Stringer's Books and Ephemera
Rare and Fine Books and EphemeraPosters (11 items)
- ORIGINAL POSTER SEAFORTH ARENA (Seaforth, ONTARIO) WRESTLING ERIC THE RED vs VIC ROSSATTANI 1972 (No place) no printiner no date (ca. 1970s)175.00Condition for this poster is good with some edge wear, some wear to corners, a few pinholes in the corners, a small 1/2" hole to the right of "The Beast" name (repaired with tape), some light creasing to the poster, back of poster has some tape repairs and a few black marker notations (not evident from the front). The "SEAFORTH ARENA" red banner at top is an affixed label with some wear along the left side and creasing to the right side. Still a very nice copy.Card stock poster size is 14" x 22".Original wrestling poster for a match at the Seaforth Arena in Seaforth, Ontario, Canada. The match took place sometime in the 1970s on a July 11th (probably 1972) featuring Eric the Red vs Vic Rossattani as the main match. Also with "the Fabulous Midgets" and "Lady Wrestlers" as well as The Beast, Chief Little Bear, and more.01263View Full Details
- ORIGINAL POSTER LONDON ARENA (London, ONTARIO) WRESTLING VIC ROSSATTANI vs ERIC THE RED 1972 (No place) no printer no date (1972)200.00Condition for this poster is very good with some wear to corners, some edge wear, some light scuffing to the corners and a bit along the right edge. The back of the poster has in black marker an old price (marker is not evident on the front, no bleeding).Card stock poster size is 14" x 22".Original wrestling poster for matches at the London Arena in London, Ontario, Canada. The matches took place probably in 1972 (Wed. July 3) and featured as the main event in a "Lumberjack Match" - with 10 wrestlers around the ring to keep the two wrestlers in - Vic Rossattani vs Eric the Red. Also, tag team bout with Black Jack Mulligan and Pretty Boy Heenan vs the Kelly Twins, tag team midgets and 2 more bouts.01265View Full Details
- 1992 WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES150.00
Albertville, France
SIGNED BY 8 MEMBERS OF CANADIAN FIGURE SKATING TEAM (POSTER) (Grenoble, France) Les Editions Arbra(?) 1992Condition for this poster is very good+ with some edge wear to the right side, and slight wear to corners, some light creasing to poster.Poster size is 23 1/2" x 30 1/4".Original poster from the 1992 Winter Olympic Games with 8 signatures of the Canadian Figure Skating team. The signatures are of Kurt Browning, Elvis Stojko, Josée Chouinard, Isabelle Brasseur, Karen Preston, Michael Skipchuk, Doug Ladret, and Lloyd Eisler.01209View Full Details
Poster was obtained from a former member of the Canadian Figure Skating team of the 1950s.
Poster will be shipped rolled. 
MAMA QUILLA II MAPLE LEAF BALLROOMM65.00
Benefit Dance Friday May 8, 1981 (POSTER) (Canada) : salmon & fritsch design (1981)ondition for this poster is very good+ with some edge wear, small crease indent bottom left corner.Poster size is 11" x 17".Original poster for Mama Quilla II from 1981 for a performance at Toronto's Maple Leaf Ballroom. Mama Quilla II later transformed into the successful Canadian pop band Parachute Club headed by vocalist Lorraine Segato.01189View Full Details- PENNY ARCADE75.00
A superpub underground at the National Motor Inn
89 Avenue Road, Toronto (POSTER) (Toronto) no publisher no date (late 1970s)Condition for this poster is very good+ with slight edge wear and slight wear to corners, a very small nick right side, a bit of light creasing, a very nice poster.Poster size is 24" x 36".Original poster Penny Arcade "superpub" located at the National Motor Inn in Toronto.01210View Full Details
From the Varsity Newspaper (official newspaper of the University of Toronto students) of 1976-77, "we find the National Motor Inn's PENNY ARCADE (89 Avenue Road), a fine pub with good cheap draught (7 oz plus for 35c) and a change for you pinball addicts in an interesting selection of — you've got it — penny arcade type games. An often rollicking crowd makes this pub a lively and entertaining spot."
Scarce
Poster will be shipped rolled. - (Original Wrestling Poster) ST. THOMAS ARENA. The Sheik vs Martinez. The Fabulous Midgets… Whipper Watson Jr... 2 Men vs 700lb Black Bear. No place no publisher no date (ca. 1970s, earl145.00Condition of poster is good, with creasing across the middle, some wear to corners, 1 ½” tear left side of poster in the middle, loss of paper at top in the middle (see photos). Still a nice, very busy, wrestling poster.Poster is on card stock, size is 13 ½” x 22”.1970s wrestling poster from the St. Thomas (Ontario) Arena featuring The Sheik, Whipper Watson Jr. and Ginger a 700lb black bear.01560View Full Details
- (Original Card Stock Poster – Noranda – 1937) NORANDA FIREMEN'S 1st ANNUAL VARIETY SHOW. A GALAXY OF RADIO, STAGE AND CIRCUS STARS. BEVY OF BEAUTIFUL DANCING GIRLS COLORFUL SCENIC AND LIGHTING EFFECTS...SEPT. 23-24-25, 1937. NORANDA SKATING RINK. No place no publisher (1937)150.00Condition is very good with slight edge wear, slight wear to corners, minor fading.Poster size is 14” x 21”.Original card stock poster for the 1937 first annual Firemen’s Variety Show held in Noranda, Quebec (mining town), with entertainment “supplied by Canadian Vaudeville Exchange Toronto, Ontario.”01561View Full Details
- Original Card Poster300.00
SCARBORO FIRE FIGHTERS 10th ANNUAL BALL
WED. OCT. 19th.
TRUMP DAVIDSON - PALACE PIER (No place) no printer no date (“1960” penciledCondition is very good+ with slight wear to the corners, some darkening soiling to the white of the poster, some soiling along the edges. Some marks to the back of the card (small), some has written “262” on the back (small). A wonderful example.Poster card stock size is 22” x 14”.A scarce poster from the Scarboro (sic) Fire Fighter’s for their 10th annual ball held at Toronto’s Palace Pier. Trump Davidson led the a dance band at the Palace Pier from 1944 to 1962.01396View Full Details
The Palace Pier was located west of the mouth of the Humber River and south of Lake Shore Boulevard West. “The vision of a grand lakefront amusement pier was conceived in the 1920s as a rival for the neighbourhood. The pier was designed by Cyril and Madil with various structures in a flamboyant Moroccan style of architecture and was to project 1800 feet into Lake Ontario and terminating with a steamboat landing. Financial difficulties in the early 1930s delayed construction. Only the first phase of the of the redesigned amusement pier, 300 feet long, was opened on June 10, 1941 and it became popular as a major dance hall of the big band era during World War two and the post war years. The pier was destroyed by fire in 1963 and the site was later developed into condominiums and a public park.” (torontohistory.net)
A scarce poster from a forgotten Toronto dance hall. - ORIGINAL POSTER LONDON ARENA (London, ONTARIO) WRESTLING STAN STAZIAK vs TIGER JEET SINGH 1974 (No place) Aurora Copy Masters no date (ca. 1970s)285.00Condition for this poster is very good with some edge wear, some wear to corners, a bit of scuffing to the front near the top, some light creasing, back has notations in black marker Card stock poster size is 14" x 22".Original wrestling poster for matches at the London Arena in London, Ontario, Canada. The matches took place probably in 1974 (Sunday Dec. 1) and featured as the main bout for the North American Championship Belt Stan Staziak vs Tiger Jeet Singh (with 2 referees!). Also, a tag team championship bout between the Mongols vs Billy Red Lyons and Crusader Robertson, Mighty Igor vs The Wolfman and Ivan Kalmicoff vs Ron Doner.01262View Full Details
- ST. THOMAS (ONTARIO) ARENA. THUR. MAY 22nd.350.00
GENE KINISKI VS WALTER (WILBUR) SNYDER.
TIMOTHY GEOHAGEN VS FRED ATKINS.
FARMER BOY VS DAN MILLER (No place) no printer no date (circa early 196Condition for this poster is very good with some wear to corners, some edge wear, some light scuffing to the corners, some darkening and soiling along the bottom.Card stock poster size is 22" x 14".Original wrestling poster for matches at the St. Thomas (Ontario) Arena featuring Gene Kiniski ("Canada's Greatest Athlete") vs Wilbur (not Walter, as printed on the poster) Snyder. Kiniski was a former Edmonton Eskimo who ended up making a name for himself on the wrestling circuit. Not dated but probably took place during the early 1960s.01605View Full Details
Scarce. - DOMINION DAY MARDI GRAS. 2 CDN. INF. DIV. 1 JULY 1945 AT AIRFIED BAD ZWISCHENAHN (GERMANY) MIDWAY FUN GAMES ... CEREMONIAL MARCH PAST FLOATS REPRESENTING SERVICES DOMINION PROVINCES. (Original WW2 Canadian Poster) Oldenburg, GER Gerhard Stalling AG. (1945)600.00Condition for this poster is about good with some chips to the top corners and at the top centre, few small tears along the edges, fold marks with a few small holes at the cross points of some of the folds, some darkening at the top which is more evident on the back of the poster. Written in pencil on the poster is a small note, “To Heather, From Pop. 1 Jul 45”.Size is 17 ½” x 22 ½”, printed on one side only.From the Canadian Military Police Association website: "On July 1, 1945, No. 2 Division held a big Mardi Gras at Bad Zwischenahn featuring a real Canadian midway, a rodeo, races, picture shows, stage shows, a parade of floats, an exhibition of rocket-firing Typhoon fighter planes, one-man German submarines and German large-calibre guns, duo fireworks and swimming and boat races. A real first of July celebration!”01768View Full Details
Extremely scarce poster printed in Germany for the 2nd Canadian Infantry’s Dominion Day celebrations held at the Bad Zwischenahn Airfield in Germany just after the end of the war.
