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Posters For Sale
Period: Mid-20th Century
Period: 1950s
Period: 1940s
Vintage Framed Art Exhibition Advertising Poster
Located in Tampa, FL
Original vintage art exhibition advertising poster for Georges Braque at Galerie Maeght. Circa 1950s.
Category
1950s French Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
1939 Keep Calm and Carry On Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
One of the most iconic and important poster designs in British history, the instantly recognisable "Keep Calm and Carry On" was designed by the Ministry of Information in 1939. The p...
Category
1930s British Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Ski And Winter Sport Travel Poster Austria Paul Kirnig Art Deco
Located in London, GB
Original vintage ski and winter sport travel poster for Austria featuring stunning artwork by Paul Kirnig (1891-1955) depicting two people skiing wearing long turquoise scarves, the ...
Category
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Seven Samurai
Located in London, GB
Exceptionally rare original Japanese poster for Akira Kurosawa's classic film The Seven Samurai. This poster was created to be used in provincial cities in Japan and not in the main ...
Category
1950s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster North Wales Map British Railways DW Burley
Located in London, GB
Original vintage British Railways travel map poster - North Wales where mountains and lakes, lovely river valleys, and delightful holiday resorts bordered by safe sandy beaches mingl...
Category
1960s British Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Picasso Museum Marvel: Vintage 'Arlequin' Original Poster - 1966
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Dive into the captivating world of the Picasso Museum with this extraordinary vintage poster showcasing the legendary "Arlequin 1917" by Pablo Picasso. Transport yourself to the hear...
Category
1960s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Southern Pacific Scotsman USA Railroad Highroad
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster - You take the highroad I'll take the railroad! 2c a mile air conditioned trains Southern Pacific - featuring a fun and colourful illustrat...
Category
1930s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Vintage school wall map of Europe 1815-1871, Belgium 1950s
Located in Meulebeke, BE
Belgium / 1950 / school map Europe 1815-1871 / canvas, wood / Mid-century / vintage
Vintage school map of Europe between 1815 and 1871, designed by C.J.P. Kars in the 1950s. Manufac...
Category
1950s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Original Vintage Travel Advertising Poster New Orleans Southern Pacific Railway
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster - New Orleans Part of your trip across America on Southern Pacific Railroad - featuring a colourful design depicting a scenic view of the h...
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster Empire Marketing Board Rangoon Port Burma EMB Ba Nyan
Located in London, GB
Original vintage poster - Rangoon Port - issued by the Empire Marketing Board (EMB 1926-1933) featuring artwork by the notable Burmese artist Ba Nyan (...
Category
1930s British Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
1968 Campari Soda - Marangolo Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
Campari was formed in 1860 by Gaspare Campari and the aperitif is as popular today as ever. His son, Davide Campari transformed the company in 1926 into what it is widely known for t...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
The Great Escape
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster for John Sturges classic 1963 war adventure starring Steve McQueen, James Coburn, James Garner and Richard Attenborough.. Far fewer of this size poster were p...
Category
1960s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
1967 Andy Warhol - Tate Gallery Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
Original limited lithographic poster from the 1967 Andy Warhol exhibition at the Tate Museum Gallery in London.
Featuring perhaps his most famous work of Marilyn Monroe, this stunni...
Category
1960s English Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Comic Book Superhero Poster Featuring Batman The Caped Crusader
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Batman poster for The Caped Crusader featuring a colourful illustration of the comic book superhero wearing his grey and blue costume, mask and cape with the bat logo on a yellow background on his chest. Artwork by the notable American comics artist Carmine Michael...
Category
1960s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
High Society
Located in London, GB
Original colour photographic production still for the 1956 classic comedy, musical starring Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra and Louis Armstrong. The film was remake of the 19...
Category
1950s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
1969 7th New York Film Festival Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
Brilliant poster for the 7th New York Film Festival, held between September 16th to October 2nd 1969 at the Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center. This piece features artwork by Marisol...
Category
1960s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage War Poster Attack Begins In The Factory Bomber WWII Nockolds
By Roy Nockolds
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster - The Attack Begins in the Factory - featuring an aerial view by Roy Anthony Nockolds (1911-1979) of British RAF Royal Air Force bomber planes l...
Category
1940s British Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Sabrina
Located in London, GB
Original photographic production still for Sabrina 1954.
This production still was created for the re-release of the film in 1962.
This film starred Audre...
Category
1950s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original canvas poster Vermuth Carpano "Caval ad bruns" Armando Testa 1953
Located in None, IT
Original canvas affix, Vermut Carpano "Caval ad bruns," Armando Testa, anno1953.
Lithograph imprinted by Arti Grafiche Pirovano, Milan.
Dimensions: 139x100 cm.
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Canvas, Paper
Original Vintage USSR Space Race Propaganda Poster Triumph Anthem Soviet Union
Located in London, GB
Original vintage USSR space race propaganda poster - Наш Триумф В Космосе Гимн Стране Советов! Our Triumph in Space Anthem to the Land of the Soviets - feat...
Category
1960s Russian Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Tessin Ticino Switzerland Suisse Schweiz Svizzera
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster advertising Ticino / Tessin Svizzera Suisse Southern Switzerland Schweiz featuring a colourful view from a balcony over the town's skyline with people ...
Category
1930s Swiss Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Advertising Poster New York World's Fair 1939 World Of Tomorrow
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster for the World Fair event held in New York at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park from 30 April 1939 to 31 October 1940. Great Art Deco design by J...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
A Hard Day's Night
Located in London, GB
Original US Lobby card number 3 for A Hard Day's Night 1964.
This film starred the Beatles and was directed by Richard Lester.
This lobby card is conservation framed with UV plexigla...
Category
1960s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
A Hard Day's Night
Located in London, GB
Original polish film poster for The Beatles 1964 music, comedy film A Hard Day's Night. The film was directed by Richard Lester. The film was released in Poland one year later in 196...
Category
1960s Polish Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Rail Travel Poster The Algerian South Camel Art Algeria Africa
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for The Algerian South / Le Sud Algerien featuring a stunning image set in the north Africa desert of a man on a camel with buildings on the horizon, a...
Category
1930s Algerian Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster French Military Recruitment Cavalry Regiment Cavalerie
Located in London, GB
Original vintage French military recruitment poster encouraging men to join or rejoin the Cavalry - Engagez Vous Dans La Cavalerie. Colourful dynamic design by the French war corresp...
Category
1930s French Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Pan Am Flying Clipper Ships South America Map
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Pan Am travel advertising map poster - On the routes of the Flying Clipper Ships - featuring a pictorial map by Kenneth W. Thompson (1907-1996) of Latin America with images of points of interest, cities, animals and people including ancient Maya ruins and Inca ruins, the Iguassu Falls, Amazon...
Category
1940s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage War Poster Freedom Shall Prevail WWII Victory Soldiers W Little
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster - Freedom Shall Prevail! - featuring an illustration of soldiers from Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Southern Rhodesia, Newfoundland, ...
Category
1940s British Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
The Beatles 'A Hard Day's Night' Original Vintage Movie Poster, Australian, 1964
Located in Devon, GB
Printed in stunning stone lithography, this incredibly rare Australian three-sheet poster advertised The Beatles' first full-length feature film 'A Hard Day's Night,' which followed ...
Category
1960s Australian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper, Linen
Original Vintage Movie Poster Inghilterra Nuda Naked England Italian Documentary
Located in London, GB
Original vintage movie poster for an Italian mondo style sexploitation documentary film on English customs and nightlife (X rated due to scenes ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
James Bond 'You Only Live Twice' Original Vintage Movie Poster, 1967
Located in Devon, GB
The fifth film in EON Productions' James Bond series and the last of Sean Connery's first stint starring as the suave secret agent, it was announced during filming of 'You Only Live ...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Winter Sport Travel Poster Ski Norway Fistful Of Fun SAS Norge
Located in London, GB
Original vintage winter sport and ski travel poster for Norway A Fistful of Fun Fly there by SAS featuring a great design depicting a red and white patterned glove holding a snowball...
Category
1950s Norwegian Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
'La Dolce Vita' Original Vintage French Movie Poster by Yves Thos, 1960
By Yves Thos
Located in Devon, GB
Opening with the striking panorama of a statue of Christ suspended by helicopter, flying across the city of Rome, Federico Fellini’s epic satire 'La Dolce Vita' charted seven episode...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper, Linen
Original Vintage General Dynamics Poster Canadair Fourty Four Air Cargo Nitsche
By Erik Nitsche
Located in London, GB
Original vintage General Dynamics poster featuring an image of a plane flying across a blue and brown shaded wooden crate background by the illustrator, typographer and graphic desig...
Category
1960s Swiss Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Winter Sport Skiing Travel Poster Austria Ski Chalet Wunschheim
By Erich von Wunschheim
Located in London, GB
Original vintage winter sport and skiing travel poster for Austria featuring stunning artwork by Erich von Wunschheim depicting skiers on a snowy mountain next to snow topped chalets...
Category
1930s Austrian Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
1955 TWA Disneyland Original Vintage Poster
By David Klein
Located in Winchester, GB
This poster was created in 1955 for Howard Hughes’ Trans World Airlines promoting their routes to Disneyland in California, USA. Illustrated by influential American artist David Klei...
Category
1950s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
Ernest Trova Pace Gallery New York 1967 Modern Lithographic Exhibition Poster
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
A modern lithographic poster featuring Ernest Trova at Pace Gallery New York in 1967. Published by Pace Editions. Ernest Tino Trova was a self-trained Am...
Category
1960s American Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
1969 The Supremes, Lincoln Center Original Vintage Poster
By Joe Eula
Located in Winchester, GB
Renowned fashion illustrator Joe Eula was commissioned to design this poster for the sold out show for The Supremes in 1965 at New York's distinguished Philharmonic Hall at the Linco...
Category
1960s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Movie Poster Reluctant Astronaut Don Knotts Leslie Nielsen NASA
Located in London, GB
Original vintage movie poster for an American family comedy film The Reluctant Astronaut directed by Edward Montagne and starring Leslie Nielsen as Major Fred Gifford and Don Knotts ...
Category
1960s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Ben Shahn Exhibition Poster
By Ben Shahn
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Ben Shahn Jester Exhibition Poster from the 1960's. Framed in possibly an original frame from the period.
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster Life In Britain To-Day Department Store Grace Golden
Located in London, GB
Original vintage poster - Life in Britain To-Day A Typical Department Store - published by the Central Office of Information featuring a fascinating detailed illustration by the Engl...
Category
1940s British Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Andy Warhol's 'Flesh' Original Vintage Movie Poster, French, 1968
Located in Devon, GB
Conceived by Andy Warhol and young filmmaker Paul Morrissey while Warhol was recovering from gunshot wounds, 'Flesh' was the first of Warhol's experimental and avant-garde films to b...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
On the Waterfront
Located in London, GB
Original American photographic production still.
For the 1954 classic drama On the Waterfront. The film starred Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J Cobb. Guinness...
Category
1950s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster Kreuzeck Bahn Garmisch Partenkirchen Skiing Cable Car
Located in London, GB
Original vintage poster promoting the Kreuzeckbahn Garmisch-Partenkirchen cable car service (opened 1926) in the alps mountain range of Bavaria Germany. Great design depicting a view...
Category
1930s German Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Located in London, GB
Original black and white photographic production still for the legendary 1961 Audrey Hepburn Comedy, Romance. This film was directed by Blake Edwards, and stars Audrey Hepburn and Ge...
Category
1960s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Bardot 'Love is My Profession' Original Vintage Movie Poster, Yugoslavian, 1959
Located in Devon, GB
A coquettish Brigitte Bardot starred opposite Jean Gabin in Claude Autant-Lara's 1958 film 'En Cas de Malheur', literally translated as 'In Case of Adversity' but released in the Uni...
Category
1950s Slovenian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper, Linen
Original Vintage Food Poster Fresh For Health From Americas Orchards Fruit USA
Located in London, GB
Original vintage food poster - Fresh For Health From America's Orchards - featuring a great design depicting a smiling farmer wearing a hat and re...
Category
1940s American Vintage Posters
Materials
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...
Category
1930s British Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Arch of Triumph / Argo di Trionfo
Located in London, GB
Original Italian film poster for the 1948 war, romance staring Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer, Charles Laughton. The movie did not get release in Italy un...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Posters
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Located in London, GB
Original black and white photographic production still for the legendary 1961 Audrey Hepburn comedy, romance. This film was directed by Blake Edwards, and stars Audrey Hepburn and Ge...
Category
1960s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Film Poster Come Dance With Me Brigitte Bardot French Movie Art
Located in London, GB
Original vintage movie poster for a crime drama film Come Dance With Me / Voulez Vous Danser Avec Mois? directed by Michel Boisrond and starring Brigitte Bardot as Virginie Dandieu w...
Category
1950s French Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Leonetto Cappiello, Vintage Poster, Thermogene, Cough, Devil, Clown, 1940
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Original Vintage Poster for Chest Rub Thermogene dating from 1940 by Leonetto Cappiello.
Artist: Leonetto Cappiello (1875 - 1942)
Title: Le Thermogène
Date: 1940
Size: 28.6 x 38.4 in / 79,6 X 120 cm
Printer : DEHON & Cie. Valenciennes_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).
Details:
Poster for the promotion of Thermogene, a medical product that creates heat.
"The Thermogene generates heat and fights: coughs, rheumatism, side points etc ..."
This poster is a 1940 reissue from the original 1909 poster...
Category
1940s French Belle Époque Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Car Advertising Poster Porsche Golf Sport Of Personality Lohrer
By Hanns Lohrer
Located in London, GB
Original vintage car advertising poster for Porsche Sport der Personlichkeit Fahren in seiner schonsten Form / Sport of personality Driving in its finest Form featuring an illustrati...
Category
1960s German Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
1968 2001: A Space Odyssey Original Vintage Poster
By Bob McCall
Located in Winchester, GB
One of the most influential and groundbreaking sci-fi films of all time from one of the all-time great directors, "2001: A Space Odyssey" is a mind-bending landmark of cinema. Based...
Category
1960s British Vintage Posters
Materials
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...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Skiing Poster Pontresina Switzerland Winter Sport Swiss Alps
Located in London, GB
Original vintage winter sport ski poster for the popular Swiss resort of Pontresina featuring a photograph of a lady on skis standing on a mountain and admiring the beauty of the Eng...
Category
1960s Swiss Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
1940 Barbisio Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
Beautiful piece from 1940 for Barbisio Hats featuring stunning artwork. This charming poster with artwork from St. Mingozzi depicts a small white dog walking up to a Barbisio hat and...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
"The Day of the Triffids" Original US Movie Poster
Located in London, GB
Original US movie poster for the 1963 Sci-Fi, Horror film directed Steve Sekely and starring Howard Keel, Nicole Maurey.
Category
1960s American Vintage Posters
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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