Special Notes About The Items in This Week's Sunday Auctions
Where are the many bulk lots
and our usual "Sunday items" regularly offered on Sunday?
     We are taking a break from our regular Sunday
offerings of magazines, scripts, glass slides, German programs, and bulk lots
for a second week while we offer miscellaneous
sizes that don't fit in our other weekly auctions this week, but know that we have a HUGE
number of items waiting to be auctioned in our "regular" Sunday auctions, so please know that
they
will return on Sunday May 9th, and almost every week thereafter.
HERE IS A CHART OF THE ITEMS IN THIS AUCTION:
(to better help you find the sizes and countries that interest you)
3b001-3b036 Simpsons, King of the Hill, Flintstones, Jetsons, My Little Pony
original animation pencil drawings
3b037-3b047 original animation cels
3b048-3b055 original men's magazine cartoon artwork
3b056 special 1925 poster "ANCIENT MARINER"
3b057-3b065 mini window card, Australian window card
3b066-3b174 miscellaneous unusual non-U.S. items including heralds & programs
3b175-3b199 Marilyn Monroe calendar, Playboy centerfold from 1954-1957
3b200-3b253 programs including two "portrait programs"
3b254-3b292 promo brochure
3b293-3b315 pressbook
3b316-3b331 magazine, magazine ad
3b332-3b345 book
3b346-3b358 misc movie poster
3b359-3b368 music poster, record
3b369-3b382 movie papers, photos
3b383-3b394 production handbook, trade ad
3b395-3b434 miscellaneous unusual U.S. items including lenticular 2001
postcard!
3b435-3b591 herald
3b592-3b597 songbook
3b598-3b878 sheet music
About the
47 Pieces of Animation Art & Cels at the Start of Our Items
    At the beginning of this auction are some pieces of
original animation artwork and animation cels (47 in all), most from THE
SIMPSONS and KING OF THE HILL. This is a really cool opportunity to
purchase ORIGINAL pencil drawings from these shows!
About the Heralds,
Program Books, and Sheet Music
We Are Currently Auctioning
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Many collectors are not aware of heralds which are basically tiny posters
that were given away to theaters to entice people into that theater.Â
Others are not aware of program books, which were either given away to those
who bought a ticket, or more often, were sold as souvenirs in theater
lobbies, and others are not aware of sheet music that was created for the
popular songs of almost every movie from 1915 on.Â
Program books are usually filled with images (sometimes color) that are
sometimes not seen anywhere else, and lots of them have much written
information about the movies. Sheet music often has a cool image on
the front, sometimes one not used in other advertising.Â
    All three of these types of items often provide one of the absolute most affordable ways of getting an
original first release item from titles that otherwise sell for "out of this
world" prices! Note that all of these items we are auctioning this week come
from longtime collectors, and included
in those collections are some extremely rare titles, and many of the items are in really excellent condition (they were either never used, or
were used once and then carefully stored away). If you spent years and
years looking for these items, you probably would not be able to find all of
the ones offered in this single set of auctions!
About the Rest of This
Week's Items
    Note that this is a "catch-all" week, where we auction
certain types of items that DO fit in our standard sized mailers, but are NOT
posters (this time it is heralds, programs, sheet music,
and some "special" items). We will occasionally auction items like these in
future catch all weeks, but they will NOT be the same exact types of items as the ones we are selling this
week (unless we get consigned more of these types, of course!). So if
you like any of the sizes and types of items we are auctioning this week,
know that we have not sold these types of items for quite some time, and we
likely will not sell them again for a long time!
    One final
important note: While most of the items we are auctioning
this week are roughly 11" x 14" (either as they are, or when they are
fully folded), A FAIR NUMBER of the items (mostly some of the heralds
[but not all], and the Danish programs, and a small number of the remaining
items) are quite a bit smaller. We are
charging our standard $10 U.S. shipping this week, but if you solely
purchase those smaller items, then we will package the item(s) much
smaller, and we will only charge you the lower shipping rate (if you have
already paid the $10 U.S. shipping, we will automatically refund you the
difference between the actual lower cost and what you paid). This is
especially important if you live outside the U.S., because a smaller package
will cost far less. But of course, if you purchase smaller items along
with larger items then we will need to package them together in one of our
standard-size packages, and you will pay the $10 U.S. shipping (actual cost
elsewhere).
About the Condition of the
Items We Are Currently Auctioning
    Note that we give a detailed overall condition grade to every item we sell ("fine", "very good to fine", "very good", "good to very good",
and "good", with only a few graded "fair" or lesser) along with more details about the condition described in words (but pretty much
a general description of the defects, and we only describe specific defects if they are
the type that CAN'T be seen in our super-sized images, or if the item is especially valuable). We felt this would help bidders identify items they want to bid on more easily. Of course, we still strongly recommend that you look at our super-sized image to see the extent of the defects that we describe and to examine the poster for minor defects that we did NOT describe.Â
Of course, with the items that have many pages, we could not photograph
every single page, but we often photograph both covers and an interior
two-page spread, which should surely give you an excellent idea of the
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U.S. Shipping Details
U.S. buyers need to enclose $10 shipping (which includes full insurance)!Â
     Missouri
customers: You must pay an additional 7.162% sales tax on your
purchases. If your order is sent within the state of Missouri, we MUST
collect this tax (if it is shipped to another state, we do not collect the tax).
Will your order be
shipped to you by UPS?
    UPS does NOT automatically require a signature
to deliver packages, so if you want the signature to be required, you will
need to pay the extra $2.50 UPS charges for "signature required" Delivery
Confirmation, and please realize that they will then NOT leave the
package, and you may well have to go to the UPS facility yourself to pick it
up. But if you prefer this, that is fine, and if you have any other
special requirements, please tell us when you are paying for your order.Â
IF YOU DO NOT SPECIFY THAT YOU WANT SIGNATURE REQUIRED, THEN YOUR PACKAGE
WILL BE SENT WITHOUT SIGNATURE REQUIRED!
You CAN usually combine shipment!
NOTE: These Sunday
items need to be sent in flat packages so...
*they can be
combined with these
auctions:
- Sunday April 18th movie magazines,
exhibitor magazines, glass slides, German programs
- Tuesday April 20th three-sheets,
six-sheets, British quads, & Argentinean posters (these ship for $12 U.S. shipping)
- Thursday April 22nd window cards and
miscellaneous very oversized items (these ship for $14 U.S. shipping)
- Sunday April 25th movie magazines,
exhibitor magazines, scripts, glass slides, German programs
- Thursday April 29th single stills
- Sunday May 2nd multiple stills
*they must be sent separately from
these auctions for an additional shipping charge:
- Sunday bulk lots from April 18th
& 25th
- Tuesday April 27th rolled non-U.S.
posters
- Tuesday May 4th Spring 2010 Mini/Major
Auction Part I (linenbacked posters)
- Thursday May 6th Spring 2010
Mini/Major Auction Part II (oversized linenbacked posters and non-backed
posters); NOTE: There are a few items in this auction such as
lobby cards and window cards (and a few folded items) that CAN be
combined, but realize that you would then have to pay the actual cost of
shipping from those auctions
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Note that we not only allow you to combine as many items as you want from a single
set of Tuesday, Thursday, and/or Sunday auctions, and still pay only a single shipping charge for all of the items, but we also allow you to wait until
the next five sets of auctions end (a total of six sets of auctions) so that you can combine your current purchases with those of our following auctions
(if possible), and that means there
is a chance you could combine items from up to six of our sets of auctions, and still pay only a single shipping charge (assuming those items fit into the same type of package). We KNOW there are other sellers who charge a little less on shipping than we do, but we know that our packaging is the best there is, and our orders virtually never arrive damaged (and on the very rare times that they do, all our U.S. packages are fully insured, and
FULL INSURANCE IS INCLUDED IN THE U.S. SHIPPING CHARGE).
DON'T BID ON OUR ITEMS
UNLESS YOU WILL PAY THE $10 U.S. SHIPPING!
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Non-U.S. Shipping Details
Non-U.S. buyers must pay the actual cost of shipping their order
(you can choose whatever method you prefer, but know that the U.S. Post
Office has eliminated Surface Mail, so we can only send via Express or
Airmail), plus $2 for the best packaging materials you have ever seen.Â
All non-U.S. buyers must tell us if they want the package sent insured or
uninsured at the time they pay for their order.
Have you heard about our Pay and Hold
Program?
This lets non-U.S. buyers pay for their purchases from 4 consecutive weeks
(a total of 12 auctions and around 8,000+ items!), and we then send all your
purchases at once saving you LOTS of money! Click
HERE to learn more (if you are not one of the hundreds of our
non-U.S. buyers who are already part of this program)
Here is a chart
containing estimated shipping charges for up to 3 items from this week's
auctions
(note these are ESTIMATES only, and your actual shipping may
vary considerably)
(Note: Insured quotes are based on a $200 value; you pay $1.60 more
for each additional $100 of insurance) |
Type of Shipping |
Canada/Mexico |
Australian/Asia/Japan |
Everywhere Else (inc Europe) |
Airmail - Uninsured |
$21.71 / $22.61 |
$29.79 |
$30.26 |
Airmail - Insured |
$23.61 / N/A |
$32.99 |
$33.46 |
Global Express - Insured |
$34.72 / N/A |
$38.05 |
$38.74 |
Global Express - Uninsured |
$32.82 / $32.59 |
$35.35 |
$36.04 |
First Class |
$9.95 / $14.90 |
$17.92 |
$17.92 |
    IMPORTANT NOTICE: Please bear these
approximate shipping cost in mind BEFORE you place a bid (if
you live outside the U.S.). The vast majority of our customers want a very
securely packed tube, and will pay the extra shipping cost involved (and of
course, it goes to the Post Office or UPS, and not us!). Please do not ask
us to pack less securely, as that would likely result in a damaged order. Â Â Â
Some sellers are sending by Ground UPS to Canada, but that incurs large
"brokerage fees", so we do not recommend it. Note that there are also
some sellers sending non-U.S. packages via a "Letter" rate, but of course
this is not legal, and we can not do this. We have outlined the
possibilities for sending non-U.S. packages above, so please read that
carefully, BEFORE placing a bid!
Do you have a friend or relative who lives in the
United States?
Some of our customers either
visit the U.S. regularly, or have friends or relatives within the U.S., and
often those customers have us send their orders to a U.S. address, and then
they transport the posters from there. THIS CAN SAVE YOU A GREAT DEAL ON
SHIPPING! This is fine with us, but realize that you still need to let
us know within one week of receipt if you want to return anything, so don't
use this method unless you are certain you will want to keep your purchases.
DON'T BID ON OUR ITEMS UNLESS YOU WILL PAY THE ACTUAL COST OF SHIPPING (the
actual cost of shipping plus $2 outside the U.S.)!
You Can
Add More to Your
Order
In addition to our current auctions, we offer
many other non-auction items. Please note that the items in this week's
auction will be sent in flat packages, so
you can add any item that can also be sent in
flat packages for no additional shipping costs. We have noted below whether the items can be shipped rolled or not.
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