Art Price Index: Travel Posters

Published on 26 January 2022, by Agathe Albi-Gervy

France pioneered this highly desirable specialty, which is increasingly popular with collectors.

€2,250David Dellepiane (1866-1932), P.L.M. Antibes, Côte d’Azur. Trains extra-rapides... Art Price Index: Travel Posters

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David Dellepiane (1866-1932), P.L.M. Antibes, Côte d’Azur. Trains extra-rapides de jour ou de nuit (detail), c. 1910, imprimerie Moullot, Marseille, 107 x 76 cm (42.13 x 29.93 in).
Paris, Drouot, March 21, 2016. Auction Art Rémy Le Fur & Associés auction house. Ms. Isitt.

Travel poster prices have gone up considerably in recent years. These advertisements, especially those bearing the signatures of the medium’s greatest names, are in high demand. Popping up in train stations as rail travel grew in the late 19 th century, their goal was to entice middle-class vacationers. France was a trailblazer in the history of posters.…

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