Author Topic: Circus Posters (Read 65841 times)

eatbrie · « **Reply #25 on:** July 06, 2011, 10:52:06 PM »

Circus World (French double panel - 63x94in - Designed by Michel Landi)

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erik1925 · « **Reply #26 on:** July 06, 2011, 10:57:52 PM »

Quote from: theartofmovieposters on July 06, 2011, 09:26:08 PM

My one and only:

Ves--

BEAUTIFUL piece.

Jeff

theartofmovieposters · « **Reply #27 on:** July 06, 2011, 11:04:28 PM »

Thanks Jeff.
It is one of my all time favourites, and if you look carefully to the left of the poster in the pink area, you can see the hand print of the printer who obvously picked this one up before it was fully dry! I love stuff like that!

raulleaf · « **Reply #28 on:** July 06, 2011, 11:09:32 PM »

Ok, I'll play... Official 70s reprint. I've also got a magazine version of Mel's Trapeze poster...

quadbod · « **Reply #29 on:** July 07, 2011, 03:59:23 AM »

We recently found this one ...

Ari · « **Reply #30 on:** July 10, 2011, 03:47:44 AM »

ahh well if we go circus movies, I have shown these before, but one of my favourite films so,,,

UK 1 Sheet

AU 1 Sheet

50s · « **Reply #31 on:** July 10, 2011, 03:51:58 AM »

They are nice Ari

fu fuu

Threenero · « **Reply #32 on:** July 11, 2012, 03:06:08 PM »

WOW!
sorry to dig up an old thread but it's nice to see some other circus collectors exist

I have a large circus poster collection but it kind of happened by accident
When i was younger i spent a good few years "on tour" and one of my many jobs was "billing" (poster hanging)
we where each given so many posters and told not to come back until they where all hung in shops and on poles.
Didn't take me long to figure it was quicker to stash some away so i didn't have to hang them all.
At the end of each season my caravan was hiding 100's of un-hung posters

Guess i'm going to have to route some out now and take pictures

Silhouette · « **Reply #33 on:** July 11, 2012, 05:05:25 PM »

It's nice Ves...middle clown means it's not one for the kid's room...

Ari · « **Reply #34 on:** July 11, 2012, 10:30:56 PM »

Quote from: Threenero on July 11, 2012, 03:06:08 PM

WOW!
sorry to dig up an old thread but it's nice to see some other circus collectors exist

I have a large circus poster collection but it kind of happened by accident
When i was younger i spent a good few years "on tour" and one of my many jobs was "billing" (poster hanging)
we where each given so many posters and told not to come back until they where all hung in shops and on poles.
Didn't take me long to figure it was quicker to stash some away so i didn't have to hang them all.
At the end of each season my caravan was hiding 100's of un-hung posters

Guess i'm going to have to route some out now and take pictures

great look forward to it.

brude · « **Reply #35 on:** July 12, 2012, 12:25:52 AM »

Quote from: Threenero on July 11, 2012, 03:06:08 PM

When i was younger i spent a good few years "on tour" and one of my many jobs was "billing" (poster hanging)
we where each given so many posters and told not to come back until they where all hung in shops and on poles.
Didn't take me long to figure it was quicker to stash some away so i didn't have to hang them all.
At the end of each season my caravan was hiding 100's of un-hung posters

That's the ticket.
Looking forward to seeing what you saved Luke.

Threenero · « **Reply #36 on:** July 12, 2012, 12:49:40 PM »

Ok still going through them all but here's a random selection for now...

Threenero · « **Reply #37 on:** July 12, 2012, 12:55:54 PM »

It's been a long time since i looked through these posters, There's a lot of history in there.
Most of those shows are long gone and a lot of the people mentioned and/or pictured on them have since gone to the big centre ring in the sky

Some of them where good friends of mine and it's been a while since i remembered them

and i still have more boxes to go through.

brude · « **Reply #38 on:** July 12, 2012, 01:04:44 PM »

Those are killer, Luke.
This one's my favorite so far (I have a thing for big cats and bodacious babes).
Think the artist was inspired by Raquel's BRECKINRIDGE?

Threenero · « **Reply #39 on:** July 12, 2012, 03:39:12 PM »

You could be right

I always taught it was Claudia Cardinale from the magnificent showman (circus world) but now that i see Raquel in a similar pose it could be her.

I've contacted the circus owner who used the Image on his posters back in the '80s and '90s and he said it was from a stock image the printers had on file.

Who ever she is she got around....

same girl in the second poster from the set but riding an elephant

same girl again but on the bay

http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-VINTAGE-IRISH-HOFFMAN-CIRCUS-ORIGINAL-POSTER-2/261006665392

The image was originally used on the Hoffman show and then after the show ran into trouble the printers sold off all the old hoffman posters to Fossetts with the Hoffman name printed over.

Threenero · « **Reply #40 on:** July 12, 2012, 03:47:17 PM »

Any way here's a few more...

Threenero · « **Reply #41 on:** July 12, 2012, 03:49:18 PM »

I think that will do for now, still more to go through but don't want to bore anyone

Silhouette · « **Reply #42 on:** July 12, 2012, 03:50:45 PM »

Quote from: Threenero on July 12, 2012, 03:39:12 PM

same girl again but on the bay

http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-VINTAGE-IRISH-HOFFMAN-CIRCUS-ORIGINAL-POSTER-2/261006665392

$250?!! Am I missing something?

I'm with Ted, saw that poster and thought "Raquel!". That 2 Ring one for Dublin is a hot poster....now give it up!

brude · « **Reply #43 on:** July 12, 2012, 03:53:54 PM »

David and I have trained eyes for this sort of stuff.
Years and years of ogling, y'know...

As for your collection so far:

Thanks for posting all of these brilliant pieces!

Threenero · « **Reply #44 on:** July 12, 2012, 04:27:54 PM »

Well here she is one last time

This time in three rings

If that ebay poster sells for that price, expect my doubles to go on sale the next day

erik1925 · « **Reply #45 on:** June 27, 2016, 01:39:15 AM »

Quote from: theartofmovieposters on July 06, 2011, 11:04:28 PM

Thanks Jeff.
It is one of my all time favourites, and if you look carefully to the left of the poster in the pink area, you can see the hand print of the printer who obviously picked this one up before it was fully dry! I love stuff like that!

Those little, unexpected touches (no pun intended) can make a piece so singularly unique, when things like this happen. Great circus poster (A long delayed reply, but better late than never, & I had to say it again, re the poster imagery).

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