eMoviePoster opened an auction of 999 folded one-sheets, including ten James Bonds posters, on Tuesday, April 18, 2017. Interested bidders can view these Tuesday items at www.emovieposter.com.
Folded one-sheets in the auction include To Catch a Thief featuring great art of Grace Kelly and Cary Grant, Thunderball depicting art by Robert McGinnis and Frank McCarthy, From Russia with Love style B for the James Bond flick, The Birds with classic art of Tippi Hedren and Alfred Hitchcock, Bullitt showing an image of the cool Steve McQueen, Taxi Driver with art by Guy Peellaert, Back to the Future studio style with Drew Struzan art, Joan of Arc style A featuring art of Ingrid Bergman, and Green Slime with classic cheesy sci-fi art.
Empire Strikes Back NSS style B with Tom Jung art, Holiday Inn for the Irving Berlin classic, Barbarella with art of Jane Fonda by Robert McGinnis, Bedlam featuring art of Boris Karloff, Raiders of the Lost Ark with art by Richard Amsel, Man with the Golden Gun international advance, Easy Rider for the biker classic, Planet of the Apes with cool art of caged humans, The Graduate style A pre-awards version, Once Upon a Time in the West for the Sergio Leone Western, Fistful of Dollars for the film that introduced the man with no name, and A Clockwork Orange international version with Castle art are in the sale.
Additional highlights are Victim English poster, Bruce Gentry Daredevil of the Skies chapter 1 serial poster, The Jungle Book for the Disney classic, A Christmas Story NSS style with art by Robert Tanenbaum, Hustler for the 1964 rerelease, Flying Ace aviation thriller, Fantastic Planet with sci-fi cartoon art, Main Street Girls with great art, Too Busy to Work full-length stone litho of Will Rogers, Hollywood Revels for the burlesque documentary, Moonraker style B international poster by Goozee, The Trip AIP with psychedelic image, and Walk the Walk with William L. art.
Three surprising results from the auction that closed on April 18 were a Grateful Dead third printing concert poster with Mouse/Kelly art for $422, Shepard Fairey signed #109/450 art print for $285, and Amoco advertising poster for $230.
All of the 139,000 items eMoviePoster auctions each year come to them from 1,984 collectors and dealers all over the world. You can consign to their three regular weekly auctions at any time, and they hold five major auctions a year with the best items that are consigned (and all linen-backed posters) in those auctions. Their next major auction will start June 8, and now is the time to consign to it especially since consignments are taken first come, first served. The deadline to consign to this auction is Friday, May 12. 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.
