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About Vintage Posters
In 1867, Jules Cheret, inspired by Japanese woodcuts, used the newly-developed four-color lithograph system to combine text and images into a new, easily produced, temporary form of advertising – the poster. Soon, European artists like Alphonse Mucha, Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, and Theophile-Alexandre Steinlen were creating posters combining Art Nouveau aesthetics with easily understandable advertising.
Vintage posters are highly collectible as they c...
There are many collectible poster varieties, such as wartime, movies, music, political, sports, circus, aviation, railroad, and pure art posters. Condition, rarity, and attractiveness are especially critical with posters. Do your homework before you buy.
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Interviews & Articles
An Interview With Poster Designer David Lance Goines
I don’t collect posters. I don’t collect anything. I started making posters one at a time by hand in high school just for specific… [more]
Guest Column: Collecting Vintage Magic Posters
What are vintage magic posters? Posters of magicians printed by the stone lithography method qualify as vintage magic posters.… [more]
An Interview With Vintage Movie Poster Collector Sam Sarowitz
Our first book was called "The Independent Movie Poster Book" and that was published by Harry Abrams. The focus was all independen… [more]
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Best of the Web (“Hall of Fame”)
London Transport Museum Posters
A must-see collection of 5,000 vivid, colorful British posters from the early 1900s onward. Browse by artist (over … [read review or visit site]
Circusmuseum.nl
Step right up and check out almost 8,000 beautiful circus posters, photos and prints. Assembled by longtime Dutch c… [read review or visit site]
Fillmore and Avalon Collection
Wish you'd visited San Francisco in the late 1960s? Get a quick hit with this comprehensive collection of psychadel… [read review or visit site]
MagicGallery.com
This collection of hundreds of posters, cards and portaits from the 'golden age of magic' (1890-1930) is organized … [read review or visit site]
USSR Posters
Ben Perry's Flickr photoset showcasing almost 1500 Soviet propaganda, advertising, theatre and movie posters from 1… [read review or visit site]
New York Public Library
The New York Public Library's impressive Digital Gallery offers free access to over 500,000 historical images inclu… [read review or visit site]
The American Memory Project
This amazing Library of Congress site includes about a hundred photo and document collections (see complete list) o… [read review or visit site]
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Top eBay Auctions
Jimi Hendrix "original" Baton Rouge Concert Poster 1968
Gf Lady Gaga Signed & Framed Poster
Orig. Henir Matisse Lithograph Poster - French Travel
The Beatles Hard Days Night 1964 1-sheet Poster
White Stripes Rob Jones 2005 Na Tour Poster Set Mint
Elvis Presley Singer '68 Comeback Store Poster
Phish Saratoga 8/16/2009 Tyler Stout Poster Autographed
Janet Jackson 20 Y.o.8 Ft.x 8 Ft Huge Rare Vinyl Poster
Bob Fried Grateful Dead Trip & Ski Poster
Avatar Cast Signed D/s Poster Autographed Low Number
Avatar Cast Signed D/s Poster Autographed Low Number
Original 1932 Frank Mason Lner Railway Poster England
Star Wars Howard Chaykin Poster No.1 Original 1976 Mint
Original 1963 Shelby Racing Cobra 289 Blueprint Poster 
Phish Poster Print Jim Pollock Msg 09 New York Framed
1985 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Fest Poster
Louis Armstrong New Orleans Jazz Fest Sgnd Poster 2001
Spade Cooley Western Swing Boxing Style Show Poster
Phish Pollock Shoreline 2000 Poster Orig #494/600
Crazy Horse Fillmore Era Concert Poster Shrine 1968
Original Signed Poster Of Cast Of 8 Of "inception"
Il Travatore Opera Poster, Italy, 1853, Official Stamp
Scarce—carter The Great Magic Poster- Devil 
Signed 61st Primetime Emmy Poster Simon Baker +
Signed 61st Primetime Emmy Poster Ricky Gervais +
Grateful Dead Ben Franklin 1/17/68 Poster Original!!!
Tool Red Rocks June 28 Tour Poster Signed Rare Mint
Fifa Art Poster - Andreas Gursky - Signed & Numbered 
Walking Dead Comic Con Frank Darabont + Signed Poster
Framed Jimi Hendrix Poster-colored Tubes As Dreadlocks
Autographed Casino Poster
"dick Tracy's G-men" Chapter 1 1-sheet Movie Poster '39
Orig 1936 British Empire Trophy Race Donington Poster
Tex Williams Western Swing Boxing Style Show Poster
Blackline Garage Shock Coop Poster Rare Frankenstein 
Vintage Apple Computer Macintosh Poster Mac 28 X 22
Night Music Zeta-jones Lansbury Sondheim Signed Poster
Phish Concert Poster/ Big Cypress/ Numbered
Beatles A Hard Day's Night 1964 Japan Orig.movie Poster
Beatles Help! 1965 Japan Orig. Movie Poster Rock'n Roll
Autographed Pearl Jam Poster Signed Stl Mo Eddie Vedder
Sdcc 2010 Comic Con Green Lantern Signed Poster & Mag
Supernatural Signed Comic Con Poster Jensen Ackles +bag
Dirty Harry 1971 Original 1 Sheet Poster Linen F-vf
Signed Vintage Mambo Reg Mombassa Poster
Original 1960 Targa Florio Race Poster Grand Prix Fia
Original 1960 Le Mans 24 Hours Poster 
Jefferson Airplane Original Fillmore Poster 1966
Star Wars Polish One Sheet C3po "snow" Poster 1979 Mint
Vintage Nurburgring Auto Racing Poster 1962
1946 Framed Coke Poster
1996 Church Of Satan Poster By Coop Signed Silver Rare
The Walking Dead Cast Signed X8 Poster / Litho Sdcc
Big Bang Theory Cast Signed Poster Comic Con + Candids
Michael Jackson Dangerous "autographed" Promo Poster 
2 Tool Concert Poster 7/18 19 Signed Los Angeles Nokia
Zoltron Primus San Francisco Ca 10 Poster Coffee Ed Sn
Nurburgring Auto Racing Poster 1962 Authentic
Fifa Art Poster - Beatriz Milhazes - Signed & Numbered 
Original Wwi Food Administration Poster By Christy
Recent News: Posters
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Seeing the World Around You Through Your Phone
New York Times, July 28th
I opened Google's Goggles on a MyTouch 3G Slide, from T-Mobile, and pointed it at a reproduction of a vintage poster I've had hanging in my living room for...Read more
Ekta uses vintage poster style to promote film
Hindustan Times, July 28thEkta Kapoor is leaving no stone unturned to promote her film, Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai, that opens this Friday. While her stars, Ajay Devgn,...Read more
Ekta Kapoor's style of vintage B'wood!
Times of India, July 25thOnce Upon a Time in Mumbaai indeed promises to transport us to the 70s era, but the one challenge that Ekta Kapoor faced was the projection of the 70s mood...Read more
Vintage whimsy
Los Angeles Times, July 24th
Working in the back room of his Weidman Gallery, a vintage poster and framing shop on La Cienega Boulevard, he created about 300 designs and made thousands...Read more
Vintage movie posters sold at Texas auction
The Lacombe Globe, July 21stA Lacombe resident scored $44200 off vintage movie posters at a Dallas, Texas auction last weekend. Three years ago, Blaire Pitre, 39 made a wealthy...Read more
Ralph Lauren vintage travel poster beach towel
Retro To Go (blog), July 19thSoon to jet off to a glamorous location and looking for something to mark your lounger in style? This beach towel, taken from the latest Ralph Lauren...Read more
Filmmaker producing documentary on daredevil Lucky Teter
Indianapolis Star, July 15thHall became interested in Teter after seeing a vintage poster in an office at the Indiana State Fairgrounds advertising a show from more than 65 years ago...Read more
Space Age Décor
New York Observer, July 6th
a "one-sheet" poster for the 1932 movie The Mummy fetched $453500 at Sotheby's in 1997, the highest price for a vintage poster ever sold at auction...Read more