In their current auction, which opened on Tuesday, May 24, 2016, eMoviePoster is selling the world of movie posters with 999 non-US posters from 27 different countries. You can review these Tuesday items at www.emovieposter.com.
British posters in the auction are Empire Strikes Back (1980) quad with Tom Jung art, Star Wars (1983) trilogy poster, Torch Song Trilogy (1989) with cool Statue of Liberty art, and Phantom Menace (1999) double-sided teaser quad of Anakin and Darth Vader shadow.
Polish examples are Yellow Submarine (1968) with great psychedelic art of the Beatles, Frist Spaceship on Venus (1960) measuring 17” x 46” with art of a rocket, Saltimbancii (1982) with cool Mieczyslaw Wasilewski art, and Critters (1987) for the battle that crossed the galaxy to Earth.
Italian highlights are Day of the Triffids (1963) locandina for the sci-fi horror film, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1987) locandina with art of Ferris and friends in the Ferrari, Godzilla locandina for the 1977 rerelease for the monster movie hit, El Dorado (1967) locandina featuring John Wayne and Robert Mitchum, Green Hornet (1975) locandina with cool art of Bruce Lee as Kato, Twelve Chairs (1969) locandina showing Sharon Tate and Orson Welles, Alphaville (1968) locandina featuring Jean-Luc Godard and Eddie Constantine, and Forbidden Planet locandina for the 1964 rerelease with different art of Walter Pidgeon in space.
Swedish posters are Back to the Future (1985) stolpe with different art of Michael J. Fox and the Delorean, Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) stolpe featuring art of Harrison Ford by Richard Amsel, and Blade Runner (1982) stolpe showing Harrison Ford and Rutger Hauer.
Japanese examples include Stranger Than Paradise (1986) showing Jim Jarmusch, John Lurie, and Eszter Balint, Rumble Fish (1984) depicting close-up art of Matt Dillion, Memento (2001) with art of Guy Pearce and Carrie-Anne Moss, Pan’s Labyrinth (2007) featuring different art for the Guillermo del Toro movie, and Inland Empire (2007) with art of Laura Dern and Jeremy Irons.
Cuban posters include The Shining 2009 rerelease for the Stanley Kubrick film based on Stephen King’s hit book, Ennio Morricone (2011) with art by Tinti, and Jazz Y Cine (2012) for the Cinemateca de Cuba
From other countries, they have an English Marnie (1964) double crown for the Alfred Hitchcock flick, Danish Thunderball for the 1960s rerelease of the James Bond hit, Argentinean Star Wars (1977) depicting art by Tom Chantrell, French Star Wars (1977) measuring 24” x 32” with Tom June art and Magnum Force (1974) with at of Clint Eastwood as Dirty Harry, Russian Secret Mission (1950) for the World War II melodrama and Sun & Shadow (1963) showing Shamash art of a couple and mushroom cloud, Turkish Edge of the City (1969) for the Martin Ritt flick, Spanish Savage Innocents poster for the 1971 rerelease with great art of Anthony Quinn as an Eskimo, and Canadian The Witch (2015) one-sheet for the New England folktale movie.
Three surprising results from the auction that closed on May 24 were Smile Please three-sheet that realized $1,291, Safe at Home three-sheet that brought $460, and Charade six-sheet that netted $430.
eMoviePoster sells 100,000 unique collectibles every year, and in 2015 they sold 127,888 items. Every one of the more than 1.1 million collectibles they sold started at $1 with no reserve and no buyer’s premiums, and well over half of the auctions sold for $14 or under, and quite a few auctioned for just $1, $2, or $3 each. Also, despite their name, they don't just auction movie posters. They also auction many tens of thousands of vintage stills, lobby cards, as well as signed items (their next such auction starts on June 12), all sorts of special posters, scripts and more. Go to their Consign Page to learn about consigning to them for any of their auctions, or go to their Registration Page to sign up and start bidding.
