Travel Posters 2026-05-20 Auction - 203 Price Results - Poster Auctions International in IL - Page 3
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
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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
Hal Woolf, Africa by Imperial Airways vintage poster: Hal Woolf Africa by Imperial Airways vintage poster 1932 29.5 h x 19.75 w in (75 x 50 cm) Imperial Airways began offering its services to Africa in 1931, just a year before this poster was designed.
Est.
$1,800
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$2,200
SOLD
Pierre Fleury, Grande Fete d'Aviation vintage poster: Pierre Fleury Grande Fete d'Aviation vintage poster 1931 23.125 h x 15.25 w in (59 x 39 cm) An acrobatic panoply of monoplanes and biplanes-not to mention a sole parachutist-take to the skies above
Est.
$1,000
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$1,500
SOLD
Geo Ham, Vincennes / Louis Massotte vintage poster: Geo Ham Vincennes / Louis Massotte vintage poster c. 1935 22.75 h x 15.375 w in (58 x 39 cm) This interwar poster promotes an aviation event in Vincennes and features a Bleriot-SPAD S.91 with
Est.
$800
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$1,200
SOLD
Pierre Baudouin, Air France / Paris vintage poster: Pierre Baudouin Air France / Paris vintage poster 1947 / 1957 39.5 h x 24.375 w in (100 x 62 cm) Two years after the end of World War II, the Arc de Triomphe is illuminated as a beacon of sightseeing
Est.
$700
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$1,000
SOLD
Jean Colin, Air France / Caravelle vintage poster: Jean Colin Air France / Caravelle vintage poster 1959 39.25 h x 24.25 w in (100 x 62 cm) Some sublime 'Catch-Me-If-You-Can' stylization is going on in Jean Colin's
Est.
$800
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$1,200