Travel Posters 2026-05-20 Auction - 203 Price Results - Poster Auctions International in IL
Charles-Leonce Brosse, Meeting d'Aviation / Nice vintage poster
French Line / Normandie / Southampton to New York vintage poster
David Klein, Fly TWA / New York vintage poster
Done
Chicago, IL, United States
Auction Details

Travel Posters

Travel posters emerged in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as a fusion of art and advertising, promoting railways, steamships, airlines, and global destinations through bold design. Influenced first by Art Nouveau and later defined by the geometric clarity of Art Deco, artists like A.M. Cassandre, Jean Carlu, and Roger Broders elevated the form with striking compositions and modern typography. Postwar designers expanded the style with brighter colors and larger type, capturing the excitement of air travel while shaping how audiences imagined distant places.

PAI's debut Travel Posters auction on May 20th celebrates this lively medium with works by Charles-Leonce Brosse, Paul Colin, Lucien Boucher, Sergei Sakharov, Nikolai Strekalovsky, Norman Wilkinson, Nembhard N. Culin, Leslie Ragan, Edward Eggleston, Stan Galli, David Klein, and several others. Over sixty works from the Seymour Stein Collection are featured at the start of the catalog.
SOLD
E. Polbor, CIDNA / Orient Arrow vintage poster: E. Polbor CIDNA / Orient Arrow vintage poster 1930 39.125 h x 25 w in (99 x 63 cm) CIDNA (Compagnie Internationale de Navigation Aerienne), a Franco-Romanian airline founded in 1920, operated the
Est.
$2,000
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$3,000
Boulogne-sur-Mer vintage poster: Boulogne-sur-Mer vintage poster c. 1930 41.75 h x 29.75 w in (106 x 76 cm) Melding airplane and train car into a single, impossible mode of transportation, this poster advertises the ease and speed
Est.
$800
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$1,200
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