Collection: Vintage Travel Posters 2020

Sotheran's are very pleased to bring you the fourteenth Annual Vintage Travel Posters exhibition.

The catalogue begins with two wonderful posters advertising Concorde (items 1-2). For those lucky enough to have travelled on this plane they should bring back fond memories. I used to love hearing it roar by in the skies above but never got to fly in it.

We have noticed that posters from Ireland have been particularly sought after recently. We have two to offer this year (items 11-12). 

From Ireland to Norway we have some great Norwegian posters (items 13-15). My particular favourite of these is the never before seen by us "Winter Season in Oslo" by Bert Huszar. This poster shows the Palace of the Royal family in the shadows of snow capped mountains.

There are also some fantastic Italian posters (items 33-37). I like the one of Naples (item 33) showing a simmering Mount Vesuvius in the distance. 

We have African posters (items 54-60). I love the one of the Giraffe by Ed Keeley (item 55) advertising Kenya and Uganda.

Perhaps the poster with the most historical interest is the Canadian one (item 70), enticing people to settle with the promise of free land!

I do hope these posters bring you some cheer and continue to remind us all of the golden age of travel.

Richard Shepherd
Print Department