eMoviePoster opened their latest Tuesday auction this week on September 20, 2016 with the world of movie posters. They are selling 999 non-US posters from 28 different countries, that can be reviewed at www.emovieposter.com.
Russian posters are Battle Beyond the Sun (1962) with Tsarev art of a rocket, Oliver Twist (1960) showing art of John Howard Davies, Bellissima (1956) featuring B.A. Zelenski art, Salt of the Earth (1957) depicting close-up art of a man over picketers, Battle Beyond the Sun (1962) with Vasiliev art, Gentlemen of Fortune (1972) featuring art by Zolotarevski and Evseev, Battleship Potemkin for the 1963 rerelease for the Eisenstein Russian war classic, Dayte Zhalobnoyu Knigu (1965) for Eldar Ryazanov’s romantic comedy, Sailor From the Comet (1959) depicting art by Shamash, and Zigzag of Success (1968) with wacky Ostrovski art.
Japanese offerings include Goldfinger (1965) featuring different art of James Bond, From Russia With Love (1964) with another different image of 007, Grand Prix (1967) Cinerama Formula One racing poster, How to Steal a Million (1966) with close-up art of Audrey Hepburn, and Nausicaa of the Valley of the Winds (1984) for Hayao Miyazaki’s hit.
French posters include Modesty Blaise (1966) with Bob Peak art of secret agent Monica Vitti, La Course En Tete (1974) depicting art of real life cyclist Eddy Merckx, America Graffiti (1974) for the George Lucas teen classic, Magnum Force (1974) with Clint Eastwood as Dirty Harry, Halloween 4 (1988) with different art of Michael Myers holding bloody knife, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986) depicting Ferris and his friends in the Ferrari, From Here to Eternity for the 1960s rerelease showing Burt Lancaster, Deborah Kerr, Frank Sinatra, and Montgomery Clift, Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (1971) showing great art of Gene Wilder and the cast, and On the Beach (1960) with Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, and Fred Astaire.
Other posters from around the world are Spanish San Francisco for the 1964 rerelease with different art of Clark Gable and Jeanette MacDonald and Rocco & His Brothers (1961) with art by Marcario Gomez, Belgian East of Eden (1955) featuring James Dean and Julie Harris, First Men in the Moon (1964) for the H.G. Wells sci-fi flick, and Charade (1963) showing Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn, Danish Fiction Makers (1971) with different image of Roger Moore, Hardly A Criminal (1952) with car crash art by Max Ulvig, and Richard III (1956) featuring Laurence Olivier as the director and in the title role, British Philadelphia Story quad for the 2015 rerelease showing Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, and James Stewart, Mexican Orpheus (1950) for Jean Cocteau’s romantic fantasy, and Italian Live and Let Die (1973) set of ten photobustas.
Three surprising results from the auction that closed on September 20 were an Italian My Name Is Nobody 109” x 226” that reached $884, Queen of Outer Space three-sheet that sold for $682, and The Thing subway poster that brought $675.
All of the 130,000 items eMoviePoster auctions each year come to them from 1,890 collectors and dealers all over the world. You can consign to their three regular weekly auctions at any time, and they hold four major auctions a year with the best items that are consigned (and all linen-backed posters) in those auctions. View previews of their 17th Annual Halloween Auction which will run from October 18-30. Go to their Consign Page to learn about consigning to them, and what makes them different from other major auction houses. They have no buyer’s premiums whatsoever and they allow all their buyers to combine purchases over many weeks, which saves a great deal on shipping.
