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Vintage Posters

Original vintage posters, restored and mounted on canvas including the great classics of French and international cinema, original advertising posters, posters promoting the great regions of France and French state-owned industries (the Navy, Air France, national railway services...), historic exhibitions, theatrical performances and legendary venues...
These original artefacts afford us a glimpse into the past which, as the saying goes, is in itself a foreign country. As one of the main mediums of information of their time, many generations grew up discovering and understanding the world through the information they contained. Both in cities and rural areas, the only information at their disposal would have come through these posters, be that propaganda or advertising.
The invention of the lithograph at the end of the 18th century in Germany, revolutionised European printing. By the early and mid-19th century it was completely transformed into the great industry that we recognise today.
Bigger equipment allowed for larger formats to be printed and led to the creation of ever more spectacular posters that were put together using several sheets of paper such as Henri de Toulouse Lautrec’s “La Goulue”. Chéret’s large format designs soon followed suit. A hundred and thirty years ago, works of art were being reproduced as lithographs and stuck up in the street, becoming the standard medium of information throughout France and Western Europe.
Who could have guessed that these documents, known as the “poor man’s painting”, would one day become such sought-after collector’s items?
Original vintage posters are popular all around the world; they bear great sentimental value and reference places or forgotten brands that remind us of our own shared history. The demand for original posters has never been greater or more diverse, especially since being shared so prominently on social media. Original posters vary greatly in value depending on specific criteria and are sorted into categories such as travelling, advertising of goods and services, cinema, exhibitions and great shows.

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Original vintage travel poster Visitez la côte basque - France - Railways - SNCF - Bernard Villemot - 38.98 by 24.61 inches
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Vintage travel poster by Bernard Villemot from 1957 - Visitez la...

Original vintage travel poster created by Bernard Villemot in 1957, Visit the Basque coast with the trains and coaches of the French National Railway Company - SNCF

Printed by: Publicité Hubert Baille

Printing type: Lithography

Dimensions: 39 x 24.6 inches

Linen backed

Condition: A

Price €3,000.00
Original vintage travel poster Visitez le mont Saint Michel - France - SNCF - Bernard Villemot - 38.98 by 24.21 inches
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Vintage travel poster by Bernard Villemot from 1957 - Visitez le...

Original vintage travel poster created by Bernard Villemot in 1957, Visit Mont Saint Michel with the trains and coaches of the French National Railway Company - SNCF

Printed by: Éditions Hubert Baille & Cie, Paris

Printing type: Lithography

Dimensions: 39 x 24.2 inch

Linen backed

Condition: A

Price €1,500.00
Original vintage advertising poster Liqueurs de la grande Chartreuse - G. Favre - Circa 1920 - 62.6 by 47.24 inches
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Vintage advertising poster by G. Favre Circa 1920 - Liqueurs de la...

Original vintage advertising poster created by G. Favre Circa 1920, Liqueurs de la grande Chartreuse - Made today as in the past by the Chartreuse Fathers

Printed by: Affiches Gaillard

Printing type: Lithograph

Dimensions: 62.6 x 47.2 inches

Linen backed

Condition: A

Price €2,500.00
Original vintage travel poster Saint-Gervais-les-Bains - Geo Dorival - 40.94 by 29.33 inches
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Vintage travel poster by Geo Dorival from 1913 -...

Original vintage travel poster created by Geo Dorival in 1913, Saint-Gervais-les-Bains - PLM - Hydro-mineral and climatic station - Route des Alpes - Rack railway of Mont-Blanc

Printed by: Cornille & Serre

Type of printing: Lithography

Dimensions: 40.9 x 29.3 inches

Linen backed

Condition: B (Restored tear in the text)

Price €3,000.00
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