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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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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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