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Period: 1950s
Period: 1920s
1955 TWA - The Orient 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 The Orient from the USA. Illustrated by influential American artist David Klein, thi...
Category
1950s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Winter Sport Travel Poster Vallee D'Aoste Italy Aosta Skiing
Located in London, GB
Original vintage winter sport travel poster for the Aosta Valley in Italy - Vallee d'Aoste (Italie) Courmayeur Gressoney La Thuile Pila Ayas Champoluc Valtournance Breuil - featuring...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Ski Travel Poster Norway Cradle Of Skiing Knut Yran Scandinavia
Located in London, GB
Original vintage ski travel poster for Norway The Cradle of Skiing featuring artwork by Knut Yran (1920-1998) depicting a baby holding ski poles and lying in a traditional decorated ...
Category
1950s Norwegian Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster When Are You Going On Holiday Vacation Xenia Art
By Xenia
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster promoting Holidays in Britain When are You going on holiday? It's Better, Remember, in June or September featuring colourful illustrations showing peop...
Category
1950s British Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Holidays In Britain You Ought To Get Away Design
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster promoting Holidays in Britain You ought to get away this year! It's better remember in June or September featuring a fun illustration of red and white ...
Category
1950s British Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Le Mont Revard Grand Hotel PLM Roger Broders
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for Le Mont Revard Grand Hotel PLM 1550m d'Altitude issued by the PLM Paris Lyon Mediterranee railway featuring a stunning design by the notable French...
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1920s French Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Swissair Poster Seven Seas The Greatest Ski Lift In The World
By Hugo Wetli
Located in London, GB
Original vintage skiing poster for Swissair Seven Seas the greatest ski lift in the world. Great mid-century modern style design of a couple riding on a ski lift with the snow fallin...
Category
1950s Swiss Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Political Propaganda Poster Cheapjack Ramsay MacDonald Dope
Located in London, GB
Original vintage political propaganda poster - The Cheapjack! Walk up, Walk up, Ladies & Gentlemen! Try my Marvellous Socialist Cure-all for Bad trade Swollen unemployment Broken time Agricultural depression Removes superfluous cash while you wait Luxuriant growth of new taxes guaranteed! - featuring a caricature image of Ramsay MacDonald portrayed as a snake oil...
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1920s British Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster Vignobles De France Vins Du Val De Loire Valley Wine Map
Located in London, GB
Original vintage drink advertising poster promoting French wines (one of a series issued by the Comite National de Propagande en Faveur du Vin national committee for the promotion of...
Category
1950s French Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Travel Poster Compagnie Franco Roumaine De Navigation Aerienne
Located in London, GB
Original antique travel advertising poster for the Compagnie Franco Roumaine de Navigation Aerienne / French Romanian Company for Air Transport featuring great artwork of a plane fly...
Category
1920s French Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
English Vintage Racing Poster: Brands Hatch Motor Racing, c. 1956
Located in Philadelphia, PA
English Vintage Racing Poster
Brands Hatch Motor Racing c. 1956
some discoloration, wrinkles and folds, etc.
"F2 Car Racing Race held at The ...
Category
1950s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
1957 Bally - Chaussures Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
Beautiful mid century design by R. Bellamy for Bally. The luxury Swiss shoemaker famously collaborated with many poster artists in promotion of its brand through the 20th century.
T...
Category
1950s Swiss Vintage Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
Original Vintage Railway Travel Poster French Riviera Cote d'Azur Ceria SNCF Art
By Edmond Céria
Located in London, GB
Original vintage SNCF railway travel poster for the Cote d'Azur / French Riviera on the Mediterranean coast featuring a scenic view by the French painter Edmond Ceria (1884-1955) tow...
Category
1950s French Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Political Propaganda Poster Baldwin Bovril British Elections
By John Gilroy
Located in London, GB
Original vintage political propaganda poster - I hear they want more - Baldwin (With Apologies to Bovril Ltd.). Design by the notable artist John Gilroy (John Thomas Young Gilroy; 1898-1985) in the style of the Bovril posters...
Category
1920s British Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
1950 Campari Soda, Mingozzi Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
Stunning poster designed by Italian artist Giovanni Mingozzi for Campari Soda, created in 1950. This gorgeous and vibrant piece depicts the Campari Soda bottle designed by Futurist a...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
1956 SAS - Wonderful Copenhagen Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
With vibrant colour and fun design, this stunning poster was created in 1956 by SAS Scandinavian Airlines to promote routes to Copenhagen, Denmark or "Wonderful Copenhagen" as it is ...
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
The Killing 1956 U.S. One Sheet Film Poster
Located in New York, NY
Original 1956 U.S. one sheet poster for the film The Killing directed by Stanley Kubrick with Sterling Hayden / Coleen Gray / Vince Edwards / Jay C. Flippe...
Category
1950s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Great Western Railway Poster Torquay Devon Riviera Art Deco
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Great Western Railway poster for Torquay The English Riviera featuring a stunning Art Deco design depicting a view across the harbour ...
Category
1920s British Art Deco Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Advertising Poster Empress Canadian Pacific Hotel Ewart
By Peter Ewart
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster for The Empress A Canadian Pacific Hotel Victoria B.C. In Canada's Evergreen Playground featuring colourful artwork by the Canadian artist Peter Maxwell Ewart (1918-2001) showing a view of the historic Empress Hotel...
Category
1950s Canadian Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Large Original Vintage Astronomy Poster, circa 1920
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great poster of the heavens.
Original color. Good condition.
Published by Alexander Gross
Unframed.
Category
1920s English Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Henri Matisse, 'Musee National D’art Moderne' Original Exhibition Poster, 1956
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Between 1900 and 1905, Matisse painted in the style called Fauves (French for “wild beasts”). Many of his finest works were created in the decade or so after 1906. Matisse developed ...
Category
1950s French Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Colourful Spanish Festivals Iberia Airlines Spain
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Iberia airline travel advertising poster - Spanien Die Buntheit seiner Feste / Spain The colourfulness of its festivals - featuring a great graphic design depicting ...
Category
1950s Spanish Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
'GEVEOR' Rowing Original Vintage Bus Format Poster, Morvan C. 1950
By Hervé Morvan
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'GEVEOR' Rowing Original Vintage Bus Format Poster, Morvan C. 1950
This rare poster by French artist, Herve Morvan, was originally designed for placement on the side of a bus as was...
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Linen
Original Vintage Travel Poster TAI Afrique Noire Sub Sahara Africa Villemot Art
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster - TAI Afrique Noire / Sub-Saharan Africa - featuring colourful artwork by the renowned graphic artist Bernard Villemot (1911-1989) depicting a plane fl...
Category
1950s French Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
1952 Hans Christian Andersen, Odense Denmark Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
Depicting the a scene from the classic children's fairytale "The Ugly Duckling", this beautiful poster was created in 1952 to promote the city of Odense in Denmark.
Known as the birthplace of the legendary writer Hans Christian Anderson, the writer of the featured "The Ugly Duckling" as well as iconic tales such as "Thumbelina", "The Princess and the Pea", and "The Little Mermaid", Odense is one of the largest cities in Denmark. This gorgeous piece features artwork by Viggo Vagnby...
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
Companions of the Night, Vintage Polish Movie Poster by Wojciech Fangor, 1956
Located in London, GB
This is a rare and sought after vintage Polish film poster designed by the iconic Polish poster artist Wojciech Fangor. He designed this original 1956 movie poster for the 1953 Frenc...
Category
1950s Polish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Denmark SAS Viggo Vagnby Kro Inn Scandinavia
By V. Vagnby
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster - Fly SAS Denmark - issued by Scandinavian Airlines System featuring artwork by Viggo Vagnby (1896-1966) depicting birds fl...
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
No Way Out 1950 U.S. One Sheet Film Poster
By Paul Rand
Located in New York, NY
Original 1950 U.S. one sheet poster by Paul Rand for the film No Way Out directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz with Richard Widmark / Linda Darnell / Stephen McNally / Sidney Poitier. Fin...
Category
1950s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Propaganda Poster ERP Europe All Our Colours To The Mast Ship
By Reyn Dirksen
Located in London, GB
Original vintage propaganda poster for the post-war US sponsored ERP European Recovery Program (1948) known as the Marshall Plan - Europe All our Colours to the Mast - featuring a fa...
Category
1950s Dutch Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Iberia Airlines Travel Poster Fiera De Primavera Sevilla Spain
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Iberia Airlines travel poster for the Spring Festival in Seville the happiest festival in Andalusia - Fiera de Primavera en Sevilla la mas alegre fiesta de Andalucia vuele por Iberia Lineas Aerias Espanolas - featuring a colourful image of smiling ladies wearing traditional flamenco dress and dancing in the foreground watched by a lady on a horse with another lady and man...
Category
1950s Spanish Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Sabrina
Located in London, GB
Original Japanese program cover for Billy Wilder's 1954 comedy romance.
This film starred Audrey Hepburn, William Holden and Humphrey Bogart.
This piece is conservation paper backed ...
Category
1950s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Federal Building Chicago Rapid Transit Illinois
By Willard Frederic Elmes
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster - Federal Building by the Chicago Rapid Transit - featuring great artwork by Willard Frederick Elms (1900-1956) depicting silhouettes of people walking...
Category
1920s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Kanal 1957 Yugoslav B2 Film Poster
By Jan Lenica
Located in New York, NY
Original 1957 Yugoslav B2 poster by Jan Lenica for the film Kanal (Canal) directed by Andrzej Wajda with Teresa Izewska / Tadeusz Janczar / Wienczyslaw Glinski / Tadeusz Gwiazdowski....
Category
1950s Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Bicycle Thieves R1955 Italian Due Fogli Film Poster
Located in New York, NY
Original 1955 re-release Italian due fogli poster for the 1948 film Bicycle Thieves (Ladri di biciclette) directed by Vittorio De Sica with Lamberto Maggiorani / Enzo Staiola / Liane...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
1959 Michelin Motorcycle Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
A wonderful poster printed by Verga Printers Milano, this advertisement poster for Michelin tyres was created in 1959 and depicts Michelin mascot Bibendum aka the Michelin Man riding...
Category
1950s Vintage Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
1928 Favor Cycles Original Vintage Poster
By L. Matthey
Located in Winchester, GB
Absolutely gorgeous original lithograph from 1928 for Favor. Founded in 1898 as a bicycle manufacturer, Favor moved onto producing motorbikes and continued to trade until the 1970s. ...
Category
1920s French Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Advertising Poster Industrie Grafiche Crespi Packaging Italy
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster - per la confezione fine Industrie Grafiche Crespi Vigevano Telef. 3272 / Graphic Industries for fine p...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Advertising Poster BEA Fly Freight Abram Games Design
By Abram Games
Located in London, GB
Original vintage mid-century design travel advertising poster for British European Airways - Fly Freight BEA - featuring colourful artwork by the notable British graphic designer Abr...
Category
1950s British Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Fly Aer Lingus Travel The Easy Way Midcentury Art
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster featuring a great mid-century design - Travel the easy way Fly Aer Lingus Irish Air Lines - depicting a hand of a pilot as a comfortable chair holding ...
Category
1950s Irish Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Tom and Jerry 1959 Spanish B1 Film Poster
Located in New York, NY
Original 1959 Spanish B1 poster for the 1940s film Tom and Jerry. Very Good-Fine condition, folded with slight staining on back that bleeds through. Many original posters were issued...
Category
1950s Spanish Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
1955 Campari, Fortunato Depero Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
Iconic Italian liqueur brand Campari collaborated with Futurist artist Fortunato Depero many times, beginning their relationship in 1924.
Campari was formed in 1860 by Gaspare Cam...
Category
1950s Italian Futurist Vintage Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
1951 Pan American World Airways Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
Wonderful & rare poster created in 1951 for Pan American World Airways, widely known as Pan Am. Depicting four gorgeous scenes featuring wildlife on a nature reserve, a local village...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
Vintage Paul Klee “Klee” Berggruen et Cie Exhibition Poster, France, 1955
Located in Copenhagen K, DK
Paul Klee
France, 1955
Vintage Paul Klee, Art decor, poster “Klee” Berggruen et Cie. Vintage exhibition poster.
Measures: H 70 x W 50 x D 3 cm.
Category
1950s French Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
The Outlaw 1952 Japanese B2 Film Poster
Located in New York, NY
Original 1952 Japanese B2 poster for the first Japanese theatrical release of the 1943 film The Outlaw directed by Howard Hughes / Howard Hawks with Jack Buetel / Jane Russell / Thom...
Category
1950s Japanese Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
1954 Rear Window Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
Widely ranked as one of Alfred Hitchcock's greatest films and among the greatest of all time, "Rear Window" was released in 1954. The film marked the second collaboration between the...
Category
1950s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
1920s Original Vintage Poster, Front Page of the "Rivista Illustrata" Florence
Located in Ceglie Messapica, IT
Liberty wall poster with the 1920s. The paper was the front page of the italian "Rivista Illustrata", from Florence. In really good conditons. Sold with the beech wood frame.
Category
1920s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Posters
Materials
Wood, Paper
Original Vintage Train Travel Poster Summer In Canada Canadian National Railway
Located in London, GB
Original vintage train travel poster - Enjoy Summer in Canada Go Canadian National The Railway to Everywhere in Canada. Fun and colourful ...
Category
1950s Canadian Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
1950 Coppa Della Perugina Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
Stunning piece for the "Coppa Della Perugina" race in Perugina in Umbria, Italy. The race was founded in the 1920s by Giovanni Buitoni, the owner of Perugina confectionary company an...
Category
1950s Italian Art Deco Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
1957 Funny Face Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
Wonderful poster for the charming 1957 musical "Funny Face". Starring an iconic duo of Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire, the film features songs from the great George and Ira Gershwin...
Category
1950s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
Original Antique Travel Poster Luchon Pyrenees Orleans Midi Railways Soubie Art
By Roger Soubie
Located in London, GB
Original antique railway travel poster by the French poster artist Roger Soubie (1898-1984) for the Orleans and Midi Railways Luchon Queen of the Pyrenees ...
Category
1920s Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Invaders from Mars R1955 U.S. One Sheet Film Poster
Located in New York, NY
Original 1955 re-release U.S. one sheet poster for the film Invaders from Mars directed by William Cameron Menzies with Helena Carter / Arthur Franz / Jimmy Hunt / Leif Erickson. Fin...
Category
1950s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Steam Ship Cruise Travel Poster Cie Gle Transatlantique Espagne
By Albert Sebille
Located in London, GB
Original vintage steam ship cruise travel poster for Compagnie Generale Transatlantique (founded 1861) Cuba Mexico Estados Unidos Vapores Correos Franceses Vapores Lafayette Espagne ...
Category
1920s French Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Bringing Up Baby R1955 U.S. Half Sheet Film Poster
Located in New York, NY
Original 1955 re-release U.S. half sheet poster for the 1938 film Bringing Up Baby directed by Howard Hawks with Katharine Hepburn / Cary Grant / Cha...
Category
1950s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Drink Advertising Poster Ceylon Tea Benefits Midcentury Art
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster for Ceylon The / Ceylon Tea featuring an image of a tea picker and illustrations including a microscope, receipt, kettle on a flame, a teapot and ...
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
1928 High Society Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
Stunning art deco poster created in 1928 for High Society Aperitif. Reading "L'Aperitif Des Gens Chics" or "The Aperitif Of Chic People", the vibrant artwork depicts a well dressed m...
Category
1920s French Vintage Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Alger Oran Air Algerian Airways Douglas DC-4
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster in French for the national flag carrier airline of Algeria - Compagnie Generale de Transports Aeriens Air Algerie...
Category
1950s French Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Go West 1925 U.S. Window Card Film Poster
Located in New York, NY
Original 1925 U.S. window card poster for the film Go West directed by Buster Keaton with Howard Truesdale / Kathleen Myers / Ray Thompson / Brown Eyes. Fine condition, paper-backed....
Category
1920s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Travel Poster Winter In Spain Malaga Balearic Islands Art Deco
Located in London, GB
Original antique travel poster - L'hiver en Espagne / Winter in Spain - featuring a stunning Art Deco design depicting two people wearing backpacks, one holding a walking stick, stan...
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1920s Spanish Art Deco 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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