Appreciating Vintage Posters

Understanding the history of posters will make you appreciate more the value of your vintage posters collection.

Having knowledge on its history will also help you determine a vintage poster's worth.

Vintage poster is any printed material that may be graphic, textual or both. Its purpose is to convey different kinds of messages.

This is one of the reasons that posters are made to be very attractive and attention- grabbing.

Different Uses of a Vintage Posters

• Advertising Tool. Posters are used to advertise different events, like concerts, stage plays and films. They are also used to advertise and launch various products.
• Political groups also use posters to communicate political propaganda and protests.
• Posters are also used for artwork reproductions.
  Famous works of various artists are reproduced and sold in the market.

Types of Vintage Posters

• Political Posters
  Political posters are very famous, especially during the first and second world wars. Most of these vintage posters are calling for awareness and participation of citizens.
  Examples of some slogans used in political posters are "Uncle Sam wants you" and "Loose Lips Sink Ships". Political propaganda and motivation are easily communicated through the use of posters. These vintage posters are distributed and displayed on the streets. Political posters had been very effective in raising people's awareness. Examples of political posters that became famous through time are those of the great patriotic war and Rosie the Riveter posters
• Advertising, Events, Film and Affirmation Posters
  The most commonly collected vintage posters are those of movies and concerts. The value of these posters can increase even more as time passes. Posters of dead artists are also given higher value. The limited number of comic book posters also has a high value because copies of this type of posters are very limited. Just like vintage comic books, a vintage comic book poster can cost you a fortune.
  Affirmation vintage posters became popular collectibles not really because of how much they cost but because of the messages they convey. Messages like "Hope", "Leadership" and "Love" are some of the most common concepts of affirmation posters.
• Cheesecake Posters
  As the popularity of posters increases, another type started to circulate the market in the 1920s. These posters usually show beautiful women and commonly have an erratic theme.
• A Brief History
  Posters have been around for a very long time. The invention of different printing techniques and mechanisms gave birth to the modern posters around 1870. Lithography paved the way to bulk productions of posters.

According to John Barnicoat, with the popularity of posters, they eventually became a vital art form. Almost every artist wants to create a poster.

Concepts such as Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Symbolism, Bauhaus and Hippie are commonly used and integrated in posters.

It is said that the Father of advertisement placards is Jules Cheret. He, together with Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, created numerous poster arts in the 1890s, when the art of poster making started to spread in Europe.

If you want to start a vintage poster collection, it's always a good idea to choose the type of poster you want to collect and build your collection from there.

Be careful in choosing posters to add in your collection as there are a lot of fake vintage posters circulating in the market.

Vintage Posters Collection

	Spider-Man Original Vintage 1974 Poster Sale Price: $75.00
	ORIGINAL VINTAGE 1974 SPIDER-MAN MARVEL POSTER!! Size: 24" X 36"

COUPLE FAST CAR BUGATTI ITALIA ITALY ITALIAN LARGE VINTAGE POSTER CANVAS REPRO Sale Price: $65.80

ARTWORK ON CANVAS !!!!!! THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL / GREAT QUALITY REPRODUCTION ON A 100% COTTON CANVAS WITH A GLOSSY FINISH !!! **GICLEE** TECHNIQUE. THE QUALITY OF THE IMAGES IS JUST AMAZING!!! 100% SATISFACTION GUARANTEE!!! IF YOU ARE NOT SATISFIED JUST RETURN THE CANVAS, NO QUESTIONS ASKED!!! IMAGE SIZE IS 20" X 30" - CANVAS SIZE IS 24" X 36" THIS CANVAS WILL MAKE A FANTASTIC ADDITION TO THE HOME DÉCOR!!! WE WILL SHIP THE CANVAS ROLLED UP INSIDE A HEAVY BROWN PAPER TUBE...

HORSES CAR RACE MORS FRANCE FRENCH LARGE VINTAGE POSTER CANVAS REPRO Sale Price: $65.80

ARTWORK ON CANVAS !!!!!! THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL / GREAT QUALITY REPRODUCTION ON A 100% COTTON CANVAS WITH A GLOSSY FINISH !!! **GICLEE** TECHNIQUE. THE QUALITY OF THE IMAGES IS JUST AMAZING!!! 100% SATISFACTION GUARANTEE!!! IF YOU ARE NOT SATISFIED JUST RETURN THE CANVAS, NO QUESTIONS ASKED!!! IMAGE SIZE IS 20" X 30" - CANVAS SIZE IS 24" X 36" THIS CANVAS WILL MAKE A FANTASTIC ADDITION TO THE HOME DÉCOR!!! WE WILL SHIP THE CANVAS ROLLED UP INSIDE A HEAVY BROWN PAPER TUBE...

1929 GRAND PRIX AUTOMOBILE DIJON CAR RACE AUTOMOBILE LARGE VINTAGE POSTER CANVAS REPRO Sale Price: $65.80

ARTWORK ON CANVAS !!!!!! THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL / GREAT QUALITY REPRODUCTION ON A 100% COTTON CANVAS WITH A GLOSSY FINISH !!! **GICLEE** TECHNIQUE. THE QUALITY OF THE IMAGES IS JUST AMAZING!!! 100% SATISFACTION GUARANTEE!!! IF YOU ARE NOT SATISFIED JUST RETURN THE CANVAS, NO QUESTIONS ASKED!!! IMAGE SIZE IS 20" X 30" - CANVAS SIZE IS 24" X 36" THIS CANVAS WILL MAKE A FANTASTIC ADDITION TO THE HOME DÉCOR!!! WE WILL SHIP THE CANVAS ROLLED UP INSIDE A HEAVY BROWN PAPER TUBE...

	Oriental Furniture Unusual Large Big Vintage Travel Poster Wall Art Print, 6-Feet Tall Double Printed Cannes and Versailles Folding Room Divider Sale Price: $125.00
	Part of a collection of over 200 remarkably inexpensive, portable practical art print room dividers, crafted from hardy kiln dried spruce frames wrapped with tough, punture and tear resistant poly-cotton fabric...

Vintage Posters Collection