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Posters For Sale
No Way Out
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster for the 1950 drama No Way Out.
This film was directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and starred Richard Widmark and Sidney Poitier. The art work is by the famous Am...
Category
1950s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
St Honore Les Bains 1935 French PLM Railway Travel Advertising Poster Jean Boyer
By Jean Boyer
Located in Bath, Somerset
Lovely design by Jean Boyer features on this 1935 St Honore Les Bains French PLM Railway Travel Advertising Poster. An incredibly rare poster
Nestled in the valley of three mountain...
Category
20th Century French Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
Original Vintage Art Print Keith Haring Dog Silhouette USA Social Activism
By Keith Haring
Located in London, GB
Original vintage print by the American artist and social activist Keith Haring (1958-1990) featuring bold black lines on a white background depicting a walking dog silhouette...
Category
1990s American Posters
Materials
Paper
Sleeping Beauty
Located in London, GB
Original American film poster for Walt Disney's 1959 animation Sleeping Beauty.
This size poster would have had the times off the showing written in the blank area at the top of the...
Category
1950s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Vintage Swiss Travel Poster, Zurich Lakeside Garden
By Hugo Wetli
Located in New York, NY
Original 1960’s travel poster for the Zurich Lakeside Garden, with a design based on his painting by Hugo Wetli. Wetli (1916-1972) was a Swiss pa...
Category
1960s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Cross of Iron
Located in London, GB
Original British film poster for the the World War II film Cross of Iron 1977.
The film was directed Sam Peckinpah and starred James Coburn, Maximilian S...
Category
1970s British Vintage Posters
Original 1979 Exhibition Poster by María Simón
Located in Barcelona, ES
Original 1979 Exhibition Poster by María Simón – Sala Gaspar, Barcelona
Artist: María Simón
Exhibition: Sala Gaspar, Barcelona
Year: 1979
Dimensions: 66 x 44.5 cm
Condition: Goo...
Category
1970s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
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...
Category
20th Century American Posters
Materials
Paper
"from Russia with Love", 1964 Japanese B2 Film Poster Movie, James Bond
Located in Bath, Somerset
The very rare first-year-of-release Japanese film poster for James Bond's From Russia With Love. Directed by Terrence Young and Connery's second outing as 007. A wonderful poster
...
Category
20th Century Japanese Posters
Materials
Paper
Ludwig Hohlwein German Framed Poster
Located in Bradenton, FL
An original art poster by notable German artist Ludwig Hohlwein (1874-1949), a pioneer in the Sachplakat style, made for the German tourist trade of the time, their RDV logo can be seen in the bottom left corner. The scene depicts a classic car in front of trees, Gothic and traditional German...
Category
Early 20th Century German Posters
Materials
Linen, Wood, Paper
Roland, Original Food Poster, Elle et Vire, Butter Milk Flowers Countryside 1960
By André Roland
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Advertising poster created by Andre Roland in the 1960s for the Elle et Vire brand.
Artist: Roland André
Title : Elle et Vire – La fraîcheur des champs sur votre table
Date: circa 1...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Posters
Materials
Paper
Planet of the Apes Original Czech Film Poster, Vratislav Hlavatý, 1970
By Vratislav Hlavaty
Located in Bath, Somerset
The wonderfully psychedelic artwork by Hlavatý channelling the iconic Che Guevara imagery is truly fabulous. One of, if not the finest, poster for the classic sci-fi and very scarce....
Category
20th Century Czech Posters
Materials
Paper
Bound In Morocco, Haremsaventyr
By Eric Rohman
Located in London, GB
Original Swedish Movie poster for the 1918 film Bound in Morocco. The film was released in Sweden one year later in 1919. This film was an America...
Category
1910s Swedish Vintage Posters
Original Art Nouveau Poster, Riviera Railway, St Tropez/Raphael, Grasse, 1890
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Original Belle Epoque/Art Nouveau Poster dating from 1890 for The French Railways "Chemins de Fer du Sud de la France", Saint Tropez, St Raphael, G...
Category
19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Rome Via TWA Neptune Fountain City Skyline Italy
By David Klein
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster for Rome via TWA Trans World Airlines featuring a colourful design by the notable American artist David Klein (1918-2005) depicting the historic Fountain of Neptune / Fontana del Nettuno in the foreground and a sketch outline of the city in the background, a Lockheed Constellation plane...
Category
1950s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
L'Avventura / Aventyret
Located in London, GB
Original Swedish film poster for the 1960 Italian film directed by Michaelangelo Antonioni and stars Monica Vitti, Gabriele Ferzetti. This poster is in excellent condition and unfold...
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
"Morgan" 1966 UK Quad Film Movie Poster
Located in Bath, Somerset
"Morgan - a suitable case for treatment". "The cinema's wildest sex comedy".
Another fun and colourful poster for 1960s racy Morgan, starring Vanessa Redgrave and David Warner. Mo...
Category
20th Century British Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
The Sunshine Boys
Located in London, GB
Original American lobby card for the wonderful 1975 comedy staring George Burns and Walter Matthau this lobby card has also been signed by George Burns and Walter Matthau.
The film c...
Category
1970s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
"Wear the 'FIGHTIN'EST' wings in the service" Vintage WWII Marines Poster 1942
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This is an original World War II Marines recruitment poster from 1942. The poster, a color lithograph, was printed by the Alpha Litho. Co., out of Camden, NJ. In the center of the composition appears a striking blue eagle, which tears apart a Japanese plane with its talons. The poster displays the slogan "Wear the FIGHTINEST wings in the service, Fly with the Marines" in bold letters above and below the image. On the bottom in black lettering is the phrase: "Apply, or write, to nearest recruiting station." The Marines logo appears in yellow in the top right hand corner of the composition, set against a red background.
The Second World War ushered in the biggest government-led advertising campaign to date, critical to the wartime communication needs of every combatant: from raising money, recruiting soldiers and boosting volunteer efforts, to spurring production and provoking outrage at enemy atrocities. The Office of War Information (OWI) commissioned some of the nation’s leading artists to produce the stark, colorful graphic designs. The posters played to the fears, frustrations, and faith in freedoms that lingered in people's minds during the war.
The most common themes found in the posters were the consequences of careless talk, supporting the war effort at home through conservation, victory gardens, and the purchasing of War Bonds, and anti-German and Japanese propaganda...
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Antique Chinese Art Symbols Culture Chart Wall Hanging
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Exceptional wall hanging made of tigerwood frame with unique Chinese art symbols chart of 160
Symbols though many variations, and there descriptions and symbolism. This chart was published by very famous publisher W.M. Hayley (born 1896-1987). Great curiosity wall hanging to Chinese antiques lovers.
Category
20th Century American Posters
Materials
Wood
Original Vintage Travel Poster Australia Air India Plane Cricket Fishing Wine
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster issued by Air-India International for Australia featuring stunning colourful illustrations of a plane flying over people working in a coal mine with a coal train loaded on a railway track above the bold title Australia on a yellow background, a kookaburra bird and historical and tribal artefacts, a kangaroo and a swordfish, grapes hanging over a glass of red wine, sheep, bull, cocoa pods on a tree and a cricket match with a kangaroo and an emu at the sides of the Australian coat of...
Category
1950s Indian Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Thunderball R1960s Danish A1 Film Movie Poster, Robert McGinnis
Located in Bath, Somerset
The wonderful 60s re-release Danish film poster for James Bond favourite Thunderball. We adore the striking design on this poster, fab colours.
This original vintage movie poster is...
Category
20th Century Danish Posters
Materials
Paper
Lisa Yuskavage 'Day' Contemporary Art, Poster UPenn Exhibition, 2000
Located in New York, NY
From contemporary artist, painter, Lisa Yuskavage, American (b. 1962), a framed fine poster of 'Day', circa 2000. Piece was received at private solo ope...
Category
Late 20th Century American Posters
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Original Vintage London Transport Poster Femme Bien Informee Picasso Stevens
By Harry Stevens
Located in London, GB
Original vintage London Transport Art Collection poster - A Tribute to a Master Femme Bien Informee / Knowledgeable Woman - featuring a colourful Pablo Picasso inspired design by Harry Stevens (1919-2008) depicting a smiling lady wearing a hat adorned with fruit and holding a brochure of Museums and Art Galleries In and Near London with the London Underground roundel on it, admiring famous paintings from the collection at The National Gallery (founded 1824) on the walls behind her including The Arnolfini Portrait by Jan van Eyck (1434), The Fighting Temeraire...
Category
1970s British Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
TAI Madagascar c1950s Africa Airline Travel Advertising Poster, Lesourt
Located in Bath, Somerset
Original vintage TAI Madagascar c1950s Africa Airline Travel Advertising Poster, featuring a wonderful design by Lesourt.
This vintage poster is si...
Category
20th Century French Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
Cinderella Original Large Czech Film Poster, Karel Vaca, 1970
By Karel Vaca 1
Located in Bath, Somerset
Utterly charming and original artwork by Karel Vaca features on the rare vintage Czech film poster for Disney classic Movie Cinderella. Note this is from the movie's first-year-of-re...
Category
20th Century Czech Posters
Materials
Paper
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Located in London, GB
Original British Front of house still for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1937.
This piece would have been used to advertise the film inside the cinema foyer.
This piece was created...
Category
1940s British Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Chinese Propaganda Poster Grain Harvest Food Storage Farm
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Chinese propaganda poster - Grain harvest and food storage / 夺丰收广积粮 - featuring a agricultural artwork depicting a smiling farm worker with a towel around his neck, ...
Category
1970s Chinese Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage USSR Space Propaganda Poster Glory to Soviet Cosmonauts - Photo
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet propaganda poster - Glory to the Soviet Cosmonauts! - featuring an historic black and white photo of a line-up of smiling Soviet cosmonauts (astronauts) in un...
Category
1960s Russian Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage British Recruitment Poster Life Guards Regular Army Marc Stone
By Marc Stone
Located in London, GB
Original vintage British Army recruitment poster - Join the Regular Army It's a Real Man's Life - featuring a stunning image by the British artist Marcus Stone (1909-1991) of a royal...
Category
1950s British Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
The Man Who Fell To Earth 1976 Rolled UK Quad Film Poster, Vic Fair
By Vic Fair
Located in Bath, Somerset
Fabulous first-year-of-release and country-of-origin poster for Nicolas Roeg's cult classic The Man Who Fell to Earth starring David Bowie. Featuring fantastic artwork by Vic Fair it...
Category
20th Century British Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
1969 Led Zeppelin, Country Joe & the Fish - Fillmore West Original Vintage Poste
By Randy Tuten
Located in Winchester, GB
Designed by the legendary concert poster artist Randy Tuten with D. Bread and Peter Pynchon, this beautiful poster was created in 1969 to promote a live concert of Country Joe & The Fish, Led Zeppelin and Taj Mahal at the world famous Fillmore West in San Francisco. Bill Graham events such as this were well known for their now iconic poster art, often vibrant & psychedelic whilst Graham ran Fillmore Auditorium & Fillmore West in the 1960s & 70s. The venue was best known for hosting the likes of the Grateful Dead, Creedence Clearwater Revival and Santana. Tuten's poster design is particularly notable for being such a departure from the many other concert, and even Led Zeppelin posters...
Category
1960s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Vintage 1976 Polish Cyrk/Circus Poster, Unicycle Girl, Urbaniec
Located in Bath, Somerset
We love the wonderfully colorful and fun design by Maciej Urbaniec on this original Polish Cyrk/Circus poster from 1976 (the poster's second print ...
Category
20th Century Polish Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Riga Intourist Visit USSR Soviet Latvia Cathedral
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for Riga Visit USSR - Рига Посетите CCCP - issued by the Soviet state tourism agency Intourist featuring tourists exploring the historic city walking p...
Category
1950s Russian Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Italy Travel Poster Bolzano Gries Dolomites Franz Lenhart
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Italy travel poster for Bolzano-Gries Centro Delle Dolomiti / Bolzano Gries Centre of the Dolomites featuring stunning ...
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Antique Golf Poster, Coq Sur Mer, De Haan, Belgium, 1897
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Antique golf poster.
A large continental advertising poster for Coq sur Mer, De Haan, Belgium, 1897. The image is in a faded condition, but this is an ext...
Category
1920s Belgian Sporting Art Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
From Russia with Love
Located in London, GB
Original Italian film poster for the second James Bond film From Russia with Love 1963.
The film starred Sean Connery as James Bond 007 and was directed by Terence Young.
This poster...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster, Loto, by Savignac
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Original vintage poster for the French Lottery, an iconic poster designed by Raymond Savignac in 1989
"On Holiday’s I am well subscribed"
Artist
Raymond Savignac
Year
1989
Dime...
Category
1980s French Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
Inlaid Marquetry Picture of a Sailboat
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
A boxwood marquetry wooden panel depicting a sailboat, framed.
Origin: English
Date: Circa 1940
Item Number: 3107248
Category
Mid-20th Century English Posters
Materials
Boxwood
1971 Dirty Harry Original Vintage Poster
By Bill Gold
Located in Winchester, GB
Don Siegel's 1971 neo-noir "Dirty Harry" introduced Clint Eastwood's iconic Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan. A huge critical and commercial success, the film launched 4 sequels and ...
Category
1970s British Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Asturias Spain Cantabrian Mountains Shepherd Art
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster for Asturias in Spain featuring an illustration by the Spanish artist Jose Morell (1899-1949) depicting a farmer with his dog by his side h...
Category
1930s Spanish Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Zulla, Original Vintage Poster, Izarra Liquor, Basque Country, Armagnac, 1934
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Original vintage poster by Zulla, for the Izarra liquor, printed in 1934.
Izarra, which means “star” in Basque, is a liqueur brand created in 1906 in Hendaye, in the Basque Country, by botanist and pharmacist Joseph Grattau.
Izarra is a liqueur made from a distillate composed of plants, spices and 2 macerations, prunes and walnut stain. The distillate is combined, after passing through a copper still...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Advertising Poster Olivetti Divisumma 24 Calculating Machine
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster for the Olivetti Divisumma 24 calculating machine model featuring a great mid-century graphic design depicting numbers and symbols on rubber stamp...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Formula One Race Motorsport Poster Silverstone Trophy F1 Racing
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Formula One motorsport poster issued by the British Racing Drivers' Club (BRDC) for the 13th International Trophy Meeting held at Si...
Category
1960s British Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Advertising Poster Urgent Return Library Book Tom Eckersley
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster - urgent - please return that overdue library book now - featuring a great graphic design by the notable artist Tom Eckersley (1914-1997) depictin...
Category
1980s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Bus Stop
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster for the 1956 drama romanceBus Stop.
This film was directed by Joshua Logan and Marilyn Monroe and Don Murray
This poster is conservation linen backed and it...
Category
1950s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Goldfinger
Located in London, GB
Original Japanese film poster.
This poster would have been used outside the cinema at the films original release in Japan, the artwork is unique to the films Japanese release.
Goldfi...
Category
1960s Japanese Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
ACE VENTURA Publicity Film Still 1994 JIM CARREY- FRAMED
Located in Bath, Somerset
Original Morgan Creek/Warner Bros 8x10 inches Publicity Still for Ace Venture: Pet Detective (1994) featuring an iconic image of Jim Carrey.
Publicity (film/production) stills were ...
Category
20th Century Unknown Posters
Materials
Wood, Paper
Big 1988 Czech A1 Film Poster, Bartosova
Located in Bath, Somerset
Big the 1988 American fantasy comedy movie directed by Penny Marshall, staring Tom Hanks as Josh Baskin, a pre-adolescent boy whose wishes to be "big"! Fantastic innovative artwork f...
Category
20th Century Czech Posters
Materials
Paper
The Curse of the Werewolf 1961 French Grande Film Poster, Guy Gerard Noel
Located in Bath, Somerset
The Curse of the Werewolf (La Nuit du Loup-Garou) classic 1961 British Hammer directed by Terence Fisher, starring Oliver Reed, Yvonne Romaine, C...
Category
20th Century French Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
Original Antique Illustrated Book Poster French Russians Tilsit Chalons H Galli
By Louis Charles Bombled
Located in London, GB
Original antique illustrated book advertising poster for the 1897 volumes French and Russians from Tilsit to Chalons by Henri Galli / Francais et Russes de Tilsit a Chalons par Henri...
Category
1890s French Antique Posters
Materials
Paper
Original 1976 Exhibition Poster by Moisès Villèlia – Sala Gaspar, Barcelona
Located in Barcelona, ES
Original 1976 Exhibition Poster by Moisès Villèlia – Sala Gaspar, Barcelona
Artist: Moisès Villèlia
Exhibition: Sala Gaspar, Barcelona
Year: 1976
D...
Category
1970s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS (1993) Publicity Film Still FRAMED
Located in Bath, Somerset
Original 8x10 inches Publicity Still for The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993). Directed by Tim Burton.
Publicity (film/production) stills were created to help studios promote their...
Category
20th Century Unknown Posters
Materials
Wood, Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Firenze Florence ENIT Italy Tuscany Palazzo
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster promoting Firenze / Florence in the Tuscany region of Italy renowned for its Renaissance art and architecture featuring a great design depicting a scen...
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Cyrk Bikini Aerialist 1975 Polish Circus Poster, Milach
Located in Bath, Somerset
Wonderful design by Zdzislaw Milach of a rather buxom Bikini Aerialist features on this original Cyrk Polish Circus poster from 1975, its first, ...
Category
20th Century Polish Posters
Materials
Paper
Les Enfants Du Paradis 1970s Academy Cinema Film Poster, Peter Strausfeld
Located in Bath, Somerset
Original Academy Cinema film poster a featuring fantastic design by Peter Strausfeld. for the classic Children of Paradise (original French title:Les Enfants du Paradis) 1945
Straus...
Category
20th Century British Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
Original Vintage Advertising Poster Royal Exchange City of London Assurance
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster for Royal Exchange Assurance Incorporated A.D 1720 Fire Life Sea Accident & General Insurances - featuring a view by the notable British poster ar...
Category
1930s British Art Deco Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Travel Poster Chatel Guyon Vineyard PLM Railway Julien Lacaze
Located in London, GB
Original antique travel advertising poster issued by PLM French railways Chemin de Fer Paris Lyon Mediterranee for Chatel Guyon in the Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region featuring scenic ar...
Category
1920s French 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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