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Posters For Sale
Period: Early 20th Century
Period: 1950s
Leonetto Cappiello, Original Vintage Poster, Cachou Lajaunie, Candy, 1920
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Original Vintage Poster for Cachou Lajaunie by Leonetto Cappiello dating from 1920. Cachou Lajaunie is a liquorice based sweet candy. A red-haired woman in a dress of feathers ...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Posters

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Paper

Cappiello, Original Alcohol Poster, Maurin Quina, Green Devil, Spirits, 1906
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Original Vintage Alcohol Poster for Maurin Quina dating from 1906 by Leonetto Cappiello. Artist: Leonetto Cappiello Title: Maurin Quina - Le Puy - France Date: 1906 Size: 44.9 x 60.6 in / 114 x 154 cm Printer : Imp. P. Vercasson & Cie., 43. rue de Lancry, Paris. Materials and Techniques: Colour lithograph on paper Linen backing: Yes Condition: A (Normally designates a poster in very good condition. Colours are fresh and there is very little or no paper loss. Any imperfections are marginal and unnoticeable). Additional Details: Poster created by Leonetto Cappiello in 1906 for the Maurin Quina brand. Maurin Quina was created in 1884 in Puy en Velay by Auguste Maurin. It is a traditional French aperitif with flavors of black cherry and sweet almond. The poster represents a green...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Posters

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Paper

Original Vintage Drink Advertising Poster Guinness Animals At Edinburgh Zoo Beer
Located in London, GB
Original vintage drink advertising poster for Guinness - See the Guinness Animals at Edinburgh Zoo - featuring a fun and colourful image of all the iconic Guinness animals gathered a...
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1950s British Vintage Posters

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Paper

Original Vintage Asia Travel Poster Onoda City Japan Industrial Festival Lantern
Located in London, GB
Original vintage poster advertising the Onoda City Industrial Festival featuring colourful artwork depicting ladies in traditional Japanese dress with flowers in their hats dancing b...
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1950s Japanese Vintage Posters

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Paper

Original Vintage Travel Poster Ishikawa Nagoya Railway Japan Kanazawa Castle
Located in London, GB
Original vintage train travel poster for 石川 Ishikawa on the Japanese island of Honshu issued by the Ishikawa Prefecture Tourism Federation and the Nagoya Railway Bureau featuring sce...
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1950s Japanese Vintage Posters

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Paper

Original Vintage Health And Safety Propaganda Poster National Safety Week Japan
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Japanese health and safety propaganda poster for the Japan National Safety Week held from 1 to 7 July 1955 issued by the Ministry of Labour featuring a modernist des...
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1950s Japanese Vintage Posters

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Paper

Original Vintage Asia Travel Advertising Poster Niigata Industry Expo Japan
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster for the 新潟 Niigata Prefecture Industry Expo held from 20 July to 31 August 1950 featuring a colourful design depicting smoke rising from in...
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1950s Japanese Vintage Posters

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Paper

Anatomy of a Murder
Located in London, GB
Original US Title card for the 1959 thriller starring James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara. This film was directed by Otto Preminger. This piece is in excellent condition, with th...
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1950s American Vintage Posters

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Paper

Prince and the Showgirl
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster for Laurence Olivier’s 1957 romantic comedy starring himself and Marilyn Monroe. This poster is conservation linen backed. This piece is in excellent conditio...
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1950s American Vintage Posters

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Paper

Antique 1925 Post Cereal Carolyn Haywood Build Strong Teeth Ad Poster 45"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique 1925 educational promotional advertising poster designed by Carolyn Haywood encouraging dental hygiene for children, implying by association that Post cereal products can hel...
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1920s Vintage Posters

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Paper

Original Antique World War One War Loan Bond Poster Invest WWI Victory USA
Located in London, GB
Original antique World War One war loan poster - Invest! - featuring a great design depicting the title text in bold white lettering on a blue outlined V for Victory against a red ba...
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1910s American Vintage Posters

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Paper

Original Antique North Africa Travel Poster Meknes Morocco Bab Mansour Brondy
Located in London, GB
Original antique North Africa travel poster for Meknes Ancient Residence Of The Sultans Of Morocco / Antique Residence Des Sultans Du Maroc featuring artwork by Matteo Brondy (1866-1...
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1920s Algerian Vintage Posters

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Paper

On the Waterfront
Located in London, GB
Original French film poster from (1954) This is a classic American crime drama it received 12 Academy Award nominations, winning eight, including Best Picture, Best Actor for Marlon...
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1950s French Vintage Posters

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Paper

Original Vintage Asia Travel Poster Japan Summer Invites You Yuigahama Beach
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Japanese travel poster - Summer Invites You - issued by the Ujiyamada City Tourism Association and the Japan Transport Corporation featuring a smiling lady wearing a...
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1950s Japanese Vintage Posters

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Paper

Original Vintage Travel Poster Munich Gateway South Germany Victory Gate Munchen
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Germany travel poster - Munchen Das Tor zum Suden / Munich The Gateway to the South - featuring a view of bikes and cars driving through a stone arch of the historic...
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1950s German Vintage Posters

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Paper

Original Vintage Asia Travel Poster Gion Festival Kyoto Float Procession Japan
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster advertising the Gion Festival Float Procession in Kyoto on 17 and 25 July featuring artwork depicting a large traditional float mounted on a wooden car...
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1950s Japanese Vintage Posters

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Paper

Vintage Jean Arp Louisiana Museum Exhibition Poster “Arp”, Denmark, 1958
Located in Copenhagen K, DK
Jean Arp Denmark, 1958 “Arp”. Louisiana Museum. Vintage exhibition poster. H 103 x W 73 x D 3 cm
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1950s Danish Vintage Posters

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Metal

Original Vintage Winter Sport Railway Travel Poster Japan Ski Skating Sunshine
Located in London, GB
Original vintage winter sport railway travel poster advertising the Tobu Train to Nikko - Ski Skating Sunshine - featuring colourful images of ice skaters and skiers skiing downhill ...
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1950s Japanese Vintage Posters

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Paper

The Quartermass Experiment, Vintage Polish Poster by Marian Stachurski, 1959
Located in London, GB
So striking and bold, this is an incredible graphic poster design by Polish artist Marian Stachurski for the 1955 British science fiction film ‘The Quartermass Xperiment’ (Zemsta Kos...
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1950s Polish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters

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Paper

Otello, Vintage Polish Movie poster by Waldemar Swierzy, 1956
Located in London, GB
Sublime and very rare example of twentieth century poster art right here! We are in love with this 1956 Polish poster designed by Waldemar Swierzy towards the start of his career. Th...
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1950s Polish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters

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Paper

Juha, Vintage Polish Movie Poster by Marian Stachurski, 1958
Located in London, GB
This is a very special and very rare original 1958 Polish poster by an incredible artist from the Polish School of Posters Marian Stachurski. He did so much great work during the 50s...
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1950s Polish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters

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Paper

Ranch Texas, Vintage Polish Movie Poster by Jerzy Flisak, 1959
Located in London, GB
Rare and beautiful film poster designed by Jerzy Flisak in 1959 for Polish movie “Rancho Texas” directed by Wadim Berestowski. Polish A1 size: 58.5 x 83 cm
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1950s Polish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters

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Paper

Original Vintage Travel Poster Lugano Southern Switzerland Suisse Schweiz Buzzi
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for Lugano in Southern Switzerland Suisse Schweiz featuring a colourful image by the Swiss artist Daniele Buzzi (1890-1974) of a man holding oars on a ...
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1950s Swiss Vintage Posters

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Paper

Cappiello, Original Alcohol Poster, Cognac Monnet, Salamander, Liquor, Sun, 1927
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Original Vintage Alcohol Poster for Cognac Monnet dating from 1927 by Leonetto Cappiello. Artist: Leonetto Cappiello (1875 - 1942) Title: ..Du soleil dans un verre.. Cognac Monnet ...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Posters

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Paper

Turn of the Twentieth Century's European Circus Poster, 1909, Chocolat Aviateur
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Foottit (often misspelled Footit) and Chocolat were a circus duo who made their debut in the late 1890's in Paris. The unlikely pair worked together as professional clowns in the 'No...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Posters

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Paper, Wood

Poul Kjaerholm One-Legged or Stacking Chair Working drawing poster 1953 Danish
Located in WIJCKEL, NL
Here is a very rare and desirable vintage Working drawing poster displaying a 1953 prototype representation of the One-Legged or stacking chair by the Danish designer Poul Kjærholm. ...
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1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Posters

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Paper

Original Vintage Rail Travel Map Poster France Map SNCF National French Railway
Located in London, GB
Original vintage rail travel map poster - France Societe Nationale des Chemins de Fer Francais - featuring a colourful illustrated map by Jean Cheval and Alex Batany (as Cheval-Batan...
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1950s French Vintage Posters

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Paper

Original Vintage Travel Poster Holland Beach Fisherman Netherlands Midcentury
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for Holland featuring a lady in a bikini sitting on a wooden rowing boat being rowed by a pipe smoking sailor or fisherman in front of people on the be...
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1950s Dutch Vintage Posters

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Paper

Original Vintage Winter Sport Ski Travel Poster St Moritz Sun Cradle Switzerland
Located in London, GB
Original vintage winter sport ski travel poster for St Moritz featuring a great design by Hugo Laubi (1888-1959) depicting the St Moritz smiling sun logo as a baby with curly hair ly...
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1950s Swiss Vintage Posters

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Paper

Poul Kjaerholm Aluminium Chair Competetition drawing poster 1953 Danish Design
Located in WIJCKEL, NL
Here is a very rare and desirable vintage Competition drawing poster displaying a 1953 prototype representation of the Aluminium chair by the Danish designer Poul Kjærholm. A detail...
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1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Posters

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Paper

Original Vintage Travel Poster Gstaad Swissair Switzerland Franz Villiger Suisse
By Franz Villiger
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster advertising Gstaad 1100m Suisse Schweiz Switzerland Voyagez par Swissair Travel with Swissair featuring a colour photo by Franz Villiger (1918-1992) of...
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1950s Swiss Vintage Posters

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Paper

Original Vintage Middle East Travel Poster Lebanon Liban Mountain Sea Sun Sport
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Middle East travel poster - Au Liban La Montagne et la Mer avec le Soleil / In Lebanon The Mountain and the Sea with the Sun - featuring two sport illustrations of w...
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1950s Lebanese Vintage Posters

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Paper

Original Vintage British Railways Travel Poster Essex St Osyth's Priory England
Located in London, GB
Original vintage British Railways travel poster - Essex See England by Rail - featuring a great image of St. Osyth's Priory depicting a lady and man walking along a path towards the ...
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1950s British Vintage Posters

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Paper

Original Antique Book Advertising Poster Through The Wall Cleveland Moffett
Located in London, GB
Original antique book advertising poster for a Parisian detective story Through the Wall by Cleveland Moffett published by D Appleton & Co featuring a great illustration of a moustac...
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Early 1900s American Antique Posters

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Paper

Original Vintage Motorsport Poster Dessau Motorcycle Car Race Germany Midcentury
Located in London, GB
Original vintage motorsport poster for the Dessauer Motorrad-u. Autorennen unter der Losung: Sportler, vorwarts im Kampf fur Frieden, demokra...
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1950s German Vintage Posters

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Paper

Original Vintage Advertising Poster Barcelona International Exposition 1929 Fair
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster for the Exposicion Internacional Barcelona International Exposition held from 20 May 1929 to 15 January 1930 featuring an illustration of people w...
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1920s Spanish Vintage Posters

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Paper

Original Vintage British Railways Train Travel Poster St Andrews Golf Scotland
Located in London, GB
Original vintage British Railways train travel poster for St Andrews featuring a colourful image by James McIntosh Patrick (1907-1998) depicting players on the historic St Andrews go...
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1950s British Vintage Posters

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Paper

Original Vintage Asia Travel Poster Lake Biwa Japan Bus Tour Nippon Midcentury
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for Lake Biwa in Japan advertising group trips to the swimming lake by comfortable tour bus featuring a smiling lady wearing sunglasses and a red swims...
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1950s Japanese Vintage Posters

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Paper

Original Vintage Asia Travel Poster Osaka Castle Japan Bus Tours Sakura Cherry
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Japan travel poster advertising Osaka sightseeing bus tours featuring a stunning view of the historic and culturally significant Osaka Castle (built 1583) located in...
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1950s Japanese Vintage Posters

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Paper

Original Vintage Swiss Ski Travel Poster Wallis Valais Switzerland Fox Be Smart
By Jean & Lucien Gongoro
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Swiss ski travel poster - Be smart like me ... Spend your winter holidays in Valais Switzerland / Over schrander gesproken ... hij koos het Wallis Zwitserland - feat...
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1950s Swiss Vintage Posters

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Paper

Original Vintage Car Advertising Poster Oldsmobile Metropolis General Motors
Located in London, GB
Original vintage car advertising poster - En Helt Ny Oldsmobile General Motors Fabrikat / A Brand New Oldsmobile - featuring a colourful Art Deco design depicting two couples in an e...
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1920s Norwegian Art Deco Vintage Posters

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Paper

Original Vintage Motorsport Poster XIX International ADAC Eifel Race Nurburgring
Located in London, GB
Original vintage motorsport poster for the XIX Internationales ADAC Eifel Rennen annual international motor race organised by the Allgemeiner...
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1950s German Vintage Posters

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Paper

Original Vintage Travel Poster Visit London See Britain By Rail British Railways
Located in London, GB
Original vintage British Railways travel poster - Visit London See Britain by Rail - featuring colourful artwork by Gordon Nicoll (1888-1959) depicting a procession of Horse Guards r...
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1950s British Vintage Posters

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Paper

Original Vintage Travel Poster Essex Moulsham Mill Chelmsford British Railways
Located in London, GB
Original vintage British Railways travel poster - Essex See Britain by Train - featuring scenic artwork by the landscape watercolour painter Edward Wesson (1910-1983) of Moulsham Mil...
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1950s British Vintage Posters

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Paper

Original Vintage Travel Poster Windsor See Britain By Train British Railways
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster - Windsor See Britain by Train British Railways - featuring scenic artwork by Frank Sherwin (1896-1986) depicting a view of the historic Windsor Castle...
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1950s British Vintage Posters

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Paper

Original Vintage Aviation Propaganda Poster Glory Soviet Falcons USSR Pilots
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet aviation propaganda poster - Слава Советским Соколам! / Glory to the Soviet Falcons - featuring a dynamic military illustration of the red hammer and sickle f...
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1950s Russian Vintage Posters

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Paper

Original Vintage Train Travel Poster Peterborough Cathedral British Railways
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster - Peterborough See Britain by Train British Railways - featuring a great scenic view by Kenneth Steel (1906-1970) of The Cathedral and Dean...
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1950s British Vintage Posters

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Paper

Original Antique World War One Humoros Wap Map Of The World WWI Japan Caricature
Located in London, GB
Original antique World War One satirical map of Europe and Asia portraying the outbreak of WWI featuring colourful caricatures and illustrations of the countries including Germany as...
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1910s Japanese Vintage Posters

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Paper

Original Vintage Travel Poster Britain In Summer Manor Flower Garden Haslehust
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster - Britain in Summer - featuring a great image by the watercolour painter Ernest William Haslehust (1866-1949) of a traditional English country manor ho...
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1950s British Vintage Posters

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Paper

Original Vintage Advertising Poster Barcelona International Exposition 1929 Fair
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster for the Exposicion Internacional Barcelona International Exposition held from 20 May 1929 to 15 January 1930 featuring an Art Deco illustration of...
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1920s Spanish Art Deco Vintage Posters

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Paper

"Illinois. 1818 Centennial 1918." Vintage Poster by Willy Sesser, 1918
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is a very rare and collectible 1918 Illinois Centennial poster by Willy Sesser. The poster is offered here in its largest issued size, printed in full color. The poster wa...
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1910s American Art Deco Vintage Posters

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Paper

Original Vintage Propaganda Poster Vote Peace And Socialism East Germany DDR
Located in London, GB
Original vintage East German political propaganda poster - Wir sind 900 millionen Auch deine stimme fur frieden und sozialismus! / We are 900 million Also your vote for peace and soc...
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1950s German Vintage Posters

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Paper

Original Vintage Airline Travel Poster Las Vegas TWA David Klein Midcentury
Located in London, GB
Original vintage mid-century airline travel poster advertising Las Vegas Fly TWA Trans World Airlines featuring a colourful design by the notable American artist David Klein (1918-20...
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1950s American Vintage Posters

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Paper

1953 The Wild One Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
Released in 1953, "The Wild One" became a great hit, in no small part thanks to the iconic character of Johnny Strabler. The role and film continued to help Marlon Brando solidify hi...
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1950s American Vintage Posters

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Linen, Paper

Original Vintage Music Poster Jazz At Chelsea Mike Daniels Delta Jazzmen Beatty
Located in London, GB
Original vintage music poster advertising a Jazz At Chelsea performance by Mike Daniels Delta Jazzmen featuring Doreen Beatty with an Interval Band the Riverside Jazzmen at Chelsea C...
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1950s British Vintage Posters

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Paper

Original Antique Advertising Poster Lloyds France Maritime Transports Insurance
Located in London, GB
Original antique insurance advertising poster for Lloyd de France Maritime Transports Societe Anonyme d'Assurances au Capital de 25 Millions de Francs Branche Fluviale Assurances Flu...
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1920s French Vintage Posters

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Paper

Original Vintage Military Propaganda Poster Pilot Protecting Homeland USSR
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet military propaganda poster - Let's Protect Our Country / Бережем страну родную! - featuring a dynamic illustration of a pilot in a cockpit of a plane flying a...
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1950s Russian Vintage Posters

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Paper

Original Antique Advertising Poster Cycles Dilecta Georges Favre Art Deco Design
Located in London, GB
Original antique advertising poster for a French brand of bicycles - Cycles Dilecta - featuring a colourful dynamic Art Deco design depicting a stylised figure of a cyclist leaning f...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Posters

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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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