These is something warm and nostalgic about old advertising posters. Their bright colours, quirky artwork and fun catchphrases transport us to their long-lost world. They were each created to show how their product epitomised a bright new future of innovation or excellence. Today these posters really suit our modern walls as they provide us with an engaging item without the formalities of more formal art works. Although 2 tone colour printing began in the early 19th Century, it was not really until the late 19th Century that it was widely employed for advertising posters.
During the 19th Century most posters were text heavy, but as the 20th Century came about a shift took place whereby advertising posters became predominantly about the image and far less about the associated text. Either type of paper poster can look great on display, and it just comes down to whichever piece appeals to you. Posters from the 1940s onwards are particularly popular right now. Of course, people have been reproducing old posters for many years now, but since the paper and printing process is very different nothing is as appealing as an original.
At Love Antiques we have a great selection of authentic antique and vintage posters to suit any wall space.
St John Ambulance Lithograph Poster - Original Anna Zinkeisen Officer & Nurse
£ 200
Krave Antiques
Framed World War 2 Miles M30 x Minor Experimental Aircraft Drawing
£ 159
Southwold Vintage and Antiques
Framed World War 2 Era Miles M-35 Libuellula Drawing, Ink on Linen
£ 159
Southwold Vintage and Antiques
Sir Peter Blake Inscribed Poster Entitled 'Doktor K. Tortur'
£ 1,195
Marlborough Antiques & Interiors
Poster by Joan Miro Advertising an Exhibition at Galalerie Maeght Lelong FIAC 85 at the Grand Palais, Paris
£ 70
21st Century Gallery
Poster for an Exhibition in 1986 'la Danseuse au Cheval' by Fernand Leger. Offset Litho Printed in France
£ 70
21st Century Gallery
Munich 1972 Olympic Games Edition 'Spirale' Emblem Official Poster
£ 12,000
Marlborough Antiques & Interiors
Vintage Underground Poster - “Little Venice” Canal Boat by John Finnie, 1965
£ 495
White’s Antiques
Framed Original Edwardian Poster for ‘Perfection Soap’ by J. Grosfield & Sons, Warrington
£ 340
Georgian Antiques
Famous World War 1 Framed Lithographic Poster From France
£ 1,600
Aeology at Relic Antiques
Enormous Marx Brothers Original Film Poster 'Un Jour Au Cirque'
£ 1,150
Rams Head Antiques
Original 1877 Complete Booklet for Pear's Soap Adverts For Complexion & Children
£ 26
Elder Books & Collectables
1951 Large Film Lobby Card Pandora & The Flying Dutchman James Mason Ava Gardner
£ 32
Elder Books & Collectables
1963 Original Large Film Poster Lobby Card The Sadist Starring Arch Hall
£ 38
Elder Books & Collectables
1951 Large Size Film Lobby Card For Amor Perdido Amalia Aguilar Original Print
£ 48
Elder Books & Collectables
1941 Large Film Poster Lobby Card For The Great Train Robbery Original Print
£ 35
Elder Books & Collectables
Large 1920s Packaging Adverting Label from Rangoon Oosman & Abdul Sattar
£ 60
Elder Books & Collectables
Coffee House Adverts From 1876 & 1877 for R Thompson, Tea & Coffee Merchants.
£ 150
Elder Books & Collectables
1885 Anti Gladstone Cartoon Practice vs Preaching, Sudan Military Campaigns
£ 120
Elder Books & Collectables
Framed Antique Advertisement, English, Advert, Carbosil Soap - Victorian c.1900
£ 575
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