The Great Escape

Original concept artwork, graphite drawing on illustration board The artwork is by Victor Gadino (dates unknown) Paramount Pictures would have commissioned a few artists to put for...

Original Belgian movie poster for David Lean's film adaptation of Charles Dickens famous novel. The artwork on this poster is unique to the film B...

Original British film poster for The Ipcress File 1965. This British espionage film was directed by Sidney J. Furie, and stars Michael Caine as Harry Palm...

Original 1968 style a US film poster. The artwork is by Jack Davis (1924-2016) Two different US one sheets were printed for this film. This style a design is by far the rarer of the two The party is built around the classic premise of the fish out of water...

Original US poster for The Sopranos. The show premiered on HBO on January 10, 1999. The series ran for 86 episodes until 2007. The poster was used to ad...

Original British film poster for The Shining 1980. This chilling horror was directed by Stanley Kubrick, and stars Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall and...

Based on a first hand account of the true mass escape of the prisoners of war from Stalag Luft III German POW Camp in Nazi Germany, The Great Escape has become one of the most beloved films of the 20th Century. With an all-star cast lead by Steve McQueen and featuring James Garner, Richard Attenborough, Charles Bronson and James Coburn, the film depicts a heavily fictionalised version of the events described in Paul Brickhill’s 1950 book...

Great antique "The Great Heaney" Magician advertising poster/window card dating from the 1920s. This is an original and was printed on a thick stock paper board. In very nice origina...

The Life of a Forgotten Magicians We are proud to offer a unique collection of one of London’s most unquestionably entertaining magicians known as Bernard and Ms Radar. A fascinating collection of 1940s-1960s items relating to the telepathic magic act 'Bernard and Miss Radar', a mind reading husband and wife duo, who extensively toured British theatres performing their telepathy based act and who were apparently the recipients of the 'World Convention of Magicians Award', which they received at the Magic Circle Convention in London in 1955. The collection comprises the basis for their act; 2 large handmade jigsaw puzzles, a “Radar” hat, top hat and other associated items with which they performed. There is also a large quantity (over 1000) of publicity photographs, theatre contracts, Magic Circle programmes, scrapbooks and other ephemera relating to their career, plus approximately fifteen original 1940s and 1950s theatre and other posters and several hand bills and flyers, all including Bernard and Miss Radar on the billing, along with other variety acts of the period. Some of the theatre posters included are; The Hippodrome, Eastbourne, Arcadia Theatre, Skegness, Commodore, Ryde, The Knightstone, Weston-Super-Mare and The Palace Theatre, Reading, which now all been framed to preserve them for display. Dimensions in inches: (Poster sizes) H 32” x W 22” x D 2” Origin: England Condition: Aged through wear and tear is present across all the item, some fading across the posters however they are not torn or damp. Some of the hand painted items also show aged wear and light discolouration. Please take note that these items are over 70 years old and would have been used as part of this magician’s act, therefore its safe to say these items all show age, however, are very well preserved. Please review all the photos and propose questions were unsure of the condition to avoid any disappointment. Over 1000 artifacts - most not pictured due to volume of items. Postage cost is high due to the weight (30kg) and volume of items in this lot, 10 posts mounted, 1 full box of archived material, top hat box...

Vintage Postmodern /1980s Art Deco Revival Inspired Great Escapes on Beckett Cambric Paper Framed Print. Features the image of a sealing boat superposed over a Caribbean Sea Cartog...

The Graphic Imperative: International Posters for Peace, Social Justice & the Environment, 1965-2005 by Elizabeth Resnick. Massacchusetts College of Art...

Presented is a vintage U.S. Army recruitment poster, dating to World War I. The poster depicts an Army officer conferring with a soldier. They stand next to an artillery battery, manned by two soldiers. Their fort looks over a cliff, with water and clouds completing the background. The text "Men Wanted for the Army" is printed in bold red letters at the top of the poster. The bottom margin of the poster includes a cartouche where the name of the recruiting station can be filled in. The color lithograph was illustrated by Michael P...