Egypte, Saudi Arabia / Arabie Seoudite, Kuwait / Kowait, Cyprus / Chypre, Iraq,...
Category
1950s Lebanese Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Et Dieu ... Crea La Femme / And God Created Woman
Located in London, GB
Original Japanese film poster for the 1956 film Et Dieu ... Crea La Femme / And God Created Woman.
The film starred Brigitte Bardot, Curd Jurgens, Jean-Louis Trintignant and was dire...
Category
1950s Japanese Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
1950 Martini & Rosso Original Vintage Poster
By Marcello Dudovich
Located in Winchester, GB
Beginning in the mid-19th Century in Italy, Martini & Rosso has become a multi-national beverage brand. This beautiful poster was originally created in the 1930’s, and was so success...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Citizen Kane
Located in London, GB
Original German film poster used for the film's re-release in the 1960's
Orson Welles at the age of only twenty-five directed, produced, co-wrote and starred in this remarkable film....
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Old French Poster of Farm Animals Great for Country French Kitchen from Paris
Located in Chicago, IL
Old French Poster of Farm Animals which could look great in a Country French Kitchen. These used to be sold in Paris and unfortunately the store suf...
Category
1950s French Country Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
A Vintage French Poster of "Claudine"
Located in New York, NY
A large framed vintage French poster of Claudine, the main character of a series of novels by the author Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette about a youn...
Category
Early 20th Century French Posters
Materials
Paper
High Society
Located in London, GB
Original US studio production photo for the 1956 Classic comedy, musical starring Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong The film was remake of the 1940 The Philade...
Category
1950s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
1950 Le Monte Dore Auvergne - Auriac Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
With fabulous artwork from French poster great Jacques Auriac, this lovely poster was created in 1950 to advertise the Le Monte-Dore area in Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes in central France.
...
Category
1950s French Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
1959 North by Northwest Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
The legendary Alfred Hitchcock's all-time classic "North by Northwest" was released in 1959 and became one of the most highly acclaimed films of all time.
This stunning & extremely...
Category
1950s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Antique and Vintage Posters
Add a welcome personal touch to your space and tie your distinctive interior scheme together by introducing antique and vintage posters to any and every room of your home.
In the late 19th century, following the advent of text-heavy posters printed from woodblocks for use in taverns and shop windows, hand-drawn poster art had become commonplace in regions such as France, England and the United States. Well-known illustrators were commissioned to produce decorative posters to advertise political campaigns, theatrical events, books, household goods and other items. Early poster artists used a printmaking technique called lithography, which sees drawings or paintings created on a stone (or metal) surface with an oil-based substance, such as a greasy crayon or tusche (an oily wash). The image is eventually affixed to the surface by means of a chemical reaction, and ink adheres to certain sections of the surface while non–image areas are made to repel the ink.
If you wanted a color lithograph in the early days, the number of stones prepared had to match the number of colors you commissioned for the poster. French painter Jules Chéret, widely known as the father of the modern poster, designed some of history's most popular lithographic posters that featured color. Today, Chéret’s art is highly collectible, along with original works by Czech painter and decorative artist Alphonse Mucha, whose posters advertising theatrical productions helped define Art Nouveau.
Over time, poster artists transitioned to more advanced techniques. Using silkscreens, woodblocks and photolithography, painters and illustrators printed larger quantities at a faster rate.
If you’ve finally tracked down that vintage movie poster, mid-century modern promotional travel poster or other work and you’re looking to find out if it is valuable, distinguishing between an original poster and a reproduction can be complicated. A professional appraiser can work with you on factors such as rarity, assessing the physical condition of your poster and authenticating your piece. For now, take care of your new acquisition because conserving posters is essential in helping them retain their value. A practical conservation method is to have the work mounted on archival, acid-free paper and thin artist’s canvas, then enclosing it in a sturdy frame. (And here is a primer on how to hang wall art, be it arranged gallery-style or otherwise.)
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