In fact, vintage bullfighting posters and bullfighting big posters are very expensive and many original posters are stored in museums. For instance, the Museu d' Historia de Catalunia displays the posters of Ramon Casas, a famous Catalan artist. He practiced in a variety of themes and topics in his posters, lithographs and sketches, while a part of his work was dedicated to bullfighting.
However, there is no need to visit Spain if you simply want to look at bullfighting posters; there are a lot of images online and in bullfighting magazines that depict the style, color, courage and art of the bullfighting fiesta and feature portraits of famous bullfighters. Some bullfighting posters even show tragic scenes like how bullfighters are killed by bulls. Some of websites that have a vast gallery of images are http://personal.redestb.es/ and www.lighthousefriends.com.
What concerns the magazines that regularly feature bullfighting journal posters, they are numerous, but unavailable in English; thus, you can read nothing if you do not speak Spanish or French. In any case, the best magazines that have a variety of bullfighting journal posters are lavishly illustrated editorials, fine only to look through.
One of the best and most significant magazines, where you will find a great deal of bullfighting journal posters, photos, pictures, articles and news is 6Toros6 (www.6toros6.com). Even the magazine's cover has a high-class photo that shows matadors and their teams at different angles, fix the most intriguing moments and matadors' facial expressions, which attract so much of women's attention and admiration. A courageous look, a charming smile, fashionable matador attire and a manly figure on the cover of 6Toros6 are the dreams of many amateurs and aficionados. 6Toros6 is a weekly magazine, available for subscription in both Spain and Mexico.
A sister publication of 6Toros6 is Campo Bravo, but unlike 6Toros6 it has more black-and-white bullfighting journal posters and photos, which is not a drawback; on the contrary, the magazine produces a vintage impression on the reader as well as some specific charm and atmosphere of old days press. The magazine is available for both subscription and online (www.campobravo.com). campobravo@tst.es is for contacting the Campo Bravo European edition and campobravo@lanina.laffite.com is an American edition contact. Perhaps, these are two main resources to look for bullfighting journal posters online.
Some other online magazines, such as Corridas.net and Diariodenavarra, main French bullfighting news sources, have converted to a for-pay format long ago. Diariodenavarra requires joining the "Club Diariodenavarra" to read the articles.
Some good and colorful publications do not have web versions, but the subscriptions are available in several countries, the USA included. One of the most important bullfighting magazines with articles, posters, news, bullfighters' profiles and more is Dir. Salvador Pascual Benet. It is sent by airmail at two hundred dollars to the USA subscribers.