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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 ...
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Danish Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage War Poster Careless Talk Costs Lives No Harm Restaurant WWII
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster by the notable British cartoonist and illustrator Fougasse (Cyril Kenneth Bird; 1887-1965), from the popular iconic Careless Talk Costs Lives wa...
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British Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Soviet Agricultural Poster Azerbaijan Cotton Production USSR
Located in London, GB
Original vintage agricultural poster featuring an image of a smiling farm worker holding a crop of cotton in front of blooming cotton flowe...
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Azerbaijani Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Chinese Propanda Poster, Persist in Physical Labor...1970
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
An original vintage Chinese propaganda poster, "Persist in Physical Labor for Continuous Revolution".
Bright, vivid colors. Framed with a black, metal frame and acrylic.
Not a...
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Chinese Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
Original Vintage War Poster Slavic Unity Death Sentence For German Beasts WWII
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster - Jednota slovanu v boji tot rozsudek smrti nad nemeckymi bestiemi! / Slavic unity in battle that's a death sentence for the German beasts! - fe...
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Czech Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Chinese Propanda Poster, Lessons from Dazhai, 1960
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
An original vintage Chinese propaganda poster, "Lessons from Dazhai".
Bright, vivid colors. Framed with a black, metal frame and acrylic.
Not a Chinese export poster. Produced...
Category
Chinese Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
A Hard Day's Night
Located in London, GB
Original US Lobby card number 1 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...
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American Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
The Mystery of the Wax Museum
Located in London, GB
Exceptionally rare original 1933 US Lobby card for horror mystery film The Mystery of the Wax Museum.
The film was directed by Michael Curtiz and starred Lionel Atwill, Fay Ray and G...
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American Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
To Kill a Mockingbird
Located in London, GB
Original 1962 US Lobby card number 5 for the drama film To Kill a Mockingbird. This is one of the great courtroom drama films.
The film was directed by Robert Mulligan and starred Gr...
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American Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Hong Kong Qantas Harry Rogers Australian Airline
By Harry Rogers
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for Hong Kong fly there by Qantas Australia's round the world airline. Fantastic artwork by Harry Rogers (1929-2012) depicting a busy street scene full...
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Australian Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original vintage opsaaal African American people poster 1968
Located in Brønshøj, DK
Original vintage Opsaaal African American People poster, 1968. Solidarity with the african american people - 18th August.
In fair vintage condition; see ...
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Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Soviet Travel Poster Visitez L'URSS En Auto VW Intourist USSR
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster - Visitez L'URSS en Auto! / Visit the USSR by Car - issued by the Soviet state travel agency Intourist featuring a photomontage design depicting two pe...
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Russian Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Vintage Mural Wall Chart Quentell Freshwater Algae Plants Maritime Decoration
Located in Berghuelen, DE
A countrycore rollable Jung-Koch-Quentell wall chart showing freshwater algae. Used as teaching material in German schools. Colorful print on paper reinforced with canvas. Published ...
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German Country Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paper
Original Vintage Soviet Poster Inspired Workers Science Space Farming Military
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet propaganda poster - (Let's Give) Our inspired work to the Motherland! / ??????-??? ???? ????????????! - featuring a dynamic design depicting three images of p...
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Russian Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Visit Portugal Yacht Sailboat Quinas Portuguesa
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster - Visitez Le Portugal / Visit Portugal - featuring a stunning design depicting a boat with a large red sail full in the wind sailing along a river thro...
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Portuguese Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Flamingo Road / Viale Flamingo
Located in London, GB
Original Italian film poster for the 1949 Film Noir directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Joan Crawford, Sydney Greenstreet and Zachary Scott. This siz...
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Italian Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Propaganda Poster USSR USA Superman Cold War Soviet Union Comic
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Superman style poster - CCCP USA - by the renowned graphic designer Roman Cieslewicz (1930-1996) featuring a colourful image of mirro...
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French Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
The Joker is Wild
Located in London, GB
Original British film poster for the 1957 film The Joker is Wild.
This film was directed by Charles Vidor and starred Frank Sinatra, Mitzi Gaynor and Jeanne Crain.
This poster is con...
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British Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
"North By Northwest" Photograph
Located in London, GB
Original American black and white studio photographic production still for Alfred Hitchcock's Classic thriller starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, Ja...
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American Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Original Vintage Travel Poster Imperial Airways British Airline Heracles Plane
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster - Imperial Airways The British Air Line Travel in perfect comfort by the largest air liners in the World to Europe ...
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British Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Island Of Cyprus Illustrated Map Mediterranean
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for the Island of Cyprus featuring a map of the ancient historic island country in the Mediterranean Sea marking various towns, the mountain ranges and...
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British Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster Cadiz Best Beach Great Summer Holidays Water Ski Travel
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for Great Summer holidays Cadiz The best beach in the South / Grandes fiestas veraniegas Cadiz la mejor playa del sur featuring a great image of a smil...
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Spanish Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
The Thief of Bagdad
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster for the 1940 Adventure Fantasy Film The Thief of Bagdad.
This film starred Conrad Veidt, Sabu and June Duprez and was directed by
a host of wonderful directo...
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American Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Rare Original Vintage Travel Poster Air Liban Middle East Airlines Lebanon Map
Located in London, GB
Rare original vintage travel poster for Air Liban advertising flights around the middle east - Egypt / Egypte, Saudi Arabia / Arabie Seoudite, Kuwait / Kowait, Cyprus / Chypre, Iraq,...
Category
Lebanese Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Italian Futurist Medical Sketch of a Campaign Against Tuberculosis 1930
Located in Milan, IT
Sketch for a poster against tuberculosis "Donate money for the poor sick ones with tuberculosis" made using a mixed technique of pastel and watercolor for the Italian National Campai...
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Italian Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Vendee France Gondola Boat Sailing Atlantic Coast
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for Vendee France featuring a colourful illustration of a smiling man on a gondola boat with a seagull flying overhead, tal...
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French Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Sensualita
Located in London, GB
This is an extremely rare original Italian film poster for the 1952 film Sensualita
This film starred Marcello Mastroianni. Eleonora Rossi Drago and Amedeo Nazzari. The film was dir...
Category
Italian Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Woman in the Window / La Donna Del Ritratto
Located in London, GB
Original Belgian film poster for Fritz Langs 1944 Film Noir starring Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett
This atmospheric poster was designed for the films Belgian re-release in the 19...
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Belgian Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop / La vittima sommersa
Located in London, GB
This is a very rare original Italian film poster. This piece was printed in two sheets, and designed to be pasted onto billboards. Therefore only unused examples survived. This poster was designed by one of the maters of Italian poster design Luigi Martinati (1893-1984)
This crime mystery film from 1937 was directed by William Clemens and starred Donald Woods...
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Italian Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage WWII Poster Careless Talk Strictly Between You And Me Fougasse
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster by the notable British cartoonist and illustrator Fougasse (Cyril Kenneth Bird; 1887-1965) from the popular and iconic Careless Talk Costs Lives...
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British Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
The Asphalt Jungle
Located in London, GB
Original Japanese film poster for the 1950 Film Noir. This is on of Marilyn Monroe's This poster is from the first Japanese release of the film in 1954
This is one of her early films...
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Japanese Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
To Catch A Thief (1963r)
Located in London, GB
To Catch A Thief (1963r) - FRAMED
Photo Still (8 X 10 Inches)
Original 1963 re-release Paramount Pictures photographic production still #11511-51
A framed still from To Catch a Thi...
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Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Drawing on Paper by Filippo De Pisis, Authenticated Pandolfini, 1930s
Located in taranto, IT
pencil on paper by filippo de pisis from 1931,
21 x 30 cm, authentic pandolfini with auction catalog
Very good condition, as shown in the photos, already framed
signed in penc...
Category
Italian Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Limited Edition Lithographic Poster of the exhibition Drawings by Picasso, 1961
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Original 1961 Exhibition Poster – "Dibujos de Picasso II," Sala Gaspar, Barcelona
Artist: Pablo Picasso
Exhibition: "Dibujos de Picasso 1961," Sala Gaspar, Barcelona
Year: 1961
M...
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Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Vivre Sa Vie
Located in London, GB
Original French promotional brochure cover for Jean-Luc Godard's classic French new wave film from (1962)
Susan Sontag, author and cultural critic, has described Godard's achievemen...
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French Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
Located in London, GB
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
Original US One Sheet (27 X 41 Inches)
Tough as nails, nonconformist Luke Jackson (Paul Newman), is sent to a Florida prison camp, where his troubles really be...
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Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Roman Holiday (1960r)
Located in London, GB
Roman Holiday (1960r) - FRAMED
Photo Still (8 X 10 Inches)
Original Photographic Production still #10059-128.
This is a 1960 re-release black & white publicity still, that was also...
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Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree
Located in London, GB
Original US lobby card for Walt Disney's animation Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day 1968.
This piece would have been used to advertise the film inside the cinema foyer.
This fil...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
The Third Man
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster for The Third Man.
This powerful film noir was directed by Carol Reed and written by Graham Greene. The film stars Orson Welles,...
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American Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Juke Girl
Located in London, GB
Original Us film poster for the 1942 Film Juke Girl.
directed by Curtis Bernhardtand starred Ann Sheridan and Ronald Reagan.
This poster is conservation linen backed and it would be ...
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American Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
The Philadelphia Story
Located in London, GB
Original Japanese film poster for the classic 1940 comedy
starring Cary Grant, Katherine Hepburn and James Stewart.
The art work on this poster is unique to the films first release ...
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Japanese Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Lolita (1962)
Located in London, GB
Lolita (1962)
Original US One Sheet (27 X 41 Inches)
Stanley Kubrick directs this brilliant adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov's classic novel. James Mason, as disturbed Professor Humbe...
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Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
5th San Francisco Film Festival (1961)
Located in London, GB
5th San Francisco Film Festival (1961)
Original One Sheet (27 X 41 Inches)
Original, vintage poster for the 5th San Francisco International Film Festival. Amazing artwork by the leg...
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Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Lolita (1962) - FRAMED
Located in London, GB
Lolita (1962) - FRAMED
Original US window card (14 X 22 Inches)
This original poster showcases Bert Stern's iconic image of Sue Lyon for Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of Vladimir Nab...
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Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Military Army Poster Join A Scottish Regiment Scotland For Ever
Located in London, GB
Original vintage military recruitment poster - Join a Scottish Regiment "Scotland for ever" The Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons) Scots Guards The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) The Royal Scots Fusiliers The King's Own Scottish Borderers The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles...
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British Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Chinese Propanda Poster, Keep the Country in Heart & the Whole
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
An original vintage Chinese propaganda poster with "Keep the Country in Heart & the Whole World in Mind" written in Chinese on the bottom. Bright, vivid colors. Framed with a b...
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Chinese Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Acrylic, Wood, Paper
The Phantom of the Opera
Located in London, GB
Original British fHammer Horror film poster for the 1962.
This film starred Herbert Lom and Heather Sears and was directed by Terence Fisher.
This...
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British Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Train Travel Poster Broadway Limited Pennsylvania Railroad USA
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster advertising the Broadway Limited (1912-1995) passenger train services operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad PRR (Pennsy; founded 1846) featuring an ima...
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American Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
The Thomas Crown Affair
Located in London, GB
Original Japanese film poster for the 1968 romance, thriller directed by Norman Jewison and staring Steve McQueen and Faye.
This poster is the rare larg...
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Japanese Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
1940 El Lissitzky ‘Beat the whites ‘ reprint lithograph in colours
By El Lissitzky
Located in London, GB
Bolshevik propaganda poster
Beat the whites (Tsars White Russians) with the red wedge
Constructivism art, this reprint litho from the 1917 original ...
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Ukrainian Other Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
"She's Ready, Too. Buy War Bonds" Vintage WWII Bonds Poster, 1942
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is a vintage WWII War Bonds poster, printed in 1942. In the poster, a confident woman sets out with conviction to buy war bonds, her hand over her pocketbook. As the woman ...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Rare Original French National and Southern Railway Cross Channel Services Poster
Located in London, GB
Rare original vintage travel advertising poster published by the Chemins de Fer de l'Etat Francais / National French Railways and Southern Railway to promote their Rapide Manche Ocea...
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French Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Advertising Poster Orient Calls Tourist Conference Satomi Asia
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster - Orient Calls Oriental Tourist Conference - featuring colourful artwork by the notable Japanese graphic designer Munetsugu Satomi...
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Japanese Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Escalation
Located in London, GB
Original Italian film poster for the 1968 film Escalation.
This film starred Lino Capolicchio and Claudine , and was directed by Roberto Faenza.
The very cool art work on this poste...
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Italian Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Poster Service To Industry Shipbuilding British Railways Train
Located in London, GB
Original vintage British Railways poster - service to industry shipbuilding - featuring industrial artwork by Norman Hepple (1908-1994) showing work...
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British Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Kumonoso / Throne of Blood
Located in London, GB
Original Japanese film poster for the 1957 war, drama directed Akira Kurosawa and starring Toshiro Mifune.
The film is a brilliant adaptation of William Shakespeare's Macbeth.
This p...
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Japanese Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Once Upon a Time In The West (1969)
Located in London, GB
Once Upon a Time In The West (1969)
Original British Quad (30 X 40 Inches)
Original poster from the 1969 first release of Sergio Leone's master work in the UK. Probably one of the b...
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Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
The Misfits
Located in London, GB
Original candid photographic production still for the film The Misfits.
This film was written by Arthur Miller, directed by John Huston, and stars Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe and Mon...
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American Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
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