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Posters For Sale
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The Gold Rush R1973 Czech A1 Film Poster, Grygar, Chaplin
Located in Bath, Somerset
Wonderful design by Milan Grygar features on the 70s re-release Czech film poster for Charles Chaplin classic, The Gold Rush. Like their neighbours in Poland, the designers of the...
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20th Century Czech Posters

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Paper

Vintage Commercial Sign, English, Bronze, Sign-Written, Name Plaque, circa 1950
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage commercial sign. An English, bronze sign-written name plaque for Phoenix Assurance, dating to the mid-20th century, circa 19...
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Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Posters

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Bronze

Gilt and Patinated Bronze Plaque, Japan, circa 1900
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Gilt and patinated bronze plaque. Japan, circa 1900.
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Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Antique Posters

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Bronze

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Point Blank 1970 Polish A1 Film Poster
Located in New York, NY
Original 1970 Polish A1 poster by Bronislaw Zelek for the first Polish theatrical release of the 1967 film Point Blank directed by John Boorman with Lee Marvin / Angie Dickinson...
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1970s Polish Vintage Posters

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The Exorcist 1973 French Grande Film Poster
Located in New York, NY
Original 1973 French grande poster for the film The Exorcist directed by William Friedkin with Ellen Burstyn / Max von Sydow / Lee J. Cobb / Kitty Winn. V...
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Cinderella R1950s Japanese B2 Film Movie Poster, Disney
Located in Bath, Somerset
An incredibly rare early Japanese Cinderella poster. The RKO Radio's logo indicates that it is most likely an early 1950s re-release or, possibly, a ...
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20th Century Japanese Posters

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Linen, Paper

The Empire Strikes Back 1980 Japanese B2 Snow Style Film Movie Poster, Ohrai
Located in Bath, Somerset
Noriyoshi Ohrai’s ‘snow’ design on the Japanese film poster for The Empire Strikes Back is one of our favourites. A fab poster. This original vintage...
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20th Century Japanese Posters

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"Tron" Japanese Film Movie Poster, 1982
Located in Bath, Somerset
The very cool Japanese poster for Disney's TRON featuring some very electrifying artwork. Unusually, for a Japanese poster, it is printed in English. ...
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Paper

Vintage Swedish Engineering Educational Diagram Poster
Located in Atlanta, GA
Vintage Swedish engineering educational or instructional diagram printed as a poster on cardboard. String hanger.
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1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters

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Paper

Bedazzled 1968 Original Japanese Tatekan 2 Sheet Film Poster
Located in Bath, Somerset
We love this original Japanese 2 sheet (Tatekan) poster for Peter Cook and Dudley's Moore's classic Bedazzled. Fantastic colours. In Bedazzled, A bumbling short-order cook at Wimpy Burger in London, Stanley Moon (Dudley Moore) is infatuated with Margaret (Eleanor Bron), the statuesque waitress he works with. On the verge of suicide, he meets George Spiggott (Peter Cook), the devil, who, in return for his soul, grants him seven wishes to woo Margaret. Despite the wishes and the advice of the Seven Deadly Sins, including Lilian Lust (Raquel Welch), Stanley can't seem to win his love and shake the meddling Spiggott. The Japanese Tatekan...
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20th Century Japanese Posters

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Paper, Linen

Polar Bear, Belgium, Zoo, Poster, 1950, Vintage Rare
Located in Bath, Somerset
Original Antwerp Zoo Polar bear, 1950 poster with fabulous design by René Van Poppel. One of the most famous Zoo posters made by the Van Poppel studio with ...
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20th Century Belgian Posters

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Paper

Star Wars Darth Vader 1977 Vintage Factor Inc Commercial Poster
Located in Bath, Somerset
Fantastic original Authorised Commercial Star Wars poster from 1977 printed by Factors Inc. featuring everyone's favourite villian Darth Vader! This vintage poster has been professi...
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20th Century American Posters

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Paper

Yellow Submarine 1969 Japanese B2 Film Poster
Located in Bath, Somerset
We adore the colourful artwork on this original first-year-of-release Japanese film poster for the Fab Four's psychedelic musical Yellow Submarine. Suitabl...
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20th Century Japanese Posters

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Paper

Yellow Submarine 1969 Japanese B2 Film Poster
Yellow Submarine 1969 Japanese B2 Film Poster
H 28.63 in W 20.25 in D 0.1 in
Son of Godzilla 1967 Japanese Export Film Movie Poster, Linen Backed
Located in Bath, Somerset
Son of Godzilla 1967 Japanese export film movie poster We adore the kitsch design that feature on this rare original Japanese export film poster for...
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20th Century Japanese Posters

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Paper

Teen Wolf 1985 Japanese B2 Film Movie Poster
Located in Bath, Somerset
Teen Wolf the fantastic 1985 American coming-of-age comedy. Starring Michael J Fox. This Japanese poster is bright and vibrant is super condition. Thi...
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20th Century Japanese Posters

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Paper

Teen Wolf 1985 Japanese B2 Film Movie Poster
Teen Wolf 1985 Japanese B2 Film Movie Poster
H 28.75 in W 20.25 in D 0.1 in
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Bank of America Advertising Reverse Glass Mirror
Located in Fulton, CA
Unique reverse glass mirror sample advertising wall plaque for Bank of America by E. F. Twomey Company, Los Angeles, California. Fine gold leaf le...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Posters

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Gold Leaf

Original Vintage Winter Sport Travel Poster Arosa Switzerland Gold Medal Award
Located in London, GB
Original vintage winter sport travel poster for Arosa 6000ft. Switzerland featuring the award winning design by the notable Swiss graphic artist Alex Walter Diggelmann (1902-1987) de...
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1930s Swiss Vintage Posters

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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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