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MGM - David Weisz Co. Auction 05/03/70, the legendary set of 5 catalogs for the auction held on 05/03/70 "of the countless treasures acquired from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer". In 1970, someone at MGM decided that they wanted to quit storing tons of memorabilia from movies they had made, figuring they could stop paying rent on the storage facilities and collect some money from selling the stuff! Most people at that time had no sense that this material was worth saving or acquiring, but superstar Debbie Reynolds borrowed all the money she could and spent a fortune at the auction, intending to open a Hollywood museum with her purchases! The story of what happened next can be quickly found on the Internet.
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Important Added Info: Note that this catalog includes a Los Angeles Times ad for the auction cut out from a newspaper.

Note that this auction catalog comes from Bruce Hershenson's personal collection! When he returned to the movie poster hobby in 1984 (after an absence of several years), he primarily purchased posters from public auctions (until 1989, when he became a full-time movie poster dealer). He saved all the auction catalogs from the auctions he participated in, and would often purchase two catalogs, so that he would have one to make notes in, and one to keep in excellent condition! In 1990, he organized the first Christie's auction, and for the next 10 years he attempted to acquire EVERY auction catalog he could. After 2000, there were so many movie poster auctions (and the items being auctioned were mostly repeats from earlier years) that Bruce stopped trying to get every catalog, so his collection of catalogs mostly stopped at the end of 2000. In addition, he purchased additional catalogs he was missing from his collection from other collectors. Now he is auctioning all of the 238 different auction catalogs, each in its own auction. Most of them are either from all-movie poster auctions, or are from auctions that included some movie posters, but some are from non-movie poster auctions (but this is always noted in the auction description). Finally, note that some of the catalogs offered have the notes or prices realized that Bruce or another collector wrote in, but because that is the only copy Bruce could find, it is included in this set of auctions. These auction catalogs run from 1970 to 2000, and constitute a near complete history of the movie poster hobby at auction, and many would be extremely difficult to find for sale at any price, but this is a rare opportunity to purchase any of these 238 auction catalogs!

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