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Posters For Sale
Richard Avedon Hand-Signed Vintage Poster Nastassja Kinski and the Serpent, 1981
Located in Studio City, CA
This famous image/poster by renowned photographer Richard Avedon features an image of one of the most recognizable, iconic and celebrated images of the 20th century of a young, beaut...
Category
1980s American Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Movie Poster Air Force WWII Military Aviation Film Howard Hawks
Located in London, GB
Original vintage movie poster for the French release of a 1943 American World War Two aviation film about the crew of a bomber plane in Pearl Harbour who are sent to Manila to help with the defence of the Philippines following the Japanese attack - Air Force - directed by Howard Hawks...
Category
1940s French Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Victorian French Original Advertising Poster, "Brasserie Schneider"
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
19th Century French Original Advertising Poster, "Brasserie Schneider"
Fabrique de boissons gazeuses Specialite de sodas
Soft drinks factory Specialty sodas
This is an original po...
Category
Early 1900s French Early Victorian Antique Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
"Join the Army at Once & Help to Stop an Air Raid" Vintage British WWI Poster
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
"Join the Army at Once & Help to Stop an Air Raid" Vintage British WWI Poster, 1915
This vintage British recruitment poster, published in 1915, calls on men to join the Army. In full, the text reads, “It is far better to face the bullets than to be killed at home by a bomb / Join the Army at once & help stop an air raid / God save the king.” On the poster, a silhouette of London lies beneath a spotlighted German Zeppelin looming above. This recruitment poster is displayed in a custom-built archival frame.
WWI was the first time British civilians were in the direct line of fire in the modern era, creating the idea of the "homefront.’" Traditionally concerned with its coastal borders, Britain was highly unprepared for a sudden and prolonged German air raid. Throughout 1915 and 1916, successive German Zeppelin attacks ravaged several cities, but most notably London. These attacks continued until 1918, but newer aircrafts were used. The Germans hoped to enrage the British people so that they would demand their government made peace. However, their plan backfired when the United Kingdom cried for German defeat...
Category
1910s Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Ski Poster Osterreich Autriche Austria Winter Sport Travel
Located in London, GB
Original vintage winter sport travel poster for Osterreich Autriche Austria depicting a lady skiing down a snowy mountain at speed in the sunshine with the bold white text on the blu...
Category
1970s Austrian Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
1969 Disneyland - Fantasyland Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
Stunning & exceptionally rare attraction poster from 1969 promoting the Mad Hatter Tea Party, Dumbo and Carousel attractions in Fantasyland at Disneylan...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Asia Travel Poster London Air Ceylon Airline Sri Lanka Sapphire
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster issued by Air Ceylon - Fly the Sapphire Service to London - featuring artwork by Mart Kempers (1924-1993) depicting a busy London city street scene with a delivery van, a taxi laden with tourist luggage and passengers sitting on an iconic red double decker bus in the foreground, lit up the glowing street lights with a clock on the buildings in the background, a plane flying by the bold title text in the night sky above and the Air Ceylon logo below. Founded in 1947 Air Ceylon was the national flag carrier until 1979; it was replaced by by Air Lanka (now Sri Lankan Airlines...
Category
1950s Dutch Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
1970 Woodstock Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
Perhaps the most famous music festival of all time, Woodstock was held between August 15-18th in 1969. Featuring an all-star lineup including Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Grateful Dea...
Category
1970s Vintage Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
Original Vintage Soviet Poster Interkosmos Conquerors Of Space USSR Cosmonaut
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet space poster - Interkosmos Glory to the conquerors of space! / ??????????? ????? ??????????? ???????! - featuring a cosmonaut in a suit holding up his hands i...
Category
1970s Russian Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Advertising Poster Shell X-100 Motor Oil Engine Kittens Design
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster for Shell X-100 Motor Oil Keeps your engine in top shape / Garde votre moteur en pleine forme featuring a fun image of two cats in front of a moto...
Category
1950s Belgian Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Vintage Swedish Mid-Century Physics Educational Diagram
Located in Atlanta, GA
Vintage Swedish Mid-Century Physics instructional educational diagram, chart or poster.
Highly collectible ephemera from 1950's Sweden.
Category
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Illustrated Map Poster Empire Industry Where Our Tea Comes From
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster - Tea An Empire Industry Where Our Tea Comes From. Rare small version depicting colourful illustrated maps of India and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) fea...
Category
1930s British Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Poland Invites You Camping Tent Maciej Urbaniec
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster - Poland Invites You for Camping - featuring a great design by the renowned Polish artist Maciej Urbaniec (1925-2004) showing a scenic view through an ...
Category
1970s Polish Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster Suriname South America Chicago New York Miami Paramaribo
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for Suriname South America featuring a view of people in a traditional village with flags flying by a river fast flowing over rocks and people rowing i...
Category
1960s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
1953 Roman Holiday Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
Starring the iconic pairing of Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck, "Roman Holiday" was released in 1953 to huge critical and commercial success. Playing the role of Princess Ann, Hepburn became the first actress to win the Oscar, Golden Globe and BAFTA for a single role. Written by John Dighton and an at the time blacklisted and uncredited Dalton Trumbo, the film sees the princess and reporter meet in the Italian capital...
Category
1950s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
Original Vintage Film Poster Tintin And The Temple Of The Sun Comics Movie Art
Located in London, GB
Original vintage movie poster for French release of the 1969 animated family cartoon Tintin and the Temple of the Sun / Tintin et le Temple du Soleil directed by Eddie Lateste based ...
Category
1960s French Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Georges Antoine Rochegrosse “Le Jongleur de Notre Dame”
Located in Vienna, AT
Poster by Georges Antoine Rochegrosse, for “Le Jongleur de Notre Dame” (1902), by Jules Massenet. Color lithograph signed lower right in print: G. Rochegrosse...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Japan Travel Poster Spring Cherry Blossoms on River Boat Cruise
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for Japan featuring a stunning illustration of ladies and men wearing smart clothing, the man at the front wearing a suit and hat sitting with a lady w...
Category
1930s Japanese Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
GOLDFINGER - JAMES BOND 1964 UK Quad Film Poster, Style B, ROBERT BROWNJOHN
Located in Bath, Somerset
One of the highlights of our new collection, the exceptionally rare first-year-of-release country-of-origin British UK Quad Style B film poster for James Bond classic Goldfinger.
Th...
Category
20th Century British Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
Original Vintage Poster Southern Pacific Steamship Ocean Liner Cruise Travel Art
Located in London, GB
Original vintage cruise travel advertising poster issued by Southern Pacific featuring an ocean liner sailing at sea with the steam rising into a ligh...
Category
1920s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
After Andy Warhol, Original Chanel N° 5 Poster, Couture Perfume, Pop Art, 1997
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Original Pop Art Poster by Andy Warhol for Chanel No. 5 Perfum from 1997
Artist: Andy Warhol
Title: Chanel N°5 – Green - Blue
Date: 1997
Size: 46.1 x 66.9 in / 117 x 170 cm
Material...
Category
20th Century French Modern Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster Motorsport Car Exhibition ADAC Phoenix Reifen Tires Ad
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster - Phoenix Reifen Motorsport-Ausstellung mit Kraftfahrzeug und Zubehoerschau / Phoenix Tyres Motorsport Exhibition with motor vehicle and accessori...
Category
1950s German Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Festival de Jazz de Paris 1989 Original Vintage Poster
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Category
1980s Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
1918, Frohse Anatomical Chart - Musculature
Located in Peekskill, NY
This is an early lithographed anatomical chart by Amer-Frohse. Fritz Frohse (1871-1916) was the original artist, a German anatomist and doctor, publis...
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial Posters
Original Antique Railway Travel Poster Breedene Plage Lez Ostende Beach Belgium
Located in London, GB
Original antique railway travel poster promoting La Campagne La Mer Les Courses Breedene Plage Lez Ostende / the countryside sea shopping Breedene Beac...
Category
1910s Belgian Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Children of a Lesser God / Bohem Zapomenute Deti
Located in London, GB
Original Czech film poster for the 1986 film Children of a Lesser God.
The wonderful art work on this poster is by Zdenek Vlach (1942-1999)
This film starred William Hurt, Marlee Ma...
Category
1980s Czech Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Peru c1950s Travel Advertising Poster, Sabino Springett
By Springett
Located in Bath, Somerset
Original vintage Peru c1950s travel advertising poster featuring a fantastic design by design by Sabino Springett.
This vintage movie poster is si...
Category
20th Century Peruvian Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
Original Antique Travel Poster Ghent East Flanders Belgium State Railways Design
Located in London, GB
Original antique railway travel poster - Visitad Gante Y Las Artisticas Ciudades De Flandes Oriental / Visit Ghent And The Artistic Cities Of East Flanders - featuring scenic artwork...
Category
1920s Belgian Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
A BOUT DE SOUFFLE 1960 French Grande Film Movie Poster, CLEMENT HUREL
Located in Bath, Somerset
We adore this original first-year-of-release country-of-origin poster for Jean-Luc Godard's seminal New Wave classic A Bout de Souffle (Breathless). Arguably one of the best films ev...
Category
20th Century French Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
Jung Koch Quentell Old Print Mural Rollable Wall Chart Poster Snake Serpent
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Jung Koch Quentell Old Print Mural Rollable Wall Chart Poster Snake Serpent
The old pull-down wallchart by the popular art team of Jung Koch Quentell illustrates a snake, and its an...
Category
1960s German Country Vintage Posters
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paper
Original Antique Poster Liberals Tory Party Politics Taxation Tariff Reform Food
Located in London, GB
Original antique political election propaganda poster issued by the Liberal Party - Flattening Him Out, Or Broadening the Basis of Taxation - featuring an illustration set within a red line border depicting a Conservative Tory statesman wearing a blue coat and top hat marked Tariff Reform...
Category
Early 1900s British Antique Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Advertising Poster Union Generale Du Nord Fire Insurance Lille
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster for The General Union of the North Local Company of Insurance Against Fire Headquarters in Lille founded in 1876 - L'Union Generale Du Nord Cie Lo...
Category
1930s French Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster Demon Modern Petroleum Cooking Apparatus Advertising Art
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster for Demon The Modern Petroleum Cooking Apparatus Cooks quickly, cleanly and economically / Demon Der Moderne Petroleum Kochapparat Kochtschnell, Reinlich und Wirtschaftlich featuring a stunning Art Deco style design depicting two devil demons reaching up on a swirling flame blue shaded curve holding up a Demon logo and cooking stove...
Category
1920s German Art Deco Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Patrick Nagel Playboy Portfolio II Poster Framed Signed by Playboy Dated Rare
Located in San Diego, CA
1989 rare framed poster for Playboy portfolio signed in the back and dated 1989, printed in cardboard framed, these pieces are more rare and collectible we removed the frame and clea...
Category
20th Century American Post-Modern Posters
Materials
Glass, Plastic, Paper
Original Antique Drink Advertising Poster Kings Lemonade John Onwy Soda Pop
Located in London, GB
Original antique drink advertising poster for King's Lemonade featuring a colourful and fun illustration of a young boy climbing up a large bottle to ...
Category
1920s French Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster For Industrial Exhibition Moscow USSR Technical Progress
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet propaganda poster for an All-Union Industrial Exhibition A School of Technical Progress and Excellence featuring a statue design showing various people includ...
Category
1950s Russian Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Imperial Airways Poster Empire Flying Boat & Ensign Air Liners
Located in London, GB
Original vintage imperial airways travel advertising poster featuring images and details on three planes - Ensign Air Liner for European and E...
Category
1930s British Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster European Union Federation Election Vote Strength Freedom
Located in London, GB
Original vintage political election propaganda poster - La sorte dell' Europa e Segnata? No La Unione Federale Fra i Paesi Democratici D'Europa Ci Dara la Forza, La Liberta, Il Benes...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Ireland Come Back To Erin Anchor Line Cruise Ship
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for Ireland - Come Back to Erin - by Anchor Line New York and Londonderry - Design features a lake scene with rolling hills in the background framed by...
Category
1930s British Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster Computer Science Engineer IT Creativity USSR Exploration
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet computer science motivational poster - ? ?????? ?????? ???? ??????! / Test your strength in bold exploration! - featuring a st...
Category
1980s Russian Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Advertising Poster Russia Sabena Airlines Belgium USSR
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster - Naar Rusland met Sabena / To Russia with Sabena (the national airline of Belgium from 1923-2001) featuri...
Category
1950s Belgian Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Framed Print of Adolfo Hohenstein's Poster for Puccini's Tosca
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A framed print Adolfo Hohenstein's poster for the 1900 premiere of Puccini's Tosca. Printed in Italy. Professionally matted and framed with acid free paper and museum quality, anti-r...
Category
2010s Italian Art Nouveau Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage War Poster Subscribe 6th War Bond WWI Vienna Commercial Bank
Located in London, GB
Original Vintage World War One war bond poster - Subscribe to the 6th war loan - everyone should do their bit towards the good end! / Zeichnet die Sechste Kriegsanleihe Ein Jeder Lei...
Category
1910s Austrian Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster New Shell Lubricating Oils Motor Oil Can Logo Mannequin
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster for shell Lubricating oils designed one of the most renowned poster artists of the 20th century Edward McKnight Kauffer (1890-1954). The eye-catching design shows a yellow can of Shell motor oil...
Category
1930s British Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Art Deco Winter Sport Ski Poster Winter in Poland Zima W Polsce
Located in London, GB
Original vintage ski poster promoting Winter in Poland / Zima w Polsce featuring a dynamic Art Deco style illustration of a skier on wooden skis and s...
Category
1930s Polish Art Deco Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
1972 Original Vintage Exhibition poster, MARC CHAGALL, 'Ville De Bruxelles'
By Marc Chagall
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
This is a beautiful exhibition poster from 1972, the poster is in good condition and colours and condition are consitent to
ARTIST
Chagall
FORMAT
Un-linen backed
YEAR
1972
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Watercolor Ski Poster "Pontresina" by Herbert Leupin, circa 1949
Located in Nantucket, MA
Original Watercolor Ski Poster "Pontresina" by Herbert Leupin (Swiss: 1916 - 1999), a watercolor and gouache painting original for one of Leupin's celeb...
Category
1940s Swiss Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster France Sabena Belgian World Airlines Paris Cafe
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for Le service Belgique to France via Sabena Belgian World Airlines featuring a colourful illustration of smartly dressed people at an outdoor cafe wit...
Category
1960s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster BBC Programmes On Hobbies DIY Radio TV Art Crafts Design
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster for BBC Programmes on Hobbies and do-it-yourself featuring black silhouettes of paint tubes, artist palette, etching and engraving equipment, cinematography film reel, drawing and ink pens, hammer and crafting tools, knitting, sewing needle and thread with text above the image - Use your leisure creatively. Hobbies, pastimes and the do-it-yourself movement cover an enormous range of activities anything from paperhanging to archaeology, from ships in bottles...
Category
1960s British Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Men's Fashion Poster Un Homme Epsom Man Style Horse Race Design
Located in London, GB
Original vintage men's fashion advertising poster - The clothing that classifies an Epsom man / Le vetement qui classe un homme Epsom - featuring a great Art Deco design depicting a smiling gentleman in a smart suit and green tie, holding up his hat with his gloved hand in front of an image of a stylised...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Framed Jacobs Cream Crackers Card Poster, from Dublin
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Original framed Jacobs cream crackers card poster, from Dublin
This is delightful original advertising sign, showing a happy young lady in period dress on the telephone telling us , “yes please Cream Crackers and they must be Jacobs”
The sign is color printed on card, it is in good condition and set in its own original frame, it has W&R Jacobs...
Category
1930s British Colonial Vintage Posters
Original Vintage 1928 Avant Garde Art Exhibition Poster Kandinsky Picasso Klee
By Heinrich Campendonk
Located in London, GB
Original vintage art exhibition poster: Colour / Farbe Ausstellung im Kaiser-Wilhelm-Museum held at the Kaiser Wilhelm Museum in Krefeld Germany from 1-31 May 1928 presenting work by...
Category
1920s German Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Motorsport Poster Sports Car Club Of America Mini Cooper Racing
Located in London, GB
Original vintage motorsport poster for the Sports Car Club of America Sportsmanship Demands Safe Driving featuring artwork of three cars rac...
Category
1960s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Mary Poppins (1964) Framed Publicity Film Movie Still Disney
Located in Bath, Somerset
Original 8x10 inches Publicity Still for the Disney classic Mary Poppins (1964) starring Julie Andrews (Mary Poppins) and Dick Can Dyke (Bert).
Publicity (film/production) stills we...
Category
20th Century Unknown Posters
Materials
Wood, Paper
Original Vintage KLM Travel Poster Winter Sport Skiing Sun Snow & Fun In Austria
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for Austria / Autriche issued by KLM - Fly KLM The Skiers' Airline with John and Lois Jay - Sun, Snow and Fun in Austria. Great image of a snowy scene ...
Category
1940s Austrian Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
1988 David Hockney Original Exhibition Malcolm Bradford Hall Los Angeles
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
1988 David Hockney Original Exhibition Malcolm Bradford Hall Los Angeles
Rare, Original, Vintage 1988 David Hockney Out-of-Print, limited edition Lithograph. Published in Yorkshire,...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Posters
Materials
Paper
1977 Henri Matisse - Paper Cut-Outs - Detroit Institute of Arts Original Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
Gorgeous poster depicting a 1950 artwork from the groundbreaking paper cut-out series, this poster was created to promote an exhibition of the great Henri...
Category
1970s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Andy Warhol Double Marilyn Poster, Greenberg Gallery
Located in St. Louis, MO
Rare poster of Andy Warhol's Double Marilyn Monroe 1962 for The Greenberg Gallery, circa 1980s. Noted gallery owner Ronald Greenberg, establish his...
Category
1980s 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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