Auction Description: 248 linenbacked and oversized items in Part I of our 20th Annual Halloween Auction
Start Date: 10/27/2019
End Date: 11/3/2019 beginning at 3:05 CDT

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*Special Details About These Items (Part I: 248 backed & oversized items)
*U.S. Shipping Details
*Non-U.S. Shipping Details

What distinguishes OUR major auctions from other major auctions? Only the lack of any reserves or buyers premiums, honest condition grading, and unenhanced super-sized images! You will find an amazing "supermarket" selection of great posters from all years, genres, and countries!

HERE IS A CHART OF THE ITEMS IN THIS AUCTION:
(to better help you find the sizes and countries that interest you)

ALL THE FOLLOWING ARE NOT BACKED AND HAVE TO BE SENT IN VERY LONG OVERSIZED TUBES FOR THE ACTUAL COST OF SHIPPING
1d001-1d007 bus stops, 40x60s

ALL THE FOLLOWING ARE LINENBACKED AND HAVE TO BE SENT IN VERY LONG OVERSIZED TUBES FOR THE ACTUAL COST OF SHIPPING
1d008-1d015 40x60, three-sheets

ALL THE FOLLOWING ARE LINENBACKED AND HAVE TO BE SENT IN STANDARD TUBES FOR THE ACTUAL COST OF SHIPPING
1d016-1d019 trade ad, video poster, Spanish, one-stop
1d020-1d026 Mexican, Columbian, Argentinian
1d027-1d047 inserts, half-sheets
1d048-1d129 linen one-sheets

ALL THE FOLLOWING ARE PAPERBACKED AND HAVE TO BE SENT IN OVERSIZED FLAT PACKAGES FOR THE ACTUAL COST OF SHIPPING
1d130-1d137 English half-sheet, half-sheets, inserts, window cards

ALL THE FOLLOWING ARE UNBACKED AND HAVE TO BE SENT IN OVERSIZED FLAT PACKAGES FOR THE ACTUAL COST OF SHIPPING
1d138-1d157 window cards, jumbo window card, pressbooks
1d158-1d180 French 1p, Italian 2p, Italian 1p, French door panel, newspaper page
1d181- Master Mystery (Houdini) trimmed one-sheet
1d182-1d185 Forty By Sixty, special poster, mobiles

ALL THE FOLLOWING ARE THREE DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS AND HAVE TO BE SENT IN OVERSIZED BOXES FOR THE ACTUAL COST OF SHIPPING
1d186 PHANTOM OF THE RUE MORGUE lenticular lighted display
1d187-1d188 FRANKENSTEIN resin model, limited edition bust
1d189-1d190 FORBIDDEN PLANET toy, ornament
1d191-1d193 statue, model, puzzle
1d194-1d221 monster collectible figures
1d222-1d231 monster action figures

ALL THE FOLLOWING ARE THREE DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS AND HAVE TO BE SENT IN STANDARD BOXES FOR THE ACTUAL COST OF SHIPPING
1d232-1d248 print blocks, film strip collectible

About the condition
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", "good", and "fair", with only a few graded "poor") along with more details about the condition described in words (but pretty much only if they are defects 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.

If a poster is in less than very good condition, should you not bid on it? Of course not, as long as you are accepting of the defects the poster has! The item that is graded "very good", but has as many minor defects as is allowed under the "very good" definition is only in SLIGHTLY better condition than the best of the "good to very good" items. So please take the time to look at the larger images of items that interest you, and see if the defects are the sort that you can "live with", or are willing to restore. Some of these items are EXTREMELY rare, and it may be years before you see them offered again!

KNOW THAT IN THIS SET OF AUCTIONS ONLY (Part I of our 20th Annual Halloween Auction) YOU MUST PAY THE ACTUAL COST OF SHIPPING YOUR ORDER. The items being auctioned ship in a variety of ways, and you should refer to each individual auction page or the chart above to know how it will be shipped. After winning and depending on what you win, you will need to request a shipping quote through our Checkout system.

Missouri customers: You must pay an additional 7.662% 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 collect the tax from some states and not others; if you live in a state where we collect sales tax, that will be displayed to you in our Checkout).

Do you need "signature required"?
 Neither UPS nor USPS automatically require a signature to deliver packages, so if you want the signature to be required, you will need to pay the extra $5.00 for UPS or $2.60 for USPS that they charge for "signature required", and please realize that they will then NOT leave the package at the door, and you may well have to go to the UPS or USPS facility yourself to pick it up if you aren't there to meet the delivery person. If you have any other special requirements, please tell us when you are paying for your order. IF YOU DO NOT SPECIFY THAT YOU WANT SIGNATURE REQUIRED, THEN YOUR PACKAGE WILL BE SENT WITHOUT SIGNATURE REQUIRED (unless your package has a dollar value over $300, in which case we will ALWAYS send it with signature required, due to the massive rise in "porch thefts", unless you specifically tell us not to, and you will need to fully accept responsibility for the package if it is stolen from your porch or lobby)!

You CAN usually combine shipment!

NOTE: These items need to be sent in a variety of ways (as noted on the individual auction pages and in the chart above) so... *Some "unbacked flat" items can be combined with these auctions and we will combine them automatically if there is no chance of damage to any of them items you win: Tuesday October 1st folded non U.S. posters & non U.S. lobbies Thursday October 3rd single vintage 11x14 lobby cards Sunday October 6th U.S. heralds, comic books, and presskit collection Tuesday October 15th window cards, Mexican LCs & French 1p Sunday October 20th "really oversized" posters (if they ship flat) (Note: some can NOT be safely combined. We will only combine items if it is safe to do without causing any damage.) Tuesday October 22nd all signed items (if they ship flat) Sunday October 27th single lobby cards *A few "unbacked rolled" items can be combined with these auctions and we will combine them automatically if there is no chance of damage to any of them items you win: Tuesday October 8th rolled non U.S. posters from many countries Thursday October 10th rolled one sheets and rolled special posters Sunday October 20th "really oversized" posters (if they ship in tubes) (Note: some can NOT be safely combined. We will only combine items if it is safe to do without causing any damage.) Tuesday October 22nd all signed items (if they ship in tubes) Thursday October 24th inserts, 1/2-sheets, Japanese, French, Belgian & Italian Tuesday October 29th non-U.S. posters Thursday October 31st "special" posters AND rolled one-sheets * The large rolled, paperbacked, and linenbacked posters must ALL be sent separately from all other types of items for an additional shipping charge! There are NO other recent or upcoming auctions that could be combined with rolled, paperbacked, or linenbacked posters. * A few items can be combined with these: Sunday October 13th bulk lots (NOTE: Some CAN be safely combined, and we will automatically combine if safe to do.)

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 (even if you get 100 or more, but solely from a single set!), but we also allow you to wait to have your purchases shipped until the next four weeks of auctions end (a total of up to twelve sets of auctions) so that you can combine your current purchases with those of our following auctions (if possible; see Learn More About Combining), and that means there is a chance you could combine items from up to twelve of our sets of auctions, and still pay only a single shipping charge (assuming those items fit into the same type of package, but of course, there is a limit to how many items can fit in a single package or tube, and if you end up with several packages, you will need to pay that many shipping charges; Learn More About Combining). Since around half of our auctions have items that ship in tubes and the other half have items that ship in flat packages, and since few of those items can be combined, most of our regular buyers end up with at least two packages after four weeks. We KNOW there are other sellers who charge a little less on shipping than we do (and of course, there are others who charge far more!), but none of the ones with lower rates offer the same generous flat rate shipping we do, and 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 ACTUAL COST OF SHIPPING (or using the chart above).

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 $3 for the best packaging materials you have ever seen. 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 8 consecutive weeks (a total of 24 auctions and around 20,000+ items!), and we then send all your purchases at once saving you LOTS of money! Click HERE to learn more about becoming one of the hundreds of our non-U.S. buyers who are already part of this program.

Learn more about how to save money on shipping by shipping to friends/family in the U.S., insurance, and customs fees.

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.
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!

DON'T BID ON OUR ITEMS UNLESS YOU WILL PAY THE ACTUAL COST OF SHIPPING (plus $3 for packaging materials)!