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Auction Name Movie Posters Signature Auction Total Sales (USD) 2,383,877.20
Auction Date July 24, 2021 - July 25, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 1,391,100.00
Sale Number #7243 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 2,791,200.00
Total Lots 845
Sold Lots 806 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,479,400.00
% of Lots Sold 95.38% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 2,967,800.00
Unsold Lots 39 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 80.33%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
86093

Casablanca (Warner Bros., 1940s). Very Fine+ on Linen. First Post-War Release Czech Poster (11.5" X 36.5").

1940s USD 40,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 168,000.00
86095

It Happened One Night (Columbia, 1934). Fine+ on Paper. One Sheet (26.75" X 40.25") Style A.

1934 USD 25,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 102,000.00
86211

Dracula (Spanish-Language Version) (Universal, 1931). Folded, Fine+. Argentinean One Sheet (29" X 43.5").

1931 USD 30,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 78,000.00
86209

Dracula (Universal, 1931). Fine/Very Fine. Lobby Card (11" X 14").

1931 USD 17,000.00 - 34,000.00 USD 45,600.00
86210

Dracula (Spanish-Language Version) (Universal, 1931). Fine/Very Fine. Lobby Card (11" X 14").

1931 USD 12,000.00 - 24,000.00 USD 43,200.00
86225

Dracula (Universal, 1931). Very Fine. Lobby Card (11" X 14").

1931 USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 43,200.00
86113

Sunnyside (First National, 1919). Very Fine on Paper. One Sheet (27" X 41").

1919 USD 20,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 40,800.00
86330

Future-Kill by H.R. Giger (International Film Marketing, 1984). Very Fine/Near Mint. Signed Original Concept Poster Artwork in Airbrush on Paper (20" X 27.5").

1984 USD 20,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 34,800.00
86041

Metropolis (UFA, 1927). Folded, Very Fine/Near Mint. Swedish One Sheet (27.5" X 39.25") John Mauritz "Moje" Aslund Artwork.

1927 USD 15,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 31,200.00
86159

The Philadelphia Story (MGM, 1940). Fine/Very Fine on Linen. One Sheet (27" X 41") Style D.

1940 USD 6,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 31,200.00
86120

Hula (Paramount, 1927). Fine on Linen. One Sheet (27" X 41") Style A.

1927 USD 15,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 26,400.00
86001

The Empire Strikes Back (20th Century Fox, 1980). Rolled, Very Fine+. Withdrawn Original Concept One Sheet (27" X 41") Style A, Roger Kastel Artwork.

1980 USD 8,000.00 - 16,000.00 USD 24,000.00
86096

It Happened One Night (Columbia, 1934). Very Good+ on Paper. Insert (14" X 36").

1934 USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 22,800.00
86183

Dangerous (Warner Bros., 1935). Very Fine+ on Linen. One Sheet (27" X 41").

1935 USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 20,400.00
86366

It's a Wonderful Life (RKO, 1946). Fine+ on Linen. One Sheet (27" X 41").

1946 USD 8,000.00 - 16,000.00 USD 20,400.00
86038

The Day the Earth Stood Still (20th Century Fox, 1951). Very Fine on Linen. Three Sheet (41" X 78.5").

1951 USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 19,200.00
86250

The Big Sleep (Warner Bros., 1947). Very Fine+ on Linen. French Grande (47" X 62.5") Rocher Vacher Artwork.

1947 USD 15,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 19,200.00
86145

Mickey Mouse and Pluto in Society Dog Show (RKO, 1939). Fine/Very Fine on Linen. One Sheet (27" X 41").

1939 USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 16,800.00
86368

The Wizard of Oz (MGM, 1939). Fair/Good on Linen. One Sheet (27" X 41") Style D.

1939 USD 25,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 16,800.00
86401

Painted Post (William Fox, 1928). Very Fine- on Linen. One Sheet (28" X 41").

1928 USD 5,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 16,800.00
86089

The War of the Worlds (Paramount, 1953). Fine+ on Linen. Six Sheet (79" X 80.5").

1953 USD 8,000.00 - 16,000.00 USD 16,200.00
86036

Creature from the Black Lagoon (Universal International, 1954). Folded, Very Fine-. One Sheet (27" X 41") Albert Kallis Artwork.

1954 USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 15,600.00
86039

Forbidden Planet (MGM, 1956). Fine on Linen. Autographed One Sheet (27" X 41").

1956 USD 7,000.00 - 14,000.00 USD 15,600.00
86226

Dracula (Universal, 1931). Fine-. Lobby Card (11" X 14").

1931 USD 6,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 15,600.00
86043

The War of the Worlds (Paramount, 1953). Fine/Very Fine on Paper. Half Sheet (22" X 28") Style B.

1953 USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 14,400.00
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
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