If you were not already aware.......
This is, without a doubt, the most ambitious Vintage Movie Poster Auction we've ever held. The fact is, it's really three auctions in one!
To view the lots go to our website at http://www.HeritageAuctions.com/MoviePosters and click on the new catalog cover.
The first part of our upcoming auction contains more than 950 rare and vintage American and some foreign movie posters, all very desirable. This section contains something for everyone, from the exceptionally elusive Style A and B one sheets to 1933's Son of Kong to the rarely seen Style B one sheet for Citizen Kane to the legendary one sheet to Grand Hotel to one of the two known copies to the United Artists/ Mickey Mouse one sheet, In Ye Olden Days.
Virtually every genre in the history of filmmaking is represented in this auction from silents to animation to Westerns to horror and sci-fi to melodramas to musicals and more. Fans of Humphrey Bogart, for example, won't want to miss such exquisite pieces as the stunning lobby cards from The Maltese Falcon, or the lovely six sheet from Dark Passage, among many other treasures celebrating Bogie's life and career.
The second part of our latest auction consists of almost 400 lovely Swedish movie posters. These are beautiful pieces of art, often much more attractive than their American counterparts. These are almost all from the original releases of the movies they represent, and offer wonderful images. Titles like The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Black Cat, Blonde Venus, and The Sea Hawk offer great value for the money, with striking designs that are seldom seen in this country.
The third section of our auction is a marvelous collection of vintage stills from the Culver City Archives. The 'Lost Hollywood' Collection is represented here by 150 still images taken by such legendary photographers as George Hurrell, Clarence Bull, Ernest Bachrach, Robert Coburn, and Eugene Robert Richee. These were not the standard shots that were widely distributed to the media of the day; in fact, these were 'special' shots that were taken for special purposes and given out on a very limited basis. They represent the pinnacle of the photographer's art during the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Thanks,
Grey Smith
Heritage Auction Galleries' upcoming
Vintage Movie Poster Signature Auction will be held July 12 & 13, 2006 in
Dallas, Texas. For more information, or to bid online, please visit http://www.HeritageAuctions.com/MoviePosters .
Son of
Kong (RKO, 1933). One
Sheet (27" X 41"). Style B:
ESTIMATE: $50,000 -
$75,000
Son of
Kong (RKO, 1933). One
Sheet (27" X 41"). Style A:
ESTIMATE: $18,000 -
$25,000
Citizen
Kane (RKO, 1941). One
Sheet (27" X 41") Style B:
ESTIMATE: $25,000 -
$35,000
Grand
Hotel (MGM, 1932). One
Sheet (27" X 41"):
ESTIMATE: $50,000 -
$75,000
The
Maltese Falcon (Warner Brothers, 1941). Lobby
Card (11" X 14"):
ESTIMATE: $2,500 -
$3,500
Dark
Passage (Warner Brothers, 1947). Six
Sheet (81" X 81"):
ESTIMATE: $10,000 -
$15,000
The Day
the Earth Stood Still (20th Century Fox, 1951). Swedish
One Sheet (27.5" X 39.5"):
ESTIMATE: $900 -
$1,200
The Black
Cat (Universal, 1934). Swedish
One Sheet (27.5" X 39.5"):
ESTIMATE: $4,000 -
$5,000
Blonde
Venus (Paramount, 1932). Swedish
One Sheet (27.5" X 39.5"):
ESTIMATE: $1,000 -
$2,000
The Sea
Hawk (Warner Brothers - First National, 1940). Swedish
One Sheet (27.5" X 39.5") Photo style:
ESTIMATE: $1,000 -
$1,200
Metropolis
- Culver Pictures (UFA, 1927). Still
(9.5" X 8"):
ESTIMATE: $600 -
$800
Boris
Karloff - Culver Pictures (1930). Still
(10.75" X 13.5"):
ESTIMATE: $1,200 -
$1,400
The Hound
of the Baskervilles - Culver Pictures (20th Century Fox, 1939). Still
(11" X 14"):
ESTIMATE: $800 -
$1,000
