eMoviePoster.com
Auction History Result 2s0042 ANIMAL CRACKERS pressbook 1930 all 4 Marx Brothers, Groucho, Chico, Harpo, Zeppo, ultra rare! Date Sold 8/7/2022 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Pressbook (pb; measures 11" x 16 1/2" [28 x 42 cm]; 14 pages) (Learn More) Animal Crackers, the classic 1930 Victor Heerman crime screwball comedy starring The Marx Brothers (Groucho, Harpo, Chico, and Zeppo), Lillian Roth, Margaret Dumont, Louis Sorin, Hal Thompson, and Margaret Irving. Note that this movie features the classic line, "One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know."! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that we have never before auctioned this pressbook, and given that it was printed on newsprint (the same as newspapers, as all Paramount pressbooks were in 1930), it seems likely that very few, if any, examples of this pressbook survive! Note that in December 2021, we were consigned a truly remarkable collection of pressbooks (the first 37 were auctioned in our December Major Auction, and the most expensive one sold for $17,500!). In our regular auctions since, we have auctioned hundreds more from this collection. Now we are auctioning 30 of the very best (and most rare) pressbooks from this collection, which is absolutely the finest collection of pressbooks we have ever been consigned. Some of them were folded at one time, but they were stored unfolded for many years, so we left them unfolded, and unless the new owner requests otherwise, we will send them unfolded, because re-folding them would likely lessen the condition. Many of these are ones we have either never auctioned before or only once auctioned before, sometimes many years ago. These were collected decades ago, which was the only time that many of these could be found, and after these auctions are over it may be years (or decades!) before some of these are offered again. They ARE that rare! Note that pressbooks from the 1930s are almost never found in great condition, and some of them (especially those printed during World War II, including all the MGM ones from that time) are printed on newsprint, and are hard to find in even lesser condition. We have several images from each pressbook. We have given each an overall grade, and ask that you look at our images to get a good sense of the condition of that pressbook, because, since they have many pages, it would take forever to describe their condition in detail. However, EVERY one of these pressbooks is complete and uncut! Condition: fair to good, NO CUTS. Note that we solely give an overall grade to these rare pressbooks, and tell you whether it is complete and uncut. However, you can view our multiple images of the covers and the interior pages that should give you a good sense of the pressbook's condition. The pressbook was removed from a bound volume. Like all Paramount pressbooks from this time, it was printed on very inexpensive newsprint paper, which has darkened and is fragile. Someone put clear tape around the edges of the front cover and also in parts of the borders of all the interior pages, and also over tears that extended into interior areas. That tape has darkened, but you can clearly see what is under it. Obviously, one would prefer to find a better example of this pressbook, but it is unbelievably rare, so one has to either accept it as it is, or not bid. And it, of course, contains many images of posters that no longer exist, plus other material that was not published anywhere other than the pressbook. Learn More about condition grades 
Postal Mailing Address:
Bruce Hershenson, P.O. Box 874, West Plains, MO 65775. (For our UPS or FedEx address, click here) phone: +1 417 256-9616 fax: +1 417 257-6948 E-mail: Contact Us Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM & 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM (CST) |
|||||||||||||
