The Basement of the Bargains

There was a time when advertising art really was artistic. Vibrant colors and clever uses of imagery abounded…or at least it seems that way when one looks at surviving pieces.

This gorgeous original French advertising poster singing the praises of excelsior is an excellent example.

What better claim for excelsior than that it can put out the very fires of Hell?

This handsome lithographed original advertising poster is mounted museum-style on linen for maximum conservation and measures 49 1/2 x 66 1/2. Design Toscano was selling it for $2,950.00, but now has it on sale nearly half off for $1,750.00.

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