In their July 30-31, 2016 Movie Posters Signature Auction, Heritage is offering over 1,000 lots of rare and coveted posters. Some of the most exciting posters up for bid are Son of Frankenstein (1939) style A one-sheet, Dracula’s Daughter (1936) one-sheet, Casablanca (1942) insert, and Morocco (1930) style B one-sheet.

In addition to these Golden Age of cinema titles, the July auction will include a large variety of important posters from Hollywood’s Silent Film era. 

“Rarely do we get a collection of such early and significant film posters in such quantity as this wonderful group of 100-year-old posters, many of which are unrestored and in an unused state,” said Grey Smith, Director of Vintage Posters at Heritage Auctions. “It’s not going too far to suggest that this well may be the best selection of these types of posters Heritage has ever offered.” 

The Silent Film collection includes nearly 100 titles from 1915 to 1920, featuring stars of the age like Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, Charlie Chaplin, Fatty Arbuckle, William S. Hart, Theda Bara, Lon Chaney, and many more. Titles from the period include D.W. Griffith’s Birth of a Nation (1915), Chaplin in Triple Trouble (1918) and Chase Me Charlie (1918), Pickford in The Little American (1917), Hart in Riddle Gawne (1916) and Lon Chaney in The Penalty (1920).

“We are so excited to get this great selection of one-sheets, three-sheets, six-sheets and lobby cards from this early period in cinema history,” said Smith. “Collectors of this kind of vintage paper are going to like what they see.”

Other highlights in the auction are The 39 Steps (1935) one-sheet, original acrylic painting by popular poster artist Drew Struzan Cannonball Run II (1984), and Out of the Past (1947) one-sheet.

There’s also a group of 25 animation posters ranging from the pre-war Terrytoons: 2,000 B.C. (1931), shorts such as Private Pluto (1943) and Donald Duck in The Old Army Game (1943), to modern classics including The Nightmare Before Christmas (1991).